Case 13
ArgoCD App of Apps
ArgoCD App of Apps: Problem: As platforms grow, application onboarding, add-ons, and environment drift become hard to reason about. Constraints: Bootstrap order, namespace ownership, secrets, cluster add-ons, team autonomy, and rollback visibility. Architecture: Argo CD app-of-apps pattern with platform add-ons, application sets, sync waves, health checks, and environment-level ownership. Result: Platform state becomes visible in Git and easier to bootstrap, audit, and recover.
- Problem
- As platforms grow, application onboarding, add-ons, and environment drift become hard to reason about.
- Constraints
- Bootstrap order, namespace ownership, secrets, cluster add-ons, team autonomy, and rollback visibility.
- Architecture
- Argo CD app-of-apps pattern with platform add-ons, application sets, sync waves, health checks, and environment-level ownership.
- Result
- Platform state becomes visible in Git and easier to bootstrap, audit, and recover.
Related topics: AI infrastructure, Kubernetes/EKS, GitOps, Terraform, observability, platform engineering, cloud architecture.