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Argo CD on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

GitOps out of the box: this image boots a K3s Kubernetes cluster with Argo CD v3.5 pre-installed and its web UI on port 30443. Point it at a Git repository and get declarative, auditable, automatically synced deployments — in your subscription, minutes after deploy.

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Version: Argo CD v3.5.3 on bundled K3s v1.36.5+k3s1Platform: Ubuntu 24.04 LTSPorts: 30443 (Argo CD UI/API — NodePort; HTTP redirects to HTTPS with a self-signed certificate); 6443 (K3s API) is NOT exposedCategory: DevOps & Kubernetes

What's included

Argo CD v3.5 pre-deployed on a bundled K3s v1.36 cluster
Web UI + argocd CLI for app-of-apps workflows
Initial admin secret unique to your VM
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with automatic security updates
Trusted Launch: Secure Boot + vTPM supported
Manage the local cluster or register external clusters

Quick start

Deploy from the Azure Marketplace (Get It Now → Create), choosing your SSH key at the Administration step.
Allow inbound SSH (22) for yourself plus the application port(s): 30443 (Argo CD UI) — restrict to your own IP where possible. The in-image firewall already allows them; only the Network Security Group (NSG) keeps them closed.
Open https://<VM-IP>:30443/ and sign in as admin (see First login below).
Connect your Git repository (Settings → Repositories) and create your first Application — Argo CD reconciles the cluster to match Git.

Get your admin password (one time)

ssh <your-username>@<VM-IP>
sudo cat /var/lib/argocd/admin-password

Sign in as admin with the password in /var/lib/argocd/admin-password (first boot writes it after Argo CD is up). The `argocd` CLI is installed on the VM: `argocd login 127.0.0.1:30443 --insecure --username admin`. The K3s API on 6443 is intentionally not exposed; manage the cluster over SSH with `sudo k3s kubectl`.

Common use cases

GitOps delivery for Kubernetes workloads
Drift detection and auto-sync from Git
Progressive delivery foundations
Single control plane for multiple clusters

Why our images

Freshly rebuilt against the latest security advisories, no shared default credentials, Trusted Launch support, and automatic OS security updates — everything runs in your own Azure subscription under your governance.

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