Argo Workflow History and Common Commands

Introduction

This post contains a collection of common Argo workflow and Kubernetes commands that I’ve used in my work. These commands are organized by category for easy reference.

Argo Setup and Installation

Initial Setup

## Create Argo namespace
kubectl create ns argo

## Apply Argo manifests with PostgreSQL
kubectl apply -n argo -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argoproj/argo/stable/manifests/quick-start-postgres.yaml

## Create cluster role binding
kubectl create clusterrolebinding mkang-cluster-admin-binding --clusterrole=cluster-admin [email protected]

## Port forward Argo server
kubectl -n argo port-forward deployment/argo-server 2746:2746

Workflow Management

## List all workflows
kubectl get wf

## List workflows for specific user
kubectl get wf | grep mkang

Kubernetes Resource Management

Pod Management

## List pods with wide output
kubectl get pods --wide

## Get pod details
kubectl describe pod <pod-name>

## Get pod logs
kubectl logs <pod-name>

## Get pod YAML
kubectl get pod <pod-name> -o yaml

Deployment Management

## Scale deployments
kubectl scale deployment <deployment-name> --replicas <number>

## Delete deployments
kubectl delete deployment <deployment-name>

## Describe deployments
kubectl describe deployment <deployment-name>

StatefulSet Management

## List statefulsets
kubectl get statefulsets

## Scale statefulsets
kubectl scale statefulset <statefulset-name> --replicas <number>

## Delete statefulsets
kubectl delete statefulset <statefulset-name>

Node Management

## List nodes
kubectl get nodes

## Describe node
kubectl describe node <node-name>

## Get node information
kubectl get no <node-name>

Resource Monitoring

## Get pod resource usage
kubectl top pod <pod-name>

## Get node resource usage
kubectl top nodes

## Get cluster information
kubectl cluster-info

Secret and ConfigMap Management

## Get secrets
kubectl get secrets

## Get secret details
kubectl get secrets <secret-name> -o json

## Get configmaps
kubectl get configmap <configmap-name>

## Get configmap details
kubectl get configmap <configmap-name> -o yaml

Service Account and Role Management

## List service accounts
kubectl get serviceaccount

## List cluster roles
kubectl --namespace kube-system get clusterrole

## Delete roles
kubectl delete role <role-name>

## Delete service accounts
kubectl delete serviceaccount <serviceaccount-name>

Common Troubleshooting Commands

## Get events
kubectl get events

## Get pod logs with follow
kubectl logs -f <pod-name>

## Get pod details in YAML format
kubectl describe pod <pod-name> -o yaml

## Check API versions
kubectl api-versions

Cleanup Commands

## Delete multiple resources
kubectl delete deployment,service,ingress <resource-name>

## Delete resources by label
kubectl delete all -l app=<label-name>

## Delete namespace and all resources
kubectl delete namespace <namespace-name>