Unable to deploy robusta helm chart with ArgoCD

[mckernanin]

Describe the bug
Original slack conversation: https://robustacommunity.slack.com/archives/C02R0LVANKY/p1707937278191989

I am unable to deploy robusta when using a yaml templated application for ArgoCD. As suggested on slack, I have tried a number of different ways to refer to my secret values, none of them have worked. Example yaml application for Argo to deploy the helm chart:

apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
kind: Application
metadata:
  name: robusta
  namespace: argocd
  finalizers:
  - resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io
spec:
  destination:
    server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
    namespace: robusta
  project: default
  source:
    chart: robusta
    repoURL: https://robusta-charts.storage.googleapis.com
    targetRevision: 0.10.29
    helm:
      values: |
        globalConfig:
          signing_key: "{{ '{{' }} env.SIGNING_KEY {{ '}}' }}"
          account_id: "{{ '{{' }} env.ACCOUNT_ID {{ '}}' }}"
        sinksConfig:
        - robusta_sink:
            name: robusta_ui_sink
            token: "{{ '{{' }} env.ROBUSTA_UI_TOKEN {{ '}}' }}"
        - discord_sink:
          name: mckernans_discord_sink
          url: "{{ '{{' }} env.DISCORD_SINK_WEBHOOK {{ '}}' }}"
        enablePlatformPlaybooks: true
        runner:
          sendAdditionalTelemetry: true
        rsa:
          private: "{{ '{{' }} env.RSA_PRIVATE {{ '}}' }}"
          public: "{{ '{{' }} env.RSA_PUBLIC {{ '}}' }}"
        runner:
          additional_env_vars:
            - name: SIGNING_KEY
              valueFrom:
                secretKeyRef:
                  name: environment
                  key: SIGNING_KEY
            - name: ACCOUNT_ID
              valueFrom:
                secretKeyRef:
                  name: environment
                  key: ACCOUNT_ID
            - name: ROBUSTA_UI_TOKEN
              valueFrom:
                secretKeyRef:
                  name: environment
                  key: ROBUSTA_UI_TOKEN
            - name: DISCORD_SINK_WEBHOOK
              valueFrom:
                secretKeyRef:
                  name: environment
                  key: DISCORD_SINK_WEBHOOK
            - name: RSA_PRIVATE
              valueFrom:
                secretKeyRef:
                  name: environment
                  key: RSA_PRIVATE
            - name: RSA_PUBLIC
              valueFrom:
                secretKeyRef:
                  name: environment
                  key: RSA_PUBLIC

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Create a secret with your environment values (I am using the 1password operator, but any secret should work)
2. Try to deploy robusta with argocd, using the manifest above
3. Receive an error like this:

Failed to load target state: failed to generate manifest for source 1 of 1: rpc error: code = Unknown desc = Manifest generation error (cached): `helm template . --name-template root --namespace argocd --kube-version 1.28 <api versions removed> --include-crds` failed exit status 1: Error: parse error at (root/templates/robusta.yaml:20): '{{' Use --debug flag to render out invalid YAML

Expected behavior
I should be able to deploy Robusta and reference environment secrets

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[mckernanin]

The solution ended up being using a separate values file, using a yaml file located in the repository instead of trying to inline in an argocd application directly. example:

apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
kind: Application
metadata:
  name: robusta
  namespace: argocd
  finalizers:
    - resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io
spec:
  destination:
    server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
    namespace: robusta
  project: default
  sources:
    - chart: robusta
      repoURL: https://robusta-charts.storage.googleapis.com
      targetRevision: 0.10.31
      helm:
        valueFiles:
          - $values/values/robusta.yaml

[aantn]

Thanks, I'll update our docs accordingly. Can you explain what $values refers to in valueFiles? Is that something specific to your company to differentiate between different environments?

[mckernanin]

Thanks for getting the docs updated! I chopped off a few lines by mistake, here's the context on what $values refers to:

  sources:
    - chart: robusta
      repoURL: https://robusta-charts.storage.googleapis.com
      targetRevision: 0.10.31
      helm:
        valueFiles:
          - $values/values/robusta.yaml
    - repoURL: "git@github.com:mckernanin/homelab.git"
      targetRevision: HEAD
      ref: values

[aantn]

Got it, thanks. I've opened a new PR correcting it. If you could take a look, it would be greatly appreciated!

#1451