Helm chart pods are failing at the starting itself

[Sajiyah-Salat]

I am trying to deploy the GeoServer Helm chart on my on-premise Kubernetes cluster, which also has a PostgreSQL cluster with the PostGIS extension. However, after deployment, only two pods—RabbitMQ and PostgreSQL—are running successfully. Upon further analysis, I found that one of the pod images was outdated, so I updated the image tag, and that pod started working.

Despite this, the other pods are failing with a CrashLoopBackOff error. There are no errors in the logs, and I have also checked the events without finding any clues. Even if the database is not connected, the PostgreSQL pod is running, so the Helm chart should technically deploy successfully.

I thought the issue might be with my cluster, so I tested the deployment on a Kubernetes playground, but I encountered the same problem. Unfortunately, there is no proper documentation available for deploying the GeoServer Helm chart. While there is plenty of content for Docker Compose setups, it’s surprising that there aren’t any blogs or resources specifically for Helm chart deployments.

steps to reproduce:

helm repo add camptocamp https://camptocamp.github.io/helm-geoserver-cloud
helm repo update
kubectl create namespace geoserver
helm install geoserver camptocamp/geoserver-cloud --namespace geoserver

it would be great if I get any help from member, contribuor or maintainer. Any guide resources or ideas are welcome.

[groldan]

This chart is meant to be used as a dependency on your own chart.

Take a look at the examples provided to get a gist of what do you need.