Is it possible to execute custom scripts (e.g. shell script) along with Kube manifests deployment

[Arpan-Chakra]

How to run custom scripts (e.g. grrovy or shell script) using ArgoCD. Currently we use Jenkins and use JenkinsFile to run groovy commands and few shell scripts before running Kustomize to deploy. Kindly respond thanks!

[jannfis]

You might want to have a look at custom config management plugins. Be aware that you might have to build a custom Docker image containing all your required scripts, as described here.

Also, when using a custom config management plugin, Kustomize will not be run automatically. So you would have to explicitly render out your manifests with Kustomize within your plugin. This in turn would disable some of the built-in Kustomize features, such as setting images or other properties from within the CLI or UI.

[Arpan-Chakra]

Thanks for responding!

I checked the above ArgoCd feature and found that this is more of Kubernetes way (configMap and plugins) of running scripts which can be complex and difficult to maintain. We have few shell scripts where we do some env variables check and set parameters and run kustomize e.g. (please check Attached scripts - deployEnv internally calls others) which we want to execute directly from source code. Please have a look and let me know if there is a direct way argo cd supports of running them. Cheers!

deployEnv.sh.txt
deployMeshConifg.sh.txt
deployPrometheus.sh.txt
deployService.sh.txt

[Arpan-Chakra]

Yes and the above scripts use Kustomize pretty much, however with some extra checks.

[mlopez-eb]

3 years later and no response to this?

[crenshaw-dev]

Jann's response is correct - the supported way to do advanced config rendering, e.g. by running custom commands, is to use a Config Management Plugin.