Deploy with ArgoCD - Administrator Guide - Cortex CLOUD

KSPM-Documentation
Product
Cortex Cloud Application Security > Cortex CLOUD
Creation date
2025-05-11
Last date published
2026-06-11
Category
Administrator Guide

Deploy the Cortex KSPM agent to on-premises Kubernetes clusters using ArgoCD. ArgoCD is a declarative GitOps continuous delivery tool that automates agent deployment and configuration synchronization from a Git repository.

  1. Install ArgoCD.

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

  2. Connect ArgoCD to a git repository.

    # HTTPS based authentication
cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: gitlab-repo
  namespace: argocd
  labels:
    argocd.argoproj.io/secret-type: repository
stringData:
  type: git
  url: https://gitlab.example.com/kspm/kspm-gitops.git
  username: <GIT_USERNAME>
  password: <GIT_TOKEN>
EOF

# SSH based authentication
cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: gitlab-repo
  namespace: argocd
  labels:
    argocd.argoproj.io/secret-type: repository
stringData:
  type: git
  url: git@gitlab.example.com:kspm/kspm-gitops.git
  sshPrivateKey: |
    -----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
    <your-private-key>
    -----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
EOF

  3. Apply the ArgoCD Application manifest.

    kubectl apply -f charts/overlays/application.yaml