argo-helm VS Killed by Google

kubectl create namespace argocd helm repo add argo https://argoproj.github.io/argo-helm helm repo update helm install argocd argo/argo-cd --namespace argocd

We will use Helm to install Argo CD with the community-maintained chart from argoproj/argo-helm because The Argo project doesn't provide an official Helm chart. We will render thier helm chart for argocd locally on our side, manipulate it and overrides its default values, and also we can helm lint the chart and templating to see if there is some errors or not, We gonna use the chart version 5.50.0 which matches appVersion: v2.8.6 you can find all details for the chart and also we gonna override some values @ default-values.yaml

resource "helm_release" "argocd" { name = "${var.environment}-argocd" namespace = "${var.environment}-argocd" create_namespace = true repository = "https://argoproj.github.io/argo-helm" version = "${var.helm_version}" chart = "argo-cd" set { name = "server.service.type" value = "LoadBalancer" } set { name = "server.service.loadBalancerIP" value = "${var.loadBalancerIP}" } values = [ <<-YAML --- global: image: tag: "${var.image_tag}" configs: repositories: gitops-homelab: url: [email protected]:myprivaterepo/gitops-homelab.git name: private-repo type: git sshPrivateKey: file("${path.module}/sa_keys/private/${var.environment}_id_rsa") server: extraArgs: - --insecure YAML ] } output "file_location" { value = file("${path.module}/sa_keys/private/${var.environment}_id_rsa") }

"argo-cd" = { repository = "https://argoproj.github.io/argo-helm", chart = "argo-cd", namespace = "argocd" values_file = templatefile("./values/argocd.yml", { ingress_scheme = "internal" #internet-facing or internal elb_name = aws_lb.this["${local.name}-int-a"].name })

repository = "https://argoproj.github.io/argo-helm" chart = "argo-cd" namespace = "argo" version = "5.34.5"

I think your example with the ArgoCD Helm chart says it all. It can get incredibly complicated, and I had tremendous trouble getting it working, it broke all the time, getting the indentation right was a nightmare ... very unpleasant experience. I mean look at that chart, the authors have to constantly specify the indentation level everywhere.

plugin: name: argocd-vault-helm env: - name: release_name value: argocd - name: chart_name value: argo-cd - name: chart_repo value: https://argoproj.github.io/argo-helm - name: chart_version value: 5.17.1 - name: chart_values value: -f applicationset.yaml -f configs.yaml -f controller.yaml -f dex.yaml -f redis.yaml -f reposerver.yaml -f server.yaml -f notifications.yaml - name: args value: --include-crds

Another folder I want to discuss shortly is the Terraform folder. This project was installed by terraform basically but it can deployed easily with simple helm installation of ArgoCD . In the next attachment we can see the relevant values neccesary to apply our ArgoCD system : values-override.tpl

Finally, we have to install ArgoCD from the official Helm Chart but with extra configuration that provides modifications required to install Vault plugin via sidecar container.

I was already starting to feel a little cornered in the whole Google ecosystem and a bit limited with stuff like backups, vendor lock in, etc. (and you always have the obvious hanging over your head) and ultimately, I think I just find the mental model of a SQL database more intuitive compared to a NoSQL database. So I thought to myself; "the longer I leave it, the harder it'll be to make the switch".

https://killedbygoogle.com/

Their reputation is deserved. Google domains was killed only last year!

And this isn't even the first time I've been burned by Google's decisions. If you're familiar at all with the Google Graveyard, you'll know that Google has a long history of killing off products and services that people have come to rely on. This has happened to me a number of times, in both a personal and professional capacity, and frankly it's getting old.

Just because Google has a couple of decent services that you're willing to pay for doesn't detract from the fact that most of their products have a worse life expectancy than a victorian child in the 1800s. https://killedbygoogle.com

They ruined every single opportunity to be more than an advertising company since Orkut. With scrapped attempts, starts and lack of intention for most of the 2010s to even during the early half of the Pixel Era, they seemingly haven't learnt to stick to something and iterate on it well.

And the fact that over 50% of their revenues come from search and by extension, advertising.

The fact' that til this day, they still haven't evolved from the "throwing shit at the wall then at the fan" strat which explains how they have fumbled so much so quickly.

Yeah. The Google Graveyard really shows how far this can go.

https://killedbygoogle.com

The punchline is that in addition to hundreds of failed hobby projects, their stock is doing great. Monopoly power is a helluva drug.

To me Gemini is just sort of generic and uninteresting. There has to be hundreds or thousands of products and companies based on the name "Gemini" - "Bard" was at least interesting, different and distinct.

I've no idea about the quality of the product itself, I have never had a reason to use it. It's long past cliché now but I wouldn't get too attached to a Google product that is definitely costing a lot of money but which has no clear pathway to turning a profit. I think they will keep it ticking over until the hype train moves on from Chatbots/LLMs, and then it'll join the Google Graveyard @ https://killedbygoogle.com

We're not talking about reliability, we're talking about Google's penchant for killing established products that people use. https://killedbygoogle.com