Exposing ArgoCD on K8s in AWS playground

adamlevi87 · January 28, 2025, 1:29pm

Hello,
So, I have done a lot of courses in the devops path (and i already have some extensive devops experience just not on AWS).
Using the guide:

github.com

kodekloudhub/amazon-elastic-kubernetes-service-course/blob/main/docs/playground.md

# Amazon EKS Cluster

In this guide, we will deploy an EKS cluster in the KodeKloud AWS Playground using Terraform. This cluster utilises an *unmanaged* node group, i.e. one we have to deploy and join manually as the playground does not support the creation of managed node groups.

If you want to do this manually from the AWS console, you can follow [this guide](https://github.com/kodekloudhub/certified-kubernetes-administrator-course/blob/master/managed-clusters/eks/console/README.md).

This terraform code will create an EKS cluster called `demo-eks` and will have the same properties as the manually deployed version linked above.

## Start an AWS Playground

[Click here](https://kodekloud.com/playgrounds/playground-aws) to start a playground, and click `START LAB` to request a new AWS Cloud Playground instance. After a few seconds, you will receive your credential to access AWS Cloud console.

Note that you must have KodeKloud Pro subscription to run an AWS playground. If you have [your own AWS account](https://aws.amazon.com/free/), this should still work, however *you* will bear the cost for any resources created until you delete them. Be aware that not all resources are free in a "free" account!
That includes EKS control planes (approx. 10 cents/hour).

This demo can be run from either your own laptop or from the AWS CloudShell
* From your laptop
    * You must have working versions of [git](https://github.com/git-guides/install-git), [terraform](https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/install), [kubectl](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/#kubectl), [jq](https://jqlang.github.io/jq/) (Mac/Linux only) and the [AWS CLI](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/getting-started-install.html#getting-started-install-instructions) installed on your laptop. This is not a tutorial on how to install these things.
    * You will need to go to the IAM console in AWS, then create and download access keys for the playground user, then export these as `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID` and `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY` in your terminal's environment.
    * If your laptop is Windows, you must run the commands from a PowerShell prompt.

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I have deployed a kubernetes on AWS (using KodeKloud’s sandbox playground).
I could also get the webcolor / 2048 apps working using NLB and ALB (as suggested by Alistair on discord - using this lab AWS EKS Course | KodeKloud)

(I’ll also note that I have done the argocd course, both the lab and locally and i had no issues)

deploying ArgoCD on aws isnt that simple but its not supposed to be that complicated (i have read many guides)- but with the playground’s limitations I’m just not able to do it…
(again, my AWS knowledge is not that extensive).

can anyone assist?

adamlevi87 · January 30, 2025, 5:56pm

figured it out myself. limited knowledge on AWS combined with limited permissions on the playground, this worked out:

ive figured it out.
used the instructions in the lab you sent…
had to also create the subnets tags as those were not created when done on a VM/playground (outside the lab) and they are required.
also, had to install a cert manager (using helm).
then installed the NLB using the yaml from the lab (aws repo)
then installed argocd using helm with my own value file (values file to set up argo using NLB)

i also have a very specific script for the entire procedure