Remove emojis from CD pipeline and ArgoCD docs

Author: USHER-PB

.github/workflows/cd-app-pipeline.yaml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: "🚀 Build & Deploy (GitOps)"
+name: "Build & Deploy (GitOps)"
 
 on:
   # This is a TEMPLATE — copy it into your own app repo and set your trigger.
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
   #   workflow_dispatch:   # Manual trigger from the GitHub Actions UI
   workflow_dispatch:
 
-# ── ✏️  CONFIGURE THESE  ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# ── CONFIGURE THESE ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 env:
   # 1. Container registry (ghcr.io = GitHub, docker.io = Docker Hub)
   REGISTRY: ghcr.io
@@ -30,17 +30,17 @@ jobs:
       packages: write   # Push image to GHCR
 
     steps:
-      - name: "📥 Checkout app code"
+      - name: "Checkout app code"
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: "🔑 Log in to registry"
+      - name: "Log in to registry"
         uses: docker/login-action@v3
         with:
           registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
           username: ${{ github.actor }}
           password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}   # Automatically provided by GitHub — no setup needed
 
-      - name: "🏷️ Generate image tags"
+      - name: "Generate image tags"
         id: meta
         uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
         with:
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ jobs:
             type=sha,prefix=sha-,format=short    # e.g. sha-a1b2c3d
             type=raw,value=latest,enable=${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
 
-      - name: "⚙️ Set up Docker Buildx"
+      - name: "Set up Docker Buildx"
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
 
-      - name: "🐳 Build & push image"
+      - name: "Build & push image"
         id: push
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
         with:
@@ -70,29 +70,29 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # Checkout the GITOPS repo (not this one)
       # Requires secret: GITOPS_REPO_PAT
-      - name: "📥 Checkout GitOps repo"
+      - name: "Checkout GitOps repo"
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           repository: ${{ env.GITOPS_REPO }}
           token: ${{ secrets.GITOPS_REPO_PAT }}
           path: gitops-repo
 
-      - name: "✍️ Update image tag in deployment.yaml"
+      - name: "Update image tag in deployment.yaml"
         run: |
           # Build the new image reference (lowercase, with SHA tag)
           NEW_IMAGE="${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ github.repository_owner }}/$(basename ${{ github.repository }}):sha-$(echo ${{ github.sha }} | cut -c1-7)"
           NEW_IMAGE=$(echo $NEW_IMAGE | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
 
-          echo "🏷️  New image: $NEW_IMAGE"
+          echo "New image: $NEW_IMAGE"
 
           # Replace the "image:" line in the manifest
           sed -i "s|image: .*|image: $NEW_IMAGE|g" gitops-repo/deployment.yaml
 
-      - name: "📤 Commit & push to GitOps repo"
+      - name: "Commit & push to GitOps repo"
         run: |
           cd gitops-repo
           git config user.name  "github-actions[bot]"
           git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
           git add deployment.yaml
-          git commit -m "🚀 deploy: update image → sha-${{ github.sha }}" || echo "Nothing to commit"
+          git commit -m "deploy: update image → sha-${{ github.sha }}" || echo "Nothing to commit"
           git push

docs/argocd-agent-github-actions.md

@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ Two workflows automate the deployment:
 
 Before running workflows, ensure:
 
-- [ ] ✅ Netbird account created
-- [ ] ✅ Spoke clusters installed Netbird and registered (persistent peers)
-- [ ] ✅ GitHub runners setup key created (ephemeral)
-- [ ] ✅ ACLs configured (`github-runners` → `spoke-clusters`, TCP port 6443)
-- [ ] ✅ GKE cluster exists for hub deployment
-- [ ] ✅ All GitHub Secrets configured (see [Netbird Setup Guide](netbird-setup-guide.md#6-github-secrets-configuration))
+- [ ] Netbird account created
+- [ ] Spoke clusters installed Netbird and registered (persistent peers)
+- [ ] GitHub runners setup key created (ephemeral)
+- [ ] ACLs configured (`github-runners` → `spoke-clusters`, TCP port 6443)
+- [ ] GKE cluster exists for hub deployment
+- [ ] All GitHub Secrets configured (see [Netbird Setup Guide](netbird-setup-guide.md#6-github-secrets-configuration))
 
 ---
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ After successful deployment:
 
 **Example output**:
 ```
-📊 Deployment Summary:
+Deployment Summary:
 {
   "argocd_url": "https://argocd.example.com",
   "principal_address": "34.123.45.67",
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ After successful deployment, you can verify the deployment details in the workfl
 
 **Example output**:
 ```
-📊 Deployment Summary:
+Deployment Summary:
 {
   "argocd_url": "https://argocd.example.com",
   "principal_address": "34.123.45.67",
@@ -155,16 +155,16 @@ Check the **"Verify ArgoCD Spoke deployment"** step output:
 Verifying spoke-2...
 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
 1. Checking namespace...
-   ✅ Namespace exists
+    Namespace exists
 2. Checking ArgoCD pods...
-   ✅ All pods ready
+    All pods ready
 3. Checking agent connection...
-   ✅ Agent connected to principal
+    Agent connected to principal
 4. Checking certificates...
-   ✅ Client certificate exists
-   ✅ CA certificate exists
+    Client certificate exists
+    CA certificate exists
 
-✅ All spoke clusters deployed and connected successfully!
+All spoke clusters deployed and connected successfully!
 ```
 
 ---
@@ -195,10 +195,10 @@ Use `adopt_existing_resources=true` when:
 ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
 Checking for existing ArgoCD resources to import...
 ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
-✓ Found existing argocd namespace
+Found existing argocd namespace
 Importing into Terraform state...
 Successfully imported kubernetes_namespace.hub_argocd
-✓ Found existing ArgoCD Helm release
+Found existing ArgoCD Helm release
 ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
 Import check complete! Proceeding with Terraform operations...
 ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
@@ -487,10 +487,10 @@ kubectl get pods -n guestbook-helm --context spoke-2
 **Q: How do I verify spoke clusters are successfully connected?**
 
 **A:** Check the workflow logs for the "Verify ArgoCD Spoke deployment" step. Look for all green checkmarks:
-- ✅ Namespace exists
-- ✅ All pods ready
-- ✅ Agent connected to principal
-- ✅ Client certificate exists
+- Namespace exists
+- All pods ready
+- Agent connected to principal
+- Client certificate exists
 
 Or verify manually: `kubectl --context=spoke-2 logs -n argocd -l app.kubernetes.io/name=argocd-agent --tail=20 | grep "connected"`
 

docs/netbird-setup-guide.md

@@ -492,10 +492,10 @@ sudo netstat -tlnp | grep 6443
 
 Once Netbird setup is complete:
 
-1. ✅ Spoke clusters registered in Netbird
-2. ✅ Setup keys created and stored in GitHub Secrets
-3. ✅ ACLs configured
-4. ✅ Spoke Netbird IPs and credentials stored in GitHub Secrets
+1. Spoke clusters registered in Netbird
+2. Setup keys created and stored in GitHub Secrets
+3. ACLs configured
+4. Spoke Netbird IPs and credentials stored in GitHub Secrets
 
 **You're ready to run the GitHub Actions workflows!**