Import existing helm charts into Go Operator

[snjonnaljsr]

Hello Team,

I am trying to build an golang operator to deploy an application. The application was deployed using helm charts. How can use these existing helm charts with my golang operator ? what are the options available

Thank You, 

'JSR

[tnishiok · Accepted solution]

Hi @snjonnaljsr,

You may be interested in the Hybrid Helm Operators architecture. It can combines Helm and Golang Operator so that you can add custom logic to the reconcile loop. The library namely 'helm-operator-plugins' is availabler for that purpose.

Regards,
Toshi

[tnishiok · Accepted solution]

Here are the example steps to implement a custom logic for the nginx existing helm chart. It registers a hook function to the reconcile loop to get events of depoyment or status change (e.g. replicas change).

In this example the hook just prints log messages, but you can implement your custom logic whatever you want to achieve.

Regards,
Toshi