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Define Watches in Helm-based operators |
Define Watches |
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Specification for the `watches.yaml` file in Helm-based operators. |
The Watches file contains a list of mappings from custom resources, identified
by it's Group, Version, and Kind, to a Helm chart. The Operator
expects this mapping file in a predefined location: /opt/helm/watches.yaml
The follow tables describes the fields in an entry in watches.yaml
:
Field | Description |
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group | The group of the Custom Resource that you will be watching. |
version | The version of the Custom Resource that you will be watching. |
kind | The kind of the Custom Resource that you will be watching. |
chart | The path to the helm chart to use when reconciling this GVK. |
watchDependentResources | Enable watching resources that are created by helm (default: true ). |
overrideValues | Values to be used for overriding Helm chart's defaults. For additional information see the reference doc. |
selector | The conditions that a resource's labels must satisfy in order to get reconciled. For additional information see labels and selectors documentation. |
For reference, here is an example of a simple watches.yaml
file:
# Use the 'create api' subcommand to add watches to this file.
- group: foo.example.com
version: v1alpha1
kind: Foo
chart: helm-charts/foo
overrideValues:
image.repository: quay.io/mycustomrepo
watchDependentResources: false
selector:
matchExpressions:
- {key: testLabel, operator: Exists, values: []}