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 # Learn Rollouts
+
+``` bash
+kind create cluster --name rollout --config kind-config.yaml
+# your first time through you need to add the argocd repo
+helm repo add argo https://argoproj.github.io/argo-helm
+helm repo update
+# install argocd into the cluster
+helm install argo argo/argo-cd --namespace argocd --create-namespace
+# deploy the app of apps
+kubectl apply -f apps/apps.yaml
+```
+
+``` bash
+# access the argocd server
+kubectl port-forward service/argo-argocd-server -n argocd 8080:443
+argocd admin initial-password -n argocd
+argocd login localhost:8080
+```
+
+``` bash
+argocd account update-password --account admin --new-password password
+argocd app list
+argocd app create apps --repo https://github.com/waylonwalker/learn-rollouts --path apps --dest-server https://kubernetes.default.svc --dest-namespace argocd
+argocd app list
+argocd app sync apps
+argocd app list
+```