cncf-lab-argocd-boostrap

Helm Chart

Templating

cd path/to/dir

helm template <chart-name> <chart> -f <values-file>

# Examples
helm template kube-prometheus ./helm/infrastructure/kube-prometheus --include-crds --output-dir ./templates
helm template kafka ./helm/workloads/kafka  --include-crds --output-dir ./templates
helm template kafka-ui ./helm/workloads/kafka-ui --include-crds --output-dir ./templates

helm template podinfo ./helm/workloads/podinfo  --include-crds --output-dir ./templates

Helm Files

Download and Extract:

helm pull <chart-name> --untar --untardir helm/<app-of-apps>

# Example
helm pull bitnami/kube-prometheus --destination . --untar --untardir helm/infrastructure
helm pull oci://ghcr.io/stefanprodan/charts/podinfo --destination . --untar --untardir helm/workloads
helm pull https://provectus.github.io/kafka-ui-charts --destination . --untar --untardir helm/workloads

Download Helm Chart:

helm pull <chart-name>

# Example
helm pull bitnami/kube-prometheus

Extract .tgz:

tar -zxvf <chart-name>.tgz -C helm/<app-of-apps>/<chart-name>

Download

Manual download from kafka-ui-chart, because helm pull did not work

Questions

• gitops/infrastructure/templates/kube-prometheus.yaml: app path is not a directory How to achieve an app for kube prometheus without this boiler plate folder structure?
• GTK Prometheus (Namespaces)
• kube-prometheus; too fast (sync-waves?)
• namespace creation does not work, why?
• handling projects, namespaces, permissions

Target

• Playground
• PoC
• Knowledge building