argo-cd/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md

Contributing

Before You Start

You must install and run the ArgoCD using a local Kubernetes (e.g. Docker for Desktop or Minikube) first. This will help you understand the application, but also get your local environment set-up.

Then, to get a good grounding in Go, try out the tutorial.

Pre-requisites

Install:

• docker
• golang
• dep
• protobuf
• ksonnet
• helm
• kustomize
• go-swagger
• jq
• kubectl
• kubectx
• minikube or Docker for Desktop

!!! warning "Versions" You will find problems generating code if you do not have the correct versions of protoc and swagger

$ protoc --version
libprotoc 3.7.1
~/go/src/github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (ui)
$ swagger version
version: v0.19.0

Brew users can quickly install the lot:

brew tap go-swagger/go-swagger
brew install go dep protobuf kubectl kubectx ksonnet/tap/ks kubernetes-helm jq go-swagger kustomize 

!!! note "Kustomize" Since Argo CD supports Kustomize v1.0 and v2.0, you will need to install both versions in order for the unit tests to run. The Kustomize 1 unit test expects to find a kustomize1 binary in the path. You can use this link to find the Kustomize 1 currently used by Argo CD and modify the curl command to download the correct OS.

Set up environment variables (e.g. is ~/.bashrc):

export GOPATH=~/go
export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin

Checkout the code:

go get -u github.com/argoproj/argo-cd
cd ~/go/src/github.com/argoproj/argo-cd

Install go dependencies:

make install-dev-tools

Building

make

The make command can take a while, and we recommend building the specific component you are working on

• make codegen - Builds protobuf and swagger files
• make cli - Make the argocd CLI tool
• make server - Make the API/repo/controller server
• make argocd-util - Make the administrator's utility, used for certain tasks such as import/export

Running Tests

To run unit tests:

make test

Check out the following documentation for instructions on running the e2e tests.

Running Locally

It is much easier to run and debug if you run ArgoCD on your local machine than in the Kubernetes cluster.

You should scale the deployments to zero:

kubectl -n argocd scale deployment.extensions/argocd-application-controller --replicas 0
kubectl -n argocd scale deployment.extensions/argocd-dex-server --replicas 0
kubectl -n argocd scale deployment.extensions/argocd-repo-server --replicas 0
kubectl -n argocd scale deployment.extensions/argocd-server --replicas 0
kubectl -n argocd scale deployment.extensions/argocd-redis --replicas 0

Note: you'll need to use the https://localhost:6443 cluster now.

Then start the services:

cd ~/go/src/github.com/argoproj/argo-cd
make start

You can now execute argocd command against your locally running ArgoCD by appending --server localhost:8080 --plaintext --insecure, e.g.:

argocd app set guestbook --path guestbook --repo https://github.com/argoproj/argocd-example-apps.git --dest-server https://localhost:6443  --dest-namespace default --server localhost:8080 --plaintext --insecure

You can open the UI: http://localhost:8080

Note: you'll need to use the https://kubernetes.default.svc cluster now.

Running Local Containers

You may need to run containers locally, so here's how:

Create login to Docker Hub, then login.

docker login

Add your username as the environment variable, e.g. to your ~/.bash_profile:

export IMAGE_NAMESPACE=alexcollinsintuit

If you have not built the UI image (see the UI README), then do the following:

docker pull argoproj/argocd-ui:latest
docker tag argoproj/argocd-ui:latest $IMAGE_NAMESPACE/argocd-ui:latest
docker push $IMAGE_NAMESPACE/argocd-ui:latest

Build the images:

DOCKER_PUSH=true make image

Update the manifests:

make manifests

Install the manifests:

kubectl -n argocd apply --force -f manifests/install.yaml

Scale your deployments up:

kubectl -n argocd scale deployment.extensions/argocd-application-controller --replicas 1
kubectl -n argocd scale deployment.extensions/argocd-dex-server --replicas 1
kubectl -n argocd scale deployment.extensions/argocd-repo-server --replicas 1
kubectl -n argocd scale deployment.extensions/argocd-server --replicas 1
kubectl -n argocd scale deployment.extensions/argocd-redis --replicas 1

Now you can set-up the port-forwarding and open the UI or CLI.