# OpsMx Argo Sandbox Guide ### Authentication to Argo 1. You would need a valid Google/Gmail ID to log into the ARGO Sandbox environment. 2. After a successful login, the **ArgoCD user interface (UI)** appears as shown below.

3\. The user can access project details, repositories, accounts, certifications, clusters, and other information by clicking the “**Settings**” button on the left side of the screen.

4\. By clicking the “**Projects**” tab from the screen above, the user can access the cluster and namespace details as shown below.

### **Create an Application** Follow the steps below to create a new application in ArgoCD. 1. Click "**+NEW APP**" or "**CREATE APPLICATION**" button to create a new application in ArgoCD.

2\. After clicking "**+NEW APP**" or "**CREATE APPLICATION**" button, provide the required parameters as shown in the image below.

* **Application Name**: Provide the application name that you need to create * **Project Name**: Click on Project name and select the project from the drop-down menu * **SyncPolicy**: Select as Manual. (If you select automatic, all changes/commits made to the git repository will be updated automatically without any human intervention.) 3\. Scroll down to update the "**Source**" parameters as shown in the image below.

* **Repository URL**: Click on Repository URL and select the available URL from the drop-down menu * **Revision**: Select revision as **HEAD** * **Path**: Click on Path and select the available path from the drop-down menu. (If paths are not highlighted check in the git repository URL) 4\. Scroll down to update the "**Destination**" parameters as shown in the image below.

* **ClusterURL:** Click on Cluster URL and select the available URL from the drop-down menu * **Namespace**: Namespace value can be taken from project details as mentioned in [Create an Application](#creation-of-application) section step 4. * After updating the above parameters click "**CREATE**" button to complete the application creation. 5\. After clicking the "**CREATE**" button, your application will be created in ArgoCD UI as shown in the image below**.**

6\. After create an application, click on the application to get a Synchronize option and then click "**SYNC**" button.

7\. After you click the "**Sync"** button, the application will be synced and deployed into the target cluster, which is the namespace that you specified when you created the application.

8\. After a successful sync, the application health will be updated as shown in the image below.

### **Verification** 1. Click on the **"Pod"** to perform the verification.

2\. Pod detail window displays a summary, events, and logs.

3\. Click on logs to see the pod logs.