Best Practices for CI/CD with General Helm Chart Creation

GitLab CI/CD
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Problem to solve

I am setting up a CI/CD pipeline in GitLab specifically designed to include a Helm chart creation step. I want to ensure this part of the pipeline is general enough to be applied across various projects but adheres to best practices. I’m looking for advice or examples of how others have structured their Helm chart creation within a CI/CD pipeline.

Steps to reproduce

I have followed the basic Helm chart tutorials and documentation. Currently, my .gitlab-ci.yml includes a basic pipeline but without the Helm chart integration. I am looking to expand it with best practices.

Configuration

Here’s a snippet of my current .gitlab-ci.yml (sensitive info has been omitted):

stages:
  - build-gradle
  - build-image
  - artifact
  # - helm
  - deploy
  - release


build_job:
  stage: build
  script:
    - echo "Building application"

deploy_job:
  stage: deploy
  script:
    - helm upgrade --kubeconfig=$ADA_KUBE_CONF --install $CONTAINER_NAME ./$CONTAINER_NAME -f $CONTAINER_NAME/release-values.yml --namespace $NS --create-namespace --set image.repository=$DOCKER_REGISTRY/$CONTAINER_NAME,image.tag=$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA-$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME

Thanks for taking the time to be thorough in your request, it really helps! :blush: