flowchart LR
DEV(Developer w/ Argo CLI)
subgraph KUBERNETES[Kubernetes cluster]
WORKFLOW_PODS[Workflow pods]
end
DEV -->|submit| KUBERNETES
KUBERNETES -->|status| DEV
style KUBERNETES fill:#FFFFFF;
Evaluation: Argo Workflows
Installation
Argo Workflows installs as a Custom Resource Definition (CRD).
Submitting jobs
Jobs are submitted to the Kubernetes cluster as Custom Resources.
Developer experience
The Argo CLI abstracts away much of the pain of submitting and supervising work on a Kubernetes cluster.
Dependencies
Inter-task
Task inputs and outputs are expressed explicitly and are automatically wired up with dependents and dependencies.
Dependencies between tasks can be expressed two ways:
Software
Each task in an Argo Workflows graph can run on a different container image, so the workflow developer has granular control of software dependencies.
Monitoring
Argo Workflows offers a robust user interface for visualizing jobs, their status, their logs, and accessing output artifacts.
Maturity
Adopted by Cloud Native Computing Foundation, well-funded, and very mature.
Community
Very large and very well-managed community.