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This repo contains a demonstration of Kustomizing values of a Helm chart that is being deployed via the Kustomize Helm Chart inflator by generating the HelmChartInflationGenerator via a separate kustomization. This repo is structured as follows

• envs/

  • base/ - Create a namespace
  • patches/
    • demo1/ - Point to helm/base as a generator
    • demo2/ - Create a serviceAccount named kustomize-created, and points to helm/patches/demo2 as a generator

• helm/ - base and patches for HelmChartInflationGenerator

  • base/ - Points to hello-world chart, sets valuesInline: image.tag to 1.15
  • patches/
    • demo2 - sets valuesInline: serviceAccount.create false, serviceAccount.name: kustomize-created

Try it out

Demo1

kustomize build envs/patches/demo1 --enable-helm > results/demo1.yaml

• Namespace
• Hello-world helm chart resources
  • 1.15 image version on the deployment
  • hello-world serviceAccount created by the helm chart

Demo2

kustomize build envs/patches/demo2 --enable-helm > results/demo2.yaml

• Namespace
• Hello-world helm chart resources
  • 1.15 image version on the deployment
  • No hello-world serviceAccount
  • kustomize-created serviceAccount with label app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Kustomize
  • deployment points to this replacement serviceAccount