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What is an ArgoCD Application?

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An Application is a custom resource (CRD) that represents a deployed app in ArgoCD. It declares the source (Git repo, path, revision, or Helm chart), the destination (cluster and namespace), and the sync policy. ArgoCD uses it to fetch manifests, compare to the live state, and keep them in sync.
apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
kind: Application
metadata:
  name: guestbook
  namespace: argocd
spec:
  project: default
  source:
    repoURL: https://github.com/org/repo
    path: guestbook
    targetRevision: HEAD
  destination:
    server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
    namespace: guestbook
Real-world example Each microservice is represented by an Application CR pointing at its manifests path and target namespace.

Common follow-ups: What are the required fields of an Application? | What is the destination server?

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