Argo Workflows: Schedule workflows with CronWorkflow

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With Argo workflows you can automate tasks like building and pushing Docker images on a regular schedule: You just need to use the CronWorkflow to call any WorkflowTemplate.

In this example we are going to set up an Argo CronWorkflow that runs every hour, clones a Git repository, builds a Docker image using Kaniko, and pushes it to a Docker registry.

06/11/2024

Argo Workflows: Using the exit handler

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An exit handler is a template that always executes at the end of a workflow (regardless of whether it completed successfully or returned an error). You can use this run any action, for example: to send notifications after a workflow runs, post the status of the workflow to a webhook, clean up artifacts or run another workflow.

01/11/2024

Argo Workflows: How to actually run a task in a Workflow

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When we are creating a Workflow in Argo Workflows, we need to define the tasks that we need to do. These tasks are defined using templates: They are the building blocks of a Workflow, defining how each task will be executed.

31/10/2024

Argo Workflows: Passing artifacts in a multi-step WorkflowTemplate

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In a Workflow we'll need to be able to share data between the different steps. To do so we can use the artifacts section in the WorkflowTemplate. This allows us to pass data between steps in a Workflow.

29/10/2024

Argo Workflows: Input Parameters in a WorkflowTemplate

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Having a WorkflowTemplate with input parameters in Argo Workflows allows you to create reusable templates that can be customized at runtime. This is useful when you want to pass dynamic values to the workflow template when you submit it.

Following the example of the WorkflowTemplate that builds and pushes a Docker image using Kaniko, we are going to update it to use input parameters.

28/10/2024