Bootstrap environment from a local Argo CD instance then transfer control to Management Argo CD instance.
Leverage a Bootstrap environment using k3d for a local Argo CD then transfer control to the management Argo CD instance.
Changes to this project are tracked in the CHANGELOG which uses the keepachangelog format.
The setup process is fairly simple and all you need to do execute the ./setup.sh script.
❯ ./setup.sh
Creating bootstrap cluster...
[bootstrap-local-cc-00]: Creating cluster...
INFO[0000] Prep: Network
INFO[0000] Created network 'k3d-bootstrap-local-cc-00'
INFO[0000] Created image volume k3d-bootstrap-local-cc-00-images
INFO[0000] Starting new tools node...
INFO[0001] Starting Node 'k3d-bootstrap-local-cc-00-tools'
INFO[0001] Creating node 'k3d-bootstrap-local-cc-00-server-0'
INFO[0002] Creating LoadBalancer 'k3d-bootstrap-local-cc-00-serverlb'
INFO[0002] Using the k3d-tools node to gather environment information
INFO[0003] HostIP: using network gateway 172.22.0.1 address
INFO[0003] Starting cluster 'bootstrap-local-cc-00'
INFO[0003] Starting servers...
INFO[0003] Starting Node 'k3d-bootstrap-local-cc-00-server-0'
INFO[0010] All agents already running.
INFO[0010] Starting helpers...
INFO[0011] Starting Node 'k3d-bootstrap-local-cc-00-serverlb'
INFO[0020] Injecting records for hostAliases (incl. host.k3d.internal) and for 2 network members into CoreDNS configmap...
INFO[0022] Cluster 'bootstrap-local-cc-00' created successfully!
INFO[0023] You can now use it like this:
kubectl cluster-info
Install ArgoCD Operator on bootstrap...
namespace/argocd-system created
Release "argocd-operator" does not exist. Installing it now.
NAME: argocd-operator
LAST DEPLOYED: Mon Sep 18 10:40:00 2025
NAMESPACE: argocd-system
STATUS: deployed
REVISION: 1
TEST SUITE: None
NOTES:
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** CONGRATULATIONS! **
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The ArgoCD Operator and associated Argo Projects have been installed.
Install ArgoCD instance in platform-management-system
namespace/platform-management-system created
argocd.argoproj.io/argocd created
configmap/argocd-cm patched
[platform-bootstrap] Configuring platform...
serviceaccount/argocd-mgmt created
secret/argocd-mgmt-token created
clusterrolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/argocd-mgmt created
secret/platform-bootstrap created
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Argo CD: https://localhost:30043
Username: admin
Password: XXXXX