Logging in to the Argo CD Server

Prerequisites

Required access rights: Platform Administrator or Cluster Administrator

About this task

After policies are registered with your Kubernetes cluster, you can log in to the Argo CD server to view a dashboard of your policies:


Argo CD Dashboard

Procedure

  1. Navigate to the Clusters tab:

    Policy Viewer link in Details column
  2. Click the Policy Viewer link. The Argo login page is displayed.
  3. Enter a Username. The default user is admin.
  4. Enter a Password.

    To obtain the default password, enter the following command on a Kubernetes master node:

    kubectl -n argocd get secret argocd-initial-admin-secret -o jsonpath="{.data.password}" | base64 -d

    To change the password, see this FAQ (link opens an external site in a new browser tab or window).

  5. Click SIGN IN.