Create Argo CD application

In this step, you will create Argo CD application to deploy all online services into EKS cluster

1. Run below command to create and deploy application:

   cd /home/ec2-user/environment/recommender-system-dev-workshop-code/scripts
   nohup ./setup-rs-system.sh application >> ~/nohup.log 2>&1 &
   tail -f ~/nohup.log 
   

   After about 1 minutes, the console will message as below:

   application ‘gcr-recommender-system-news-dev’ created

2. Access argo cd portal to check services deployment status. Please make sure all the heart status become green and all the rotating tags become stable!!:

   

3. Load the seed data into the system. Go to /home/ec2-user/environment/recommender-system-dev-workshop-code/scripts directory

   cd /home/ec2-user/environment/recommender-system-dev-workshop-code/scripts
   nohup ./setup-rs-system.sh load-data >> ~/nohup.log 2>&1 &
   tail -f ~/nohup.log 
   

4. Synchronize the method config file to the system.

   cd /home/ec2-user/environment/recommender-system-dev-workshop-code/scripts   
   nohup ./setup-rs-system.sh sync-method >> ~/nohup.log 2>&1 &
   tail -f ~/nohup.log
   

5. Get the GUI endpoint:

   ./setup-rs-system.sh get-endpoint
   

   Attention：If this workshop deployed in China Region，you will see the following output and mention you to create SSH Tunnel. Open a new SSH Client in your local environment and goto the Key Pair directory. Copy and Paste the following SSH Command.

   

   Access ui through browser, it should like below:

   

Congratulations!!! The recommender system has been deployed successfully!!

The default setting of Dashboard scheduled to automatic calculation. If you want to save costs, please open [cloudwatch control panel](https://console.aws.amazon.com/events/home#/rules), select and disable `rs -dev-workshop-News-DashboardScheduledRule`.