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authorPaul Buetow <paul@buetow.org>2026-03-30 22:43:36 +0300
committerPaul Buetow <paul@buetow.org>2026-03-30 22:43:36 +0300
commit6adfaaccf5aeced30e67ab5b3097499b7d70ea5e (patch)
tree3d3b42fd788edd4a660633bc90ce87fbd90c730e
parent4c3464f60fa4f7dfeba4917f48170ef07611fe96 (diff)
Update content for md
-rw-r--r--gemfeed/2016-04-09-jails-and-zfs-on-freebsd-with-puppet.md1
-rw-r--r--gemfeed/2022-07-30-lets-encrypt-with-openbsd-and-rex.md1
-rw-r--r--gemfeed/2024-01-13-one-reason-why-i-love-openbsd.md1
-rw-r--r--gemfeed/2024-04-01-KISS-high-availability-with-OpenBSD.md1
-rw-r--r--gemfeed/2024-11-17-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-1.md2
-rw-r--r--gemfeed/2024-12-03-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-2.md2
-rw-r--r--gemfeed/2025-02-01-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-3.md2
-rw-r--r--gemfeed/2025-04-05-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-4.md2
-rw-r--r--gemfeed/2025-05-11-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-5.md2
-rw-r--r--gemfeed/2025-07-14-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-6.md2
-rw-r--r--gemfeed/2025-10-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-7.md2
-rw-r--r--gemfeed/2025-12-07-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-8.md2
-rw-r--r--gemfeed/2026-04-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-9.md613
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diff --git a/gemfeed/2016-04-09-jails-and-zfs-on-freebsd-with-puppet.md b/gemfeed/2016-04-09-jails-and-zfs-on-freebsd-with-puppet.md
index 8cabdd69..5375f5ac 100644
--- a/gemfeed/2016-04-09-jails-and-zfs-on-freebsd-with-puppet.md
+++ b/gemfeed/2016-04-09-jails-and-zfs-on-freebsd-with-puppet.md
@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ E-Mail your comments to `paul@nospam.buetow.org` :-)
Other *BSD related posts are:
+[2026-04-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 9: GitOps with ArgoCD](./2026-04-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-9.md)
[2025-12-07 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 8: Observability](./2025-12-07-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-8.md)
[2025-10-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 7: k3s and first pod deployments](./2025-10-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-7.md)
[2025-07-14 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 6: Storage](./2025-07-14-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-6.md)
diff --git a/gemfeed/2022-07-30-lets-encrypt-with-openbsd-and-rex.md b/gemfeed/2022-07-30-lets-encrypt-with-openbsd-and-rex.md
index b23a5a58..08106050 100644
--- a/gemfeed/2022-07-30-lets-encrypt-with-openbsd-and-rex.md
+++ b/gemfeed/2022-07-30-lets-encrypt-with-openbsd-and-rex.md
@@ -676,6 +676,7 @@ E-Mail your comments to `paul@nospam.buetow.org` :-)
Other *BSD related posts are:
+[2026-04-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 9: GitOps with ArgoCD](./2026-04-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-9.md)
[2025-12-07 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 8: Observability](./2025-12-07-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-8.md)
[2025-10-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 7: k3s and first pod deployments](./2025-10-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-7.md)
[2025-07-14 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 6: Storage](./2025-07-14-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-6.md)
diff --git a/gemfeed/2024-01-13-one-reason-why-i-love-openbsd.md b/gemfeed/2024-01-13-one-reason-why-i-love-openbsd.md
index 777eae1b..7c74fb30 100644
--- a/gemfeed/2024-01-13-one-reason-why-i-love-openbsd.md
+++ b/gemfeed/2024-01-13-one-reason-why-i-love-openbsd.md
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ E-Mail your comments to `paul@nospam.buetow.org` :-)
Other *BSD related posts are:
+[2026-04-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 9: GitOps with ArgoCD](./2026-04-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-9.md)
[2025-12-07 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 8: Observability](./2025-12-07-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-8.md)
[2025-10-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 7: k3s and first pod deployments](./2025-10-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-7.md)
[2025-07-14 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 6: Storage](./2025-07-14-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-6.md)
diff --git a/gemfeed/2024-04-01-KISS-high-availability-with-OpenBSD.md b/gemfeed/2024-04-01-KISS-high-availability-with-OpenBSD.md
index 62523fd1..2bde7c7f 100644
--- a/gemfeed/2024-04-01-KISS-high-availability-with-OpenBSD.md
+++ b/gemfeed/2024-04-01-KISS-high-availability-with-OpenBSD.md
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ E-Mail your comments to `paul@nospam.buetow.org` :-)
Other *BSD and KISS related posts are:
+[2026-04-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 9: GitOps with ArgoCD](./2026-04-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-9.md)
[2025-12-07 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 8: Observability](./2025-12-07-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-8.md)
[2025-10-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 7: k3s and first pod deployments](./2025-10-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-7.md)
[2025-07-14 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 6: Storage](./2025-07-14-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-6.md)
diff --git a/gemfeed/2024-11-17-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-1.md b/gemfeed/2024-11-17-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-1.md
index ac0485ad..91e52953 100644
--- a/gemfeed/2024-11-17-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-1.md
+++ b/gemfeed/2024-11-17-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-1.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ These are all the posts so far:
[2025-07-14 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 6: Storage](./2025-07-14-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-6.md)
[2025-10-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 7: k3s and first pod deployments](./2025-10-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-7.md)
[2025-12-07 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 8: Observability](./2025-12-07-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-8.md)
+[2026-04-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 9: GitOps with ArgoCD](./2026-04-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-9.md)
[![f3s logo](./f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-1/f3slogo.png "f3s logo")](./f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-1/f3slogo.png)
@@ -164,6 +165,7 @@ Read the next post of this series:
Other *BSD-related posts:
+[2026-04-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 9: GitOps with ArgoCD](./2026-04-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-9.md)
[2025-12-07 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 8: Observability](./2025-12-07-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-8.md)
[2025-10-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 7: k3s and first pod deployments](./2025-10-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-7.md)
[2025-07-14 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 6: Storage](./2025-07-14-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-6.md)
diff --git a/gemfeed/2024-12-03-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-2.md b/gemfeed/2024-12-03-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-2.md
index ab81238d..5f7e646f 100644
--- a/gemfeed/2024-12-03-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-2.md
+++ b/gemfeed/2024-12-03-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-2.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ These are all the posts so far:
[2025-07-14 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 6: Storage](./2025-07-14-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-6.md)
[2025-10-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 7: k3s and first pod deployments](./2025-10-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-7.md)
[2025-12-07 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 8: Observability](./2025-12-07-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-8.md)
+[2026-04-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 9: GitOps with ArgoCD](./2026-04-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-9.md)
[![f3s logo](./f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-1/f3slogo.png "f3s logo")](./f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-1/f3slogo.png)
@@ -444,6 +445,7 @@ Read the next post of this series:
Other *BSD-related posts:
+[2026-04-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 9: GitOps with ArgoCD](./2026-04-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-9.md)
[2025-12-07 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 8: Observability](./2025-12-07-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-8.md)
[2025-10-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 7: k3s and first pod deployments](./2025-10-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-7.md)
[2025-07-14 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 6: Storage](./2025-07-14-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-6.md)
diff --git a/gemfeed/2025-02-01-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-3.md b/gemfeed/2025-02-01-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-3.md
index ff2e1a30..bb4b2aae 100644
--- a/gemfeed/2025-02-01-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-3.md
+++ b/gemfeed/2025-02-01-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-3.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ This is the third blog post about my f3s series for my self-hosting demands in m
[2025-07-14 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 6: Storage](./2025-07-14-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-6.md)
[2025-10-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 7: k3s and first pod deployments](./2025-10-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-7.md)
[2025-12-07 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 8: Observability](./2025-12-07-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-8.md)
+[2026-04-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 9: GitOps with ArgoCD](./2026-04-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-9.md)
[![f3s logo](./f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-1/f3slogo.png "f3s logo")](./f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-1/f3slogo.png)
@@ -366,6 +367,7 @@ Read the next post of this series:
Other BSD related posts are:
+[2026-04-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 9: GitOps with ArgoCD](./2026-04-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-9.md)
[2025-12-07 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 8: Observability](./2025-12-07-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-8.md)
[2025-10-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 7: k3s and first pod deployments](./2025-10-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-7.md)
[2025-07-14 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 6: Storage](./2025-07-14-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-6.md)
diff --git a/gemfeed/2025-04-05-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-4.md b/gemfeed/2025-04-05-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-4.md
index 84d25df8..8372c042 100644
--- a/gemfeed/2025-04-05-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-4.md
+++ b/gemfeed/2025-04-05-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-4.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ This is the fourth blog post about the f3s series for self-hosting demands in a
[2025-07-14 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 6: Storage](./2025-07-14-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-6.md)
[2025-10-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 7: k3s and first pod deployments](./2025-10-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-7.md)
[2025-12-07 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 8: Observability](./2025-12-07-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-8.md)
+[2026-04-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 9: GitOps with ArgoCD](./2026-04-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-9.md)
[![f3s logo](./f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-1/f3slogo.png "f3s logo")](./f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-1/f3slogo.png)
@@ -610,6 +611,7 @@ Read the next post of this series:
Other *BSD-related posts:
+[2026-04-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 9: GitOps with ArgoCD](./2026-04-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-9.md)
[2025-12-07 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 8: Observability](./2025-12-07-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-8.md)
[2025-10-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 7: k3s and first pod deployments](./2025-10-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-7.md)
[2025-07-14 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 6: Storage](./2025-07-14-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-6.md)
diff --git a/gemfeed/2025-05-11-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-5.md b/gemfeed/2025-05-11-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-5.md
index 24544a30..65329eb1 100644
--- a/gemfeed/2025-05-11-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-5.md
+++ b/gemfeed/2025-05-11-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-5.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ These are all the posts so far:
[2025-07-14 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 6: Storage](./2025-07-14-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-6.md)
[2025-10-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 7: k3s and first pod deployments](./2025-10-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-7.md)
[2025-12-07 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 8: Observability](./2025-12-07-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-8.md)
+[2026-04-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 9: GitOps with ArgoCD](./2026-04-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-9.md)
[![f3s logo](./f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-1/f3slogo.png "f3s logo")](./f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-1/f3slogo.png)
@@ -1442,6 +1443,7 @@ Read the next post of this series:
Other *BSD-related posts:
+[2026-04-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 9: GitOps with ArgoCD](./2026-04-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-9.md)
[2025-12-07 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 8: Observability](./2025-12-07-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-8.md)
[2025-10-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 7: k3s and first pod deployments](./2025-10-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-7.md)
[2025-07-14 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 6: Storage](./2025-07-14-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-6.md)
diff --git a/gemfeed/2025-07-14-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-6.md b/gemfeed/2025-07-14-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-6.md
index 9c428755..809c9780 100644
--- a/gemfeed/2025-07-14-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-6.md
+++ b/gemfeed/2025-07-14-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-6.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ This is the sixth blog post about the f3s series for self-hosting demands in a h
[2025-07-14 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 6: Storage (You are currently reading this)](./2025-07-14-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-6.md)
[2025-10-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 7: k3s and first pod deployments](./2025-10-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-7.md)
[2025-12-07 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 8: Observability](./2025-12-07-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-8.md)
+[2026-04-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 9: GitOps with ArgoCD](./2026-04-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-9.md)
[![f3s logo](./f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-1/f3slogo.png "f3s logo")](./f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-1/f3slogo.png)
@@ -1932,6 +1933,7 @@ Read the next post of this series:
Other *BSD-related posts:
+[2026-04-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 9: GitOps with ArgoCD](./2026-04-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-9.md)
[2025-12-07 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 8: Observability](./2025-12-07-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-8.md)
[2025-10-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 7: k3s and first pod deployments](./2025-10-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-7.md)
[2025-07-14 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 6: Storage (You are currently reading this)](./2025-07-14-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-6.md)
diff --git a/gemfeed/2025-10-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-7.md b/gemfeed/2025-10-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-7.md
index be6a823e..ac108aff 100644
--- a/gemfeed/2025-10-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-7.md
+++ b/gemfeed/2025-10-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-7.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ This is the seventh blog post about the f3s series for my self-hosting demands i
[2025-07-14 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 6: Storage](./2025-07-14-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-6.md)
[2025-10-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 7: k3s and first pod deployments (You are currently reading this)](./2025-10-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-7.md)
[2025-12-07 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 8: Observability](./2025-12-07-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-8.md)
+[2026-04-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 9: GitOps with ArgoCD](./2026-04-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-9.md)
[![f3s logo](./f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-1/f3slogo.png "f3s logo")](./f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-1/f3slogo.png)
@@ -1328,6 +1329,7 @@ I hope you enjoyed this walkthrough. Read the next post of this series:
Other *BSD-related posts:
+[2026-04-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 9: GitOps with ArgoCD](./2026-04-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-9.md)
[2025-12-07 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 8: Observability](./2025-12-07-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-8.md)
[2025-10-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 7: k3s and first pod deployments (You are currently reading this)](./2025-10-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-7.md)
[2025-07-14 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 6: Storage](./2025-07-14-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-6.md)
diff --git a/gemfeed/2025-12-07-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-8.md b/gemfeed/2025-12-07-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-8.md
index 1313384d..9b8ed6b8 100644
--- a/gemfeed/2025-12-07-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-8.md
+++ b/gemfeed/2025-12-07-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-8.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ This is the 8th blog post about the f3s series for my self-hosting demands in a
[2025-07-14 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 6: Storage](./2025-07-14-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-6.md)
[2025-10-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 7: k3s and first pod deployments](./2025-10-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-7.md)
[2025-12-07 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 8: Observability (You are currently reading this)](./2025-12-07-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-8.md)
+[2026-04-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 9: GitOps with ArgoCD](./2026-04-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-9.md)
[![f3s logo](./f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-1/f3slogo.png "f3s logo")](./f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-1/f3slogo.png)
@@ -1656,6 +1657,7 @@ All configuration files are available on Codeberg:
Other *BSD-related posts:
+[2026-04-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 9: GitOps with ArgoCD](./2026-04-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-9.md)
[2025-12-07 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 8: Observability (You are currently reading this)](./2025-12-07-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-8.md)
[2025-10-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 7: k3s and first pod deployments](./2025-10-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-7.md)
[2025-07-14 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 6: Storage](./2025-07-14-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-6.md)
diff --git a/gemfeed/2026-04-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-9.md b/gemfeed/2026-04-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-9.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4a4f5ea5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gemfeed/2026-04-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-9.md
@@ -0,0 +1,613 @@
+# f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 9: GitOps with ArgoCD
+
+> Published at 2026-04-02T00:00:00+03:00
+
+This is the 9th post in the f3s series about my self-hosting home lab. f3s? The "f" stands for FreeBSD, and the "3s" stands for k3s, the Kubernetes distribution I use on FreeBSD-based physical machines.
+
+[2024-11-17 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 1: Setting the stage](./2024-11-17-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-1.md)
+[2024-12-03 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 2: Hardware and base installation](./2024-12-03-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-2.md)
+[2025-02-01 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 3: Protecting from power cuts](./2025-02-01-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-3.md)
+[2025-04-05 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 4: Rocky Linux Bhyve VMs](./2025-04-05-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-4.md)
+[2025-05-11 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 5: WireGuard mesh network](./2025-05-11-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-5.md)
+[2025-07-14 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 6: Storage](./2025-07-14-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-6.md)
+[2025-10-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 7: k3s and first pod deployments](./2025-10-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-7.md)
+[2025-12-07 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 8: Observability](./2025-12-07-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-8.md)
+[2026-04-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 9: GitOps with ArgoCD (You are currently reading this)](./2026-04-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-9.md)
+
+[![f3s logo](./f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-1/f3slogo.png "f3s logo")](./f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-1/f3slogo.png)
+
+[![ArgoCD Application Resource Tree](./f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-9/argocd-app-tree.png "ArgoCD Application Resource Tree")](./f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-9/argocd-app-tree.png)
+
+## Table of Contents
+
+* [⇢ f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 9: GitOps with ArgoCD](#f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd---part-9-gitops-with-argocd)
+* [⇢ ⇢ Introduction](#introduction)
+* [⇢ ⇢ GitOps in a Nutshell](#gitops-in-a-nutshell)
+* [⇢ ⇢ ArgoCD](#argocd)
+* [⇢ ⇢ Why Bother for a Home Lab?](#why-bother-for-a-home-lab)
+* [⇢ ⇢ Deploying ArgoCD](#deploying-argocd)
+* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Accessing ArgoCD](#accessing-argocd)
+* [⇢ ⇢ In-Cluster Git Server](#in-cluster-git-server)
+* [⇢ ⇢ Repository Organization](#repository-organization)
+* [⇢ ⇢ Migrating an App: Miniflux as Example](#migrating-an-app-miniflux-as-example)
+* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Migration Order](#migration-order)
+* [⇢ ⇢ Complex Migration: Prometheus Multi-Source](#complex-migration-prometheus-multi-source)
+* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Sync Waves](#sync-waves)
+* [⇢ ⇢ The Result](#the-result)
+* [⇢ ⇢ What Changed Day-to-Day](#what-changed-day-to-day)
+* [⇢ ⇢ Challenges Along the Way](#challenges-along-the-way)
+* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Helm Release Adoption](#helm-release-adoption)
+* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ PersistentVolumes](#persistentvolumes)
+* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Secrets](#secrets)
+* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Grafana Not Reloading](#grafana-not-reloading)
+* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Prometheus Multi-Source Ordering](#prometheus-multi-source-ordering)
+* [⇢ ⇢ Wrapping Up](#wrapping-up)
+
+## Introduction
+
+In previous posts, I deployed applications to the k3s cluster using Helm charts and Justfiles--running `just install` or `just upgrade` to push changes to the cluster. That worked, but it had some drawbacks:
+
+* No single source of truth--cluster state depends on which commands were run and when
+* Every change requires manually running commands
+* No easy way to tell if the cluster drifted from the desired config
+* Rolling back means re-running old Helm commands
+* No audit trail for who changed what
+
+This post covers the migration to GitOps with ArgoCD. After this, the Git repo is the single source of truth, and ArgoCD keeps the cluster in sync automatically.
+
+## GitOps in a Nutshell
+
+The idea behind GitOps is simple: describe your entire desired state in Git, and let an agent in the cluster pull that state and reconcile it continuously. Every change goes through a commit, so you get version history, collaboration, and rollback for free.
+
+For Kubernetes specifically:
+
+* All manifests, Helm charts, and config live in a Git repo
+* ArgoCD watches that repo
+* Push a change, ArgoCD applies it
+* If someone manually tweaks something in the cluster, ArgoCD detects the drift and reverts it
+
+## ArgoCD
+
+ArgoCD is a GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. It runs as a controller in the cluster, continuously comparing live state against what's defined in Git.
+
+[ArgoCD Documentation](https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io)
+
+The features I care about most for f3s:
+
+* Automatic sync--monitors Git and applies changes to the cluster
+* Application CRDs--each app is a Kubernetes custom resource
+* Health checks--knows whether an app is healthy or degraded
+* Web UI--visual overview of all applications and their sync status
+* Sync waves and hooks--control deployment order and run post-deploy jobs
+* Multi-source--combine upstream Helm charts with custom manifests
+
+## Why Bother for a Home Lab?
+
+Honestly, the biggest reason is disaster recovery. If the cluster dies, I can:
+
+* Bootstrap a fresh k3s cluster
+* Install ArgoCD
+* Point it at the Git repo
+* Everything deploys automatically
+
+That's it. No "let me check my shell history to remember how I set this up."
+
+It's also a great way to learn. Setting up GitOps for real--even on a small cluster--teaches you things you won't pick up from tutorials alone. Debugging sync issues, figuring out sync waves, dealing with secrets management--all stuff that's directly applicable at work too.
+
+Beyond that: push to Git, things deploy. No SSH'ing to a workstation to run Helm commands. And if I manually tweak something while debugging and forget about it, ArgoCD reverts it back to the desired state. That's happened more than once.
+
+## Deploying ArgoCD
+
+ArgoCD manages everything else via GitOps, but ArgoCD itself needs a bootstrap. Chicken-and-egg problem.
+
+The installation lives in the config repo:
+
+[codeberg.org/snonux/conf/f3s/argocd](https://codeberg.org/snonux/conf/src/branch/master/f3s/argocd)
+
+I deployed it using Helm via a Justfile:
+
+```sh
+$ cd conf/f3s/argocd
+$ just install
+helm repo add argo https://argoproj.github.io/argo-helm
+helm repo update
+kubectl create namespace cicd
+kubectl apply -f persistent-volumes.yaml
+helm install argocd argo/argo-cd --namespace cicd -f values.yaml
+kubectl apply -f ingress.yaml
+```
+
+A few things worth noting in the `values.yaml`:
+
+Persistent storage for the repo-server so cloned Git repos survive pod restarts:
+
+```yaml
+repoServer:
+ volumes:
+ - name: repo-server-data
+ persistentVolumeClaim:
+ claimName: argocd-repo-server-pvc
+ volumeMounts:
+ - name: repo-server-data
+ mountPath: /home/argocd/repo-cache
+ env:
+ - name: XDG_CACHE_HOME
+ value: /home/argocd/repo-cache
+```
+
+Server runs in insecure mode since TLS is terminated by the OpenBSD edge relays (same pattern as all other f3s services):
+
+```yaml
+server:
+ insecure: true
+configs:
+ params:
+ server.insecure: true
+```
+
+Dex (SSO) and notifications are disabled--overkill for a single-user home lab:
+
+```yaml
+dex:
+ enabled: false
+notifications:
+ enabled: false
+```
+
+The admin password is auto-generated on first install and stored in `argocd-initial-admin-secret`. It's preserved across Helm upgrades, so no manual secret creation needed:
+
+```sh
+$ just get-password
+# Reads from argocd-initial-admin-secret
+```
+
+### Accessing ArgoCD
+
+After deployment, ArgoCD runs in the `cicd` namespace:
+
+```sh
+$ kubectl get pods -n cicd
+NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
+argocd-application-controller-0 1/1 Running 0 45d
+argocd-applicationset-controller-66d6b9b8f4-vhm9k 1/1 Running 0 45d
+argocd-redis-77b8d6c6d4-mz9hg 1/1 Running 0 45d
+argocd-repo-server-5f98f77b97-8xtcq 1/1 Running 0 45d
+argocd-server-6b9c4b4f8d-kxw7p 1/1 Running 0 45d
+```
+
+[![ArgoCD login page](./f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-9/argocd-login.png "ArgoCD login page")](./f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-9/argocd-login.png)
+
+The ingress exposes both a WAN and LAN endpoint:
+
+```yaml
+# WAN access (via OpenBSD relayd)
+- host: argocd.f3s.foo.zone
+# LAN access (via FreeBSD CARP VIP, with TLS)
+- host: argocd.f3s.lan.foo.zone
+```
+
+## In-Cluster Git Server
+
+I didn't want ArgoCD pulling from Codeberg over the internet every time it checks for changes. If Codeberg is down (or my internet is), the cluster can't reconcile. So I set up a Git server inside the cluster itself.
+
+[codeberg.org/snonux/conf/f3s/git-server (at 190473b)](https://codeberg.org/snonux/conf/src/commit/190473b/f3s/git-server)
+
+The git-server runs as a single pod in the `cicd` namespace with two containers sharing a PVC:
+
+* An SSH git server (Alpine + OpenSSH + git-shell) for pushing changes from my laptop
+* A CGit web UI with git-http-backend (nginx + fcgiwrap) for browsing repos and HTTP clones
+
+ArgoCD uses the HTTP backend to clone repos. Most Application manifests point at:
+
+```
+http://git-server.cicd.svc.cluster.local/conf.git
+```
+
+For pushing, I use SSH via a NodePort (30022). The git user is locked down to git-shell--no actual shell access. SSH keys are managed through a Kubernetes Secret.
+
+There's a chicken-and-egg situation here. The git-server's own ArgoCD Application manifest points at Codeberg (not at itself), since ArgoCD needs to bootstrap the git-server before it can use it:
+
+```yaml
+# argocd-apps/cicd/git-server.yaml
+source:
+ repoURL: https://codeberg.org/snonux/conf.git
+ targetRevision: master
+ path: f3s/git-server/helm-chart
+```
+
+Once the pod is up, all other apps use the in-cluster URL. The dependency chain is: Codeberg -> git-server -> everything else.
+
+The repo storage lives on NFS. Initial setup was just cloning the Codeberg repo as a bare repo into the NFS volume, then pointing my laptop's git remote at the NodePort:
+
+```sh
+$ git remote add f3s f3s-git:/repos/conf.git
+$ git push f3s master
+```
+
+ArgoCD detects the change within a few minutes and syncs. No internet required. The whole thing is intentionally minimal--no database, no accounts, no webhooks. Just git over SSH for writes and HTTP for reads.
+
+## Repository Organization
+
+I reorganized the config repo to support GitOps. Application manifests are grouped by Kubernetes namespace:
+
+```
+/home/paul/git/conf/f3s/
+├── argocd-apps/
+│ ├── cicd/ # CI/CD tooling (2 apps)
+│ │ ├── argo-rollouts.yaml
+│ │ └── git-server.yaml
+│ ├── infra/ # Infrastructure (4 apps)
+│ │ ├── cert-manager.yaml
+│ │ ├── pkgrepo.yaml
+│ │ ├── registry.yaml
+│ │ └── traefik-config.yaml
+│ ├── monitoring/ # Observability stack (6 apps)
+│ │ ├── alloy.yaml
+│ │ ├── grafana-ingress.yaml
+│ │ ├── loki.yaml
+│ │ ├── prometheus.yaml
+│ │ ├── pushgateway.yaml
+│ │ └── tempo.yaml
+│ ├── services/ # User-facing applications (18 apps)
+│ │ ├── anki-sync-server.yaml
+│ │ ├── apache.yaml
+│ │ ├── audiobookshelf.yaml
+│ │ ├── filebrowser.yaml
+│ │ ├── immich.yaml
+│ │ ├── ipv6test.yaml
+│ │ ├── jellyfin.yaml
+│ │ ├── keybr.yaml
+│ │ ├── kobo-sync-server.yaml
+│ │ ├── miniflux.yaml
+│ │ ├── navidrome.yaml
+│ │ ├── opodsync.yaml
+│ │ ├── pihole.yaml
+│ │ ├── radicale.yaml
+│ │ ├── syncthing.yaml
+│ │ ├── tracing-demo.yaml
+│ │ ├── wallabag.yaml
+│ │ └── webdav.yaml
+│ └── test/ # Test/example applications
+├── miniflux/ # Per-app directories (unchanged)
+│ ├── helm-chart/
+│ │ ├── Chart.yaml
+│ │ ├── values.yaml
+│ │ └── templates/
+│ └── Justfile
+├── prometheus/
+│ ├── manifests/ # Additional manifests for multi-source
+│ └── Justfile
+└── ...
+```
+
+The per-app directories (miniflux, prometheus, etc.) stayed mostly the same--ArgoCD points at the same Helm charts. The main additions are the `argocd-apps/` directory structure and `manifests/` subdirectories for complex apps.
+
+## Migrating an App: Miniflux as Example
+
+I migrated all apps incrementally, one at a time. The procedure was the same for each. Here's miniflux as a concrete example.
+
+Before ArgoCD, the Justfile looked like this:
+
+```makefile
+install:
+ kubectl apply -f helm-chart/persistent-volumes.yaml
+ helm install miniflux ./helm-chart --namespace services
+
+upgrade:
+ helm upgrade miniflux ./helm-chart --namespace services
+
+uninstall:
+ helm uninstall miniflux --namespace services
+```
+
+Workflow: edit chart, run `just upgrade`, hope you didn't forget anything.
+
+To migrate, I created an Application manifest telling ArgoCD where the Helm chart lives and how to sync it:
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Application
+metadata:
+ name: miniflux
+ namespace: cicd
+ finalizers:
+ - resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io
+spec:
+ project: default
+ source:
+ repoURL: http://git-server.cicd.svc.cluster.local/conf.git
+ targetRevision: master
+ path: f3s/miniflux/helm-chart
+ destination:
+ server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
+ namespace: services
+ syncPolicy:
+ automated:
+ prune: true
+ selfHeal: true
+ syncOptions:
+ - CreateNamespace=false
+ retry:
+ limit: 3
+ backoff:
+ duration: 5s
+ factor: 2
+ maxDuration: 1m
+```
+
+Then applied it:
+
+```sh
+# 1. Apply the Application manifest
+$ kubectl apply -f argocd-apps/services/miniflux.yaml
+application.argoproj.io/miniflux created
+
+# 2. Verify ArgoCD adopted the existing resources
+$ argocd app get miniflux
+Name: miniflux
+Sync Status: Synced to master (4e3c216)
+Health Status: Healthy
+
+# 3. Test that the app still works
+$ curl -I https://flux.f3s.foo.zone
+HTTP/2 200
+```
+
+About 10 minutes, zero downtime. ArgoCD recognised the already-running resources matched the Helm chart in Git and adopted them without re-deploying.
+
+After the migration, the Justfile turned into utility commands--no more install/upgrade/uninstall:
+
+```makefile
+status:
+ @kubectl get pods -n services -l app=miniflux-server
+ @kubectl get pods -n services -l app=miniflux-postgres
+ @kubectl get application miniflux -n cicd \
+ -o jsonpath='Sync: {.status.sync.status}, Health: {.status.health.status}'
+
+sync:
+ @kubectl annotate application miniflux -n cicd \
+ argocd.argoproj.io/refresh=normal --overwrite
+
+logs:
+ kubectl logs -n services -l app=miniflux-server --tail=100 -f
+
+restart:
+ kubectl rollout restart -n services deployment/miniflux-server
+
+port-forward port="8080":
+ kubectl port-forward -n services svc/miniflux {{port}}:8080
+
+psql:
+ kubectl exec -it -n services deployment/miniflux-postgres -- psql -U miniflux
+```
+
+New workflow: edit chart, commit, push. ArgoCD picks it up within a few minutes. Run `just sync` if you're impatient.
+
+### Migration Order
+
+I started with the simplest services (miniflux, wallabag, radicale, etc.)--apps with straightforward Helm charts and no complex dependencies. This let me validate the pattern before touching anything critical.
+
+After that: infrastructure apps (registry, cert-manager, pkgrepo, traefik-config), then the monitoring stack (tempo, loki, alloy, and finally prometheus--the most complex one), and last the CI/CD tools (git-server, argo-rollouts).
+
+## Complex Migration: Prometheus Multi-Source
+
+Prometheus was the tricky one. It combines an upstream Helm chart with a bunch of custom manifests--recording rules, dashboards, persistent volumes, and a post-sync hook to restart Grafana.
+
+ArgoCD's multi-source feature handles this cleanly:
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Application
+metadata:
+ name: prometheus
+ namespace: cicd
+spec:
+ sources:
+ # Source 1: Upstream Helm chart
+ - repoURL: https://prometheus-community.github.io/helm-charts
+ chart: kube-prometheus-stack
+ targetRevision: 55.5.0
+ helm:
+ releaseName: prometheus
+ valuesObject:
+ kubeEtcd:
+ enabled: true
+ endpoints:
+ - 192.168.2.120
+ - 192.168.2.121
+ - 192.168.2.122
+ # ... hundreds of lines of config
+
+ # Source 2: Custom manifests from Git
+ - repoURL: http://git-server.cicd.svc.cluster.local/conf.git
+ targetRevision: master
+ path: f3s/prometheus/manifests
+
+ syncPolicy:
+ automated:
+ prune: false # Manual pruning--too risky for the monitoring stack
+ selfHeal: true
+ syncOptions:
+ - ServerSideApply=true
+```
+
+The `prometheus/manifests/` directory has 13 files, each with a sync wave annotation to control deployment order:
+
+```
+f3s/prometheus/manifests/
+├── persistent-volumes.yaml # Wave 0
+├── grafana-restart-rbac.yaml # Wave 0
+├── additional-scrape-configs-secret.yaml # Wave 1
+├── grafana-datasources-configmap.yaml # Wave 1
+├── freebsd-recording-rules.yaml # Wave 3
+├── openbsd-recording-rules.yaml # Wave 3
+├── zfs-recording-rules.yaml # Wave 3
+├── argocd-application-alerts.yaml # Wave 3
+├── epimetheus-dashboard.yaml # Wave 4
+├── zfs-dashboards.yaml # Wave 4
+├── argocd-applications-dashboard.yaml # Wave 4
+├── node-resources-multi-select-dashboard.yaml # Wave 4
+├── prometheus-nodeport.yaml # Wave 4
+└── grafana-restart-hook.yaml # Wave 10 (PostSync)
+```
+
+### Sync Waves
+
+Without sync waves, ArgoCD deploys all resources at once in no particular order. That's fine for simple apps, but for something like Prometheus it causes failures--a PersistentVolumeClaim can't bind if the PersistentVolume doesn't exist yet, and a PrometheusRule can't be created if the CRD hasn't been registered.
+
+Sync waves fix this. You annotate each resource with a wave number:
+
+```yaml
+annotations:
+ argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "3"
+```
+
+ArgoCD deploys all wave 0 resources first, waits until they're healthy, then moves to wave 1, waits again, and so on. Resources without the annotation default to wave 0.
+
+For the Prometheus stack, the waves look like this:
+
+* Wave 0: PersistentVolumes, RBAC--infrastructure that everything else depends on
+* Wave 1: Secrets, ConfigMaps--config that Prometheus and Grafana need at startup
+* Wave 3: PrometheusRule CRDs--recording rules for FreeBSD, OpenBSD, ZFS, ArgoCD (the operator from wave 0 needs to be running first)
+* Wave 4: Dashboard ConfigMaps and nodeport config
+* Wave 10: PostSync hook--a Job that runs after all waves complete
+
+The PostSync hook is worth explaining. ArgoCD supports lifecycle hooks (`PreSync`, `Sync`, `PostSync`) that run Jobs at specific points. The Grafana restart hook is a good example--it restarts Grafana after every sync so it picks up updated datasources and dashboards:
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: batch/v1
+kind: Job
+metadata:
+ name: grafana-restart-hook
+ namespace: monitoring
+ annotations:
+ argocd.argoproj.io/hook: PostSync
+ argocd.argoproj.io/hook-delete-policy: BeforeHookCreation
+ argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "10"
+spec:
+ template:
+ spec:
+ serviceAccountName: grafana-restart-sa
+ restartPolicy: OnFailure
+ containers:
+ - name: kubectl
+ image: bitnami/kubectl:latest
+ command:
+ - /bin/sh
+ - -c
+ - |
+ kubectl wait --for=condition=available --timeout=300s \
+ deployment/prometheus-grafana -n monitoring || true
+ kubectl delete pod -n monitoring \
+ -l app.kubernetes.io/name=grafana --ignore-not-found=true
+ backoffLimit: 2
+```
+
+## The Result
+
+All 30 applications across 5 namespaces, synced and healthy:
+
+```sh
+$ argocd app list
+NAME CLUSTER NAMESPACE PROJECT STATUS HEALTH SYNCPOLICY
+alloy https://kubernetes.default.svc monitoring default Synced Healthy Auto-Prune
+anki-sync-server https://kubernetes.default.svc services default Synced Healthy Auto-Prune
+apache https://kubernetes.default.svc services default Synced Healthy Auto-Prune
+argo-rollouts https://kubernetes.default.svc cicd default Synced Healthy Auto-Prune
+audiobookshelf https://kubernetes.default.svc services default Synced Healthy Auto-Prune
+cert-manager https://kubernetes.default.svc infra default Synced Healthy Auto-Prune
+filebrowser https://kubernetes.default.svc services default Synced Healthy Auto-Prune
+git-server https://kubernetes.default.svc cicd default Synced Healthy Auto-Prune
+grafana-ingress https://kubernetes.default.svc monitoring default Synced Healthy Auto-Prune
+immich https://kubernetes.default.svc services default Synced Healthy Auto-Prune
+ipv6test https://kubernetes.default.svc services default Synced Healthy Auto-Prune
+jellyfin https://kubernetes.default.svc services default Synced Healthy Auto-Prune
+keybr https://kubernetes.default.svc services default Synced Healthy Auto-Prune
+kobo-sync-server https://kubernetes.default.svc services default Synced Healthy Auto-Prune
+loki https://kubernetes.default.svc monitoring default Synced Healthy Auto-Prune
+miniflux https://kubernetes.default.svc services default Synced Healthy Auto-Prune
+navidrome https://kubernetes.default.svc services default Synced Healthy Auto-Prune
+opodsync https://kubernetes.default.svc services default Synced Healthy Auto-Prune
+pihole https://kubernetes.default.svc services default Synced Healthy Auto-Prune
+pkgrepo https://kubernetes.default.svc infra default Synced Healthy Auto-Prune
+prometheus https://kubernetes.default.svc monitoring default Synced Healthy Auto
+pushgateway https://kubernetes.default.svc monitoring default Synced Healthy Auto-Prune
+radicale https://kubernetes.default.svc services default Synced Healthy Auto-Prune
+registry https://kubernetes.default.svc infra default Synced Healthy Auto-Prune
+syncthing https://kubernetes.default.svc services default Synced Healthy Auto-Prune
+tempo https://kubernetes.default.svc monitoring default Synced Healthy Auto-Prune
+traefik-config https://kubernetes.default.svc infra default Synced Healthy Auto-Prune
+tracing-demo https://kubernetes.default.svc services default Synced Healthy Auto-Prune
+wallabag https://kubernetes.default.svc services default Synced Healthy Auto-Prune
+webdav https://kubernetes.default.svc services default Synced Healthy Auto-Prune
+```
+
+[![ArgoCD managing all 30 applications in the f3s cluster](./f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-9/argocd-apps-list.png "ArgoCD managing all 30 applications in the f3s cluster")](./f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-9/argocd-apps-list.png)
+
+## What Changed Day-to-Day
+
+The practical difference is pretty big:
+
+* Single source of truth--clone the repo, look at `argocd-apps/`, and you know exactly what's running. No more `helm list` or guessing.
+* Push and forget--edit a Helm value, commit, push. ArgoCD picks it up within a few minutes. No SSH, no `just upgrade`.
+* Self-healing--I've tweaked things manually for debugging, forgotten about it, and ArgoCD quietly reverted it. That's saved me from some confusing "why is this behaving differently?" moments.
+* Rollback = git revert--`git revert HEAD && git push` and ArgoCD syncs back to the previous state.
+* Disaster recovery--bootstrap k3s, install ArgoCD, apply the Application manifests, wait. The cluster rebuilds itself. I haven't had to do this for real yet, but I've tested it and it works.
+* Drift detection--the ArgoCD UI shows immediately if something is out of sync. Much better than running `kubectl` commands and comparing output manually.
+
+## Challenges Along the Way
+
+### Helm Release Adoption
+
+When ArgoCD tries to manage resources already deployed by Helm, it can get confused. The fix: make sure the Application manifest matches the current Helm values exactly. ArgoCD then recognizes the resources and adopts them without re-deploying.
+
+### PersistentVolumes
+
+PVs are cluster-scoped, and many of my Helm charts created them with `kubectl apply` outside of Helm. For simple apps I moved PV definitions into the Helm chart templates. For complex apps like Prometheus, I used the multi-source pattern with PVs in a separate `manifests/` directory at sync wave 0.
+
+### Secrets
+
+Secrets shouldn't live in Git as plaintext. For now, I create them manually with `kubectl create secret` and reference them from Helm charts. ArgoCD doesn't manage the secrets themselves. This works fine but isn't fully declarative--External Secrets Operator is on the list for the future.
+
+### Grafana Not Reloading
+
+After updating datasource ConfigMaps, Grafana wouldn't notice until the pod was restarted. The PostSync hook (the Grafana restart Job in sync wave 10) handles this automatically now.
+
+### Prometheus Multi-Source Ordering
+
+Without sync waves, Prometheus resources deployed in random order and things broke. PVs need to exist before PVCs, secrets before the operator, recording rules after the CRDs are registered. Adding sync wave annotations to everything in `prometheus/manifests/` fixed all the ordering issues.
+
+## Wrapping Up
+
+The migration took a couple of days, doing one or two apps at a time. The result: 30 applications across 5 namespaces, all managed declaratively through Git. Push a change, it deploys. Break something, `git revert`. Cluster dies, rebuild from the repo.
+
+All the config lives here:
+
+[codeberg.org/snonux/conf/f3s](https://codeberg.org/snonux/conf/src/branch/master/f3s)
+
+ArgoCD Application manifests organized by namespace:
+
+[codeberg.org/snonux/conf/f3s/argocd-apps](https://codeberg.org/snonux/conf/src/branch/master/f3s/argocd-apps)
+
+I can't imagine going back to running Helm commands manually.
+
+Other *BSD-related posts:
+
+[2026-04-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 9: GitOps with ArgoCD (You are currently reading this)](./2026-04-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-9.md)
+[2025-12-07 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 8: Observability](./2025-12-07-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-8.md)
+[2025-10-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 7: k3s and first pod deployments](./2025-10-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-7.md)
+[2025-07-14 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 6: Storage](./2025-07-14-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-6.md)
+[2025-05-11 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 5: WireGuard mesh network](./2025-05-11-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-5.md)
+[2025-04-05 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 4: Rocky Linux Bhyve VMs](./2025-04-05-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-4.md)
+[2025-02-01 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 3: Protecting from power cuts](./2025-02-01-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-3.md)
+[2024-12-03 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 2: Hardware and base installation](./2024-12-03-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-2.md)
+[2024-11-17 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 1: Setting the stage](./2024-11-17-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-1.md)
+[2024-04-01 KISS high-availability with OpenBSD](./2024-04-01-KISS-high-availability-with-OpenBSD.md)
+[2024-01-13 One reason why I love OpenBSD](./2024-01-13-one-reason-why-i-love-openbsd.md)
+[2022-10-30 Installing DTail on OpenBSD](./2022-10-30-installing-dtail-on-openbsd.md)
+[2022-07-30 Let's Encrypt with OpenBSD and Rex](./2022-07-30-lets-encrypt-with-openbsd-and-rex.md)
+[2016-04-09 Jails and ZFS with Puppet on FreeBSD](./2016-04-09-jails-and-zfs-on-freebsd-with-puppet.md)
+
+E-Mail your comments to `paul@nospam.buetow.org` :-)
+
+[Back to the main site](../)
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## To be in the .zone!
+[2026-04-02 - f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 9: GitOps with ArgoCD](./2026-04-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-9.md)
[2026-04-02 - Distributed Systems Simulator - Part 3: Advanced Examples and Protocol API](./2026-04-02-distributed-systems-simulator-part-3.md)
[2026-04-01 - Distributed Systems Simulator - Part 2: Built-in Protocols](./2026-04-01-distributed-systems-simulator-part-2.md)
[2026-03-31 - Distributed Systems Simulator - Part 1: Introduction and GUI](./2026-03-31-distributed-systems-simulator-part-1.md)
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### Posts
+[2026-04-02 - f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 9: GitOps with ArgoCD](./gemfeed/2026-04-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-9.md)
[2026-04-02 - Distributed Systems Simulator - Part 3: Advanced Examples and Protocol API](./gemfeed/2026-04-02-distributed-systems-simulator-part-3.md)
[2026-04-01 - Distributed Systems Simulator - Part 2: Built-in Protocols](./gemfeed/2026-04-01-distributed-systems-simulator-part-2.md)
[2026-03-31 - Distributed Systems Simulator - Part 1: Introduction and GUI](./gemfeed/2026-03-31-distributed-systems-simulator-part-1.md)