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# Configure EC2 instance to setup the CD pipeline

To setup the ArgoCD server and Kubernetes, create a t2.medium EC2 instance with Ubuntu OS

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In order to use MiniKube, Docker must be installed on the system, so use this startup shell script to install Docker and then launch the instance

```sh
#!/bin/bash
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install docker.io -y
```

To verify whether Docker is installed, use the below command:

```sh
docker --version
```

To add ubuntu user to the Docker group

```sh
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER && newgrp docker
sudo systemctl restart docker
```