argocd

What is the default password of argocd?

I have installed argocd on aks using below command:

kubectl create namespace argocd
kubectl apply -n argocd -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argoproj/argo-cd/master/manifests/install.yaml

Then I change it to load balancer service.

kubectl edit svc argocd-server -n argocd

Now, when I connect to argocd web ui, I wasm't able to connect with below credentials.

user: admin password: argocd-server-9b77b6575-ts54n

Password got from below command as mentioned in docs.

kubectl get po -n argocd
NAME                                 READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
argocd-application-controller-0      1/1     Running   0          21m
argocd-dex-server-5559bc9679-5mj4v   1/1     Running   1          21m
argocd-redis-74d8c6db65-sxbnt        1/1     Running   0          21m
argocd-repo-server-6866f58df-m59sr   1/1     Running   0          21m
argocd-server-9b77b6575-ts54n        1/1     Running   0          21m

Please suggest me how to login, what is the default credentials.

Even I tried resetting it using this command.

kubectl -n argocd patch secret argocd-secret -p '{"stringData": {
    "admin.password": "$2a$10$Ix3Pd7mywOwVWOK8eSSY0uo60V6Vf6DtZljGuLwGRHQNnWNBbOLhW",
    "admin.passwordMtime": "'$(date +%FT%T%Z)'"
  }}'

But getting this error:

Error from server (BadRequest): invalid character 's' looking for beginning of object key string
Error from server (NotFound): secrets "2021-07-08T12:59:15IST" not found
Error from server (NotFound): secrets "\n  }}" not found
Solution

  • You get the password by typing

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

    With kubectl get pods you get the pod name, not the password. It is common that applications save the password into a Kubernetes Secret. The secret values are base64 encoded, so to update the secret it has to be valid base64 echo newpassword | base64. Allthough keep in mind updating the secret does not change the application password.