The project bridges traditional pipelines and GitOps, improving deployment visibility with Argo CD Image Updater and a built-in GitOps repo updater
Argo Watcher not only addresses the critical challenge of visibility during deployments with Argo CD Image Updater but also introduces optional built-in image updater.
It actively monitors the ArgoCD API for application changes and synchronizes the status of your image-related modifications, streamlining and potentially accelerating your deployment processes.
- ArgoCD
- Argo CD Image Updater (we encourage you to try out built-in GitOps repo updater instead)
- CI/CD solution of your choice
A possible workflow with Argo Watcher:
- Build and Deploy: Build a new Docker image of your application and push it to your image repository.
- Monitoring Setup: Run an Argo Watcher Client job after the new image is pushed. This job oversees the deployment process.
- Image Update in GitOps repo: Argo CD Image Updater or Argo Watcher commits the updated image tag to the GitOps repository, triggering deployment.
- Deployment Monitoring: Argo Watcher monitors and reports the deployment status in real-time.
- Pipeline Status Reporting: The client returns an exit code reflecting the deployment task status, marking the workflow's completion.
Tip
In addition to pipeline logs, the whole process can be observed through the web UI.
The up to date documentation is available here: argo-watcher.readthedocs.io.
Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.