Document Flux valuesFrom when doing manual helm upgrades #34

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opened 2026-01-05 11:59:02 +00:00 by HugoNijhuis · 0 comments
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During Gitea migration, had to manually run helm upgrade because Gitea (git server) was down.

Problem / Observation

Manual helm upgrade failed with DB authentication errors because Flux HelmRelease uses valuesFrom to inject secrets. This was forgotten, causing crash loops.

Suggested Improvement

Document that when manually running helm upgrade for Flux-managed releases:

  • Check HelmRelease for valuesFrom entries
  • Extract secret values and pass them via -f or --set

Affected Files

  • skills/flux-manual-override/SKILL.md (new)
## Context During Gitea migration, had to manually run helm upgrade because Gitea (git server) was down. ## Problem / Observation Manual helm upgrade failed with DB authentication errors because Flux HelmRelease uses valuesFrom to inject secrets. This was forgotten, causing crash loops. ## Suggested Improvement Document that when manually running helm upgrade for Flux-managed releases: - Check HelmRelease for valuesFrom entries - Extract secret values and pass them via -f or --set ## Affected Files - skills/flux-manual-override/SKILL.md (new)
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Reference: flowmade-one/architecture#34