diff --git a/template/stacks/core/argocd-sso.yaml b/template/stacks/core/argocd-sso.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ae15bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/template/stacks/core/argocd-sso.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Application
+metadata:
+  name: argocd-sso
+  namespace: argocd
+  labels:
+    env: dev
+  finalizers:
+    - resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io
+spec:
+  project: default
+  source:
+    repoURL: https://{{{ .Env.DOMAIN_GITEA }}}/giteaAdmin/edfbuilder
+    targetRevision: HEAD
+    path: "stacks/core/argocd-sso"
+  destination:
+    server: "https://kubernetes.default.svc"
+    namespace: argocd
+  syncPolicy:
+    syncOptions:
+      - CreateNamespace=true
+    automated:
+      selfHeal: true
+    retry:
+      limit: -1
+      backoff:
+        duration: 15s
+        factor: 1
+        maxDuration: 15s
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diff --git a/template/stacks/core/argocd-sso/argocd-secret.yaml b/template/stacks/core/argocd-sso/argocd-secret.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ca7b1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/template/stacks/core/argocd-sso/argocd-secret.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1beta1
+kind: ExternalSecret
+metadata:
+  name: auth-generic-oauth-secret
+  namespace: argocd 
+spec:
+  secretStoreRef:
+    name: keycloak
+    kind: ClusterSecretStore
+  refreshInterval: "0"
+  target:
+    name: auth-generic-oauth-secret
+    template:
+      engineVersion: v2
+      data:
+        client_secret: "{{.ARGOCD_CLIENT_SECRET}}"
+  data:
+    - secretKey: ARGOCD_CLIENT_SECRET
+      remoteRef:
+        key: keycloak-clients
+        property: ARGOCD_CLIENT_SECRET
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diff --git a/template/stacks/core/argocd/values.yaml b/template/stacks/core/argocd/values.yaml
index a5cee37..fee6903 100644
--- a/template/stacks/core/argocd/values.yaml
+++ b/template/stacks/core/argocd/values.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ configs:
         - "*"
     accounts.provider-argocd: apiKey
     url: https://{{{ .Env.DOMAIN }}}/argocd
+    oidc.config: |
+      name: Keycloak
+      issuer: https://{{{ .Env.DOMAIN }}}/keycloak/realms/cnoe
+      clientID: argocd
+      clientSecret: $keycloak-oidc:clientSecret
+      requestedScopes: ["openid", "profile", "email", "groups"]
   rbac:
     policy.csv: 'g, provider-argocd, role:admin'
 
diff --git a/template/stacks/ref-implementation/keycloak/manifests/keycloak-config.yaml b/template/stacks/ref-implementation/keycloak/manifests/keycloak-config.yaml
index c1d77a7..fd6e12c 100644
--- a/template/stacks/ref-implementation/keycloak/manifests/keycloak-config.yaml
+++ b/template/stacks/ref-implementation/keycloak/manifests/keycloak-config.yaml
@@ -219,6 +219,44 @@ data:
       ]
     }
 
+  argocd-client-payload.json: |
+    {
+      "protocol": "openid-connect",
+      "clientId": "argocd",
+      "name": "ArgoCD Client",
+      "description": "Used for ArgoCD SSO",
+      "publicClient": false,
+      "authorizationServicesEnabled": false,
+      "serviceAccountsEnabled": false,
+      "implicitFlowEnabled": false,
+      "directAccessGrantsEnabled": true,
+      "standardFlowEnabled": true,
+      "frontchannelLogout": true,
+      "attributes": {
+        "saml_idp_initiated_sso_url_name": "",
+        "oauth2.device.authorization.grant.enabled": false,
+        "oidc.ciba.grant.enabled": false
+      },
+      "alwaysDisplayInConsole": false,
+      "rootUrl": "",
+      "baseUrl": "",
+      "redirectUris": [
+        "https://{{{ .Env.DOMAIN }}}/*"
+      ],
+      "webOrigins": [
+        "/*"
+      ],
+      "defaultClientScopes": [
+        "web-origins",
+        "acr",
+        "offline_access",
+        "roles",
+        "profile",
+        "groups",
+        "email"
+      ]
+    }  
+
 ---
 apiVersion: batch/v1
 kind: Job
@@ -355,8 +393,8 @@ spec:
               echo "creating Argo Workflows client"
               curl -sS -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
                 -H "Authorization: bearer ${KEYCLOAK_TOKEN}" \
-                  -X POST --data @/var/config/argo-client-payload.json \
-                  ${KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms/cnoe/clients
+                -X POST --data @/var/config/argo-client-payload.json \
+                ${KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms/cnoe/clients
               
               CLIENT_ID=$(curl -sS -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
                 -H "Authorization: bearer ${KEYCLOAK_TOKEN}" \
@@ -370,21 +408,26 @@ spec:
                 -X PUT  ${KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms/cnoe/clients/${CLIENT_ID}/default-client-scopes/${CLIENT_SCOPE_GROUPS_ID}
               
               ARGO_WORKFLOWS_CLIENT_SECRET=$(curl -sS -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-              -H "Authorization: bearer ${KEYCLOAK_TOKEN}" \
-              -X GET ${KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms/cnoe/clients/${CLIENT_ID} | jq -e -r '.secret')
+                -H "Authorization: bearer ${KEYCLOAK_TOKEN}" \
+                -X GET ${KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms/cnoe/clients/${CLIENT_ID} | jq -e -r '.secret')
 
               echo "creating Grafana client"
               curl -sS -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
                 -H "Authorization: bearer ${KEYCLOAK_TOKEN}" \
                 -X POST --data @/var/config/grafana-client-payload.json \
-                  ${KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms/cnoe/clients
+                ${KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms/cnoe/clients
               
               CLIENT_ID=$(curl -sS -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
                 -H "Authorization: bearer ${KEYCLOAK_TOKEN}" \
                 -X GET ${KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms/cnoe/clients | jq -e -r  '.[] | select(.clientId == "grafana") | .id')
               
-              CLIENT_SCOPE_GROUPS_ID=$(curl -sS -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: bearer ${KEYCLOAK_TOKEN}" -X GET  ${KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms/cnoe/client-scopes | jq -e -r  '.[] | select(.name == "groups") | .id')
-              curl -sS -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: bearer ${KEYCLOAK_TOKEN}" -X PUT  ${KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms/cnoe/clients/${CLIENT_ID}/default-client-scopes/${CLIENT_SCOPE_GROUPS_ID}
+              CLIENT_SCOPE_GROUPS_ID=$(curl -sS -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+                -H "Authorization: bearer ${KEYCLOAK_TOKEN}" \
+                -X GET  ${KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms/cnoe/client-scopes | jq -e -r  '.[] | select(.name == "groups") | .id')
+              
+              curl -sS -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+                -H "Authorization: bearer ${KEYCLOAK_TOKEN}" \
+                -X PUT  ${KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms/cnoe/clients/${CLIENT_ID}/default-client-scopes/${CLIENT_SCOPE_GROUPS_ID}
               
               GRAFANA_CLIENT_SECRET=$(curl -sS -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
                 -H "Authorization: bearer ${KEYCLOAK_TOKEN}" \
@@ -394,18 +437,45 @@ spec:
               curl -sS -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
                 -H "Authorization: bearer ${KEYCLOAK_TOKEN}" \
                 -X POST --data @/var/config/backstage-client-payload.json \
-                  ${KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms/cnoe/clients
+                ${KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms/cnoe/clients
               
               CLIENT_ID=$(curl -sS -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
                 -H "Authorization: bearer ${KEYCLOAK_TOKEN}" \
                 -X GET ${KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms/cnoe/clients | jq -e -r  '.[] | select(.clientId == "backstage") | .id')
               
-              CLIENT_SCOPE_GROUPS_ID=$(curl -sS -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: bearer ${KEYCLOAK_TOKEN}" -X GET  ${KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms/cnoe/client-scopes | jq -e -r  '.[] | select(.name == "groups") | .id')
-              curl -sS -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: bearer ${KEYCLOAK_TOKEN}" -X PUT  ${KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms/cnoe/clients/${CLIENT_ID}/default-client-scopes/${CLIENT_SCOPE_GROUPS_ID}
+              CLIENT_SCOPE_GROUPS_ID=$(curl -sS -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+                -H "Authorization: bearer ${KEYCLOAK_TOKEN}" \
+                -X GET  ${KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms/cnoe/client-scopes | jq -e -r  '.[] | select(.name == "groups") | .id')
+              
+              curl -sS -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+                -H "Authorization: bearer ${KEYCLOAK_TOKEN}" \
+                -X PUT  ${KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms/cnoe/clients/${CLIENT_ID}/default-client-scopes/${CLIENT_SCOPE_GROUPS_ID}
               
               BACKSTAGE_CLIENT_SECRET=$(curl -sS -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
                 -H "Authorization: bearer ${KEYCLOAK_TOKEN}" \
                 -X GET ${KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms/cnoe/clients/${CLIENT_ID} | jq -e -r '.secret')
+
+              echo "creating ArgoCD client"
+              curl -sS -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+                -H "Authorization: bearer ${KEYCLOAK_TOKEN}" \
+                -X POST --data @/var/config/argocd-client-payload.json \
+                ${KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms/cnoe/clients
+              
+              CLIENT_ID=$(curl -sS -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+                -H "Authorization: bearer ${KEYCLOAK_TOKEN}" \
+                -X GET ${KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms/cnoe/clients | jq -e -r  '.[] | select(.clientId == "argocd") | .id')
+              
+              CLIENT_SCOPE_GROUPS_ID=$(curl -sS -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+                -H "Authorization: bearer ${KEYCLOAK_TOKEN}" \
+                -X GET  ${KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms/cnoe/client-scopes | jq -e -r  '.[] | select(.name == "groups") | .id')
+              
+              curl -sS -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+                -H "Authorization: bearer ${KEYCLOAK_TOKEN}" \
+                -X PUT  ${KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms/cnoe/clients/${CLIENT_ID}/default-client-scopes/${CLIENT_SCOPE_GROUPS_ID}
+              
+              ARGOCD_CLIENT_SECRET=$(curl -sS -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+                -H "Authorization: bearer ${KEYCLOAK_TOKEN}" \
+                -X GET ${KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms/cnoe/clients/${CLIENT_ID} | jq -e -r '.secret')  
               
               ARGOCD_PASSWORD=$(./kubectl -n argocd get secret argocd-initial-admin-secret -o go-template='{{.data.password | base64decode }}')
               
@@ -426,7 +496,8 @@ spec:
                 BACKSTAGE_CLIENT_ID: backstage
                 GRAFANA_CLIENT_SECRET: ${GRAFANA_CLIENT_SECRET}
                 GRAFANA_CLIENT_ID: grafana
+                ARGOCD_CLIENT_SECRET: ${ARGOCD_CLIENT_SECRET}
+                ARGOCD_CLIENT_ID: argocd
               " > /tmp/secret.yaml
               
-              ./kubectl apply -f /tmp/secret.yaml
-              
+              ./kubectl apply -f /tmp/secret.yaml
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