apps-in-apps

App-of-Apps Helm chart. Renders argoproj.io/v1alpha1 Application resources for every entry configured under applications in values.yaml, including the valheim-gitops stack.

Because this repository is a Helm chart, it can be registered in ArgoCD as its own Application (Helm source), which then manages all child Applications declared in values.yaml.

Bootstrapping

1. Make sure ArgoCD is installed and its API server can reach git.smokyzone.de (add repo credentials if the repos are private).

2. Apply the one-time root Application once:

   kubectl apply -f bootstrap/root-application.yaml
   

   This registers apps-in-apps itself as an ArgoCD Application using this git repo as a Helm chart source, with automated sync/prune/self-heal.

3. ArgoCD renders templates/application.yaml, which creates one child Application per entry in applications (currently: valheim, pointing at the valheim-gitops chart).

Adding another app

Add an entry to applications in values.yaml:

applications:
  - name: my-app
    enabled: true
    source:
      repoURL: https://git.smokyzone.de/SmokyZone/my-app.git
      targetRevision: main
      path: .
    destination:
      server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
      namespace: my-app
    syncPolicy:
      automated:
        prune: true
        selfHeal: true
      syncOptions:
        - CreateNamespace=true

Commit and push — ArgoCD picks it up on the next sync.

Structure

apps-in-apps/
├── Chart.yaml                     # Helm chart metadata
├── values.yaml                    # List of managed Applications
├── templates/
│   └── application.yaml           # Renders one Application per entry
└── bootstrap/
    └── root-application.yaml      # One-time manifest to register this chart in ArgoCD