cost-calc

Argo CD

Argo CD is a declarative GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes that continuously compares the desired state defined in a Git repository against the live cluster and can automatically sync the two. It was created at Intuit and is now a graduated Cloud Native Computing Foundation project.

Baseline topologies

TopologyMinimum nodesRoles
single-node1argocd
ha-controller2argocd-server, argocd-controller

What drives the cost

Managed applications
Total number of Argo CD Application resources managed. Primary driver for application controller memory and reconciliation CPU.
Concurrent sync operations
Peak number of simultaneous sync/deploy operations. Drives repo-server and controller throughput.

Where it runs

bare_metal, dedicated, cloud_vm

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