The Argo Ecosystem - Tailoring Your Installation Through Community Add-ons

Explore the Argo ecosystem and learn how to customize your installation with community add-ons in this 35-minute conference talk by Jesse Suen and Alexander Matyushentsev. Discover the core Argo projects like Workflows, CD, Rollouts, and Events, and delve into the suite of ecosystem projects that complement these offerings. Learn about additional features such as notifications, docker registry integration, git writeback, and cluster bootstrapping/add-on management. Gain insights into tailoring your Argo setup to meet your organization's specific needs. Explore upcoming enhancements to Argo CD, including a redesigned config management plugin system, UI component library, and UI/API extensions. Understand how to leverage Argo engines and building blocks in your own operators for new capabilities. The talk covers topics like Argo's design philosophies, Argo Proj Labs, core projects, CD Image Updates, Application Sets, and creating extensions.

Introduction
Jesse Suen
What is Argo
Design philosophies
Adding Features
Why Separate Projects
Argo Proj Labs
Argo Core Projects
Argo CD Image Updates
Argo CD Application Sets
Notifications
Argo CD Extensions
Preparation
Target Cluster
Application Set
Creating an Extension
QA