chore: add params to make crunchy optional, and document the steps needed.

.github/workflows/.dbdeployer.yml

@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ on:
         default: 'values.yaml'
         required: false
         type: string
+      enabled:
+        description: 'Enable the deployment of the crunchy database, easy switch to turn it on/off'
+        default: true
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+
     secrets:
       oc_namespace:
         description: OpenShift namespace
@@ -48,6 +54,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   deploy_db:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    if: ${{ inputs.enabled }}
     name: Deploy Or Upgrade Crunchy DB
     environment: ${{ inputs.environment }}
     steps:

.github/workflows/pr-close.yml

@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Remove PR user and database from crunchy.
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          
+          # check if postgres-crunchy exists or else exit
+          oc get PostgresCluster/postgres-crunchy || exit 0
+
+          # Remove the user from the crunchy cluster yaml and apply the changes
           USER_TO_REMOVE='{"databases":["app-${{ github.event.number }}"],"name":"app-${{ github.event.number }}"}'
           
           echo 'getting current users from crunchy'

.github/workflows/pr-open.yml

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
   # https://github.com/bcgov/quickstart-openshift-helpers
   deploys:
     name: Deploys
-    needs: [builds, deploy_db]
+    needs: [builds]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/.deployer.yml
     secrets:
       oc_namespace: ${{ secrets.OC_NAMESPACE }}

README.md

@@ -363,6 +363,10 @@ Crunchy is the default choice for HA postgres/postgis DB in BCGov. provided char
 
 * For specifying different resources for different envs, just add values-test.yml and values-prod.yml , then provide them to the [DB Deployer in GHA](.github/workflows/.dbdeployer.yml#L24).
 * For enabling S3 backups/recovery, please enable in [values file](./charts/crunchy/values.yaml#L62),  and in the [DB Deployer in GHA](.github/workflows/.dbdeployer.yml#L20), then provide necessary secret values which are prefixed with `s3` [DB Deployer in GHA](.github/workflows/.dbdeployer.yml#L36)
+* To disable crunchy deployment, make the following changes
+  * make crunchy enabled to false in [values.yaml](./charts/app/values.yaml#L117)
+  * make bitnami postgis enabled to true in [values.yaml](./charts/app/values.yaml#L120)
+  * make the db-deployer false in gha workflow [.dbdeployer.yaml](./.github/workflows/.dbdeployer.yml#L31)
 
 ## Alternative Backends
 

charts/app/Chart.lock

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dependencies:
 - name: postgresql
   repository: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
-  version: 16.0.4
-digest: sha256:f35e9a099b4b8a5fb19be545d31397682125da77cbfcbdc7312da2a6d5858cce
-generated: "2024-10-28T14:47:12.015716693Z"
+  version: 16.0.6
+digest: sha256:3de96304f1e196bad8c10cf426762b3e42eb88771cc1c11386ae459148720f1b
+generated: "2024-10-28T14:15:45.2855055-07:00"

charts/app/Chart.yaml

@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ appVersion: "1.16.0"
 
 dependencies:
   - name: postgresql
-    condition: bitnamiPostgis.enabled
-    version: 16.0.4
+    condition: bitnamipg.enabled
+    version: 16.0.6
     repository: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
-    alias: bitnamiPostgis
+    alias: bitnamipg
 maintainers:
   - name: Om Mishra
     email: [email protected]

charts/app/templates/_helpers.tpl

@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
 {{- end }}
 
 {{- define "validation" -}}
-{{- if and (not .Values.crunchy.enabled)  (not  .Values.bitnamiPostgis.enabled ) }}
+{{- if and (not .Values.crunchy.enabled)  (not  .Values.bitnamipg.enabled ) }}
 {{- fail "Both Database options are disabled" }}
 {{- end }}
-{{- if and (.Values.crunchy.enabled)  (.Values.bitnamiPostgis.enabled) }}
+{{- if and (.Values.crunchy.enabled)  (.Values.bitnamipg.enabled) }}
 {{- fail "Both Database options are enabled" }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- if and (.Values.crunchy.enabled) (not .Values.global.config.databaseUser) }}

charts/app/templates/secret.yaml

@@ -14,15 +14,15 @@
   {{- $databaseName = b64dec (get $secretData "dbname") }}
   {{- $host = printf "%s:%s" (b64dec (get $secretData "host")) (b64dec (get $secretData "port")) }}
   {{- $hostWithoutPort = printf "%s" (b64dec (get $secretData "host"))  }}
-{{- else}}
-  {{- $databaseUser = .Values.global.config.databaseUser| default "quickstart"  }}
-  {{- $databasePassword := .Values.global.secrets.databasePassword | default (randAlphaNum 10) }}
+{{- else }}
+  {{- $databaseUser = "quickstart"  }}
+  {{- $databasePassword = .Values.global.secrets.databasePassword | default (randAlphaNum 10) }}
   {{- $secretName := printf "%s-database" .Release.Name }}
   {{- $secretObj := (lookup "v1" "Secret" .Release.Namespace $secretName ) | default dict }}
   {{- $secretData := (get $secretObj "data") | default dict }}
   # set below to existing secret data or generate a random one when not exists
   {{- $databasePassword = (get $secretData "postgres-password") | default ($databasePassword | b64enc) }}
-  {{- $databaseName = .Values.global.secrets.databaseName| default "quickstart" }}
+  {{- $databaseName = "quickstart" }}
   {{- $host = printf "%s-%s:5432" .Release.Name .Values.global.databaseAlias }}
   {{- $hostWithoutPort = printf "%s-%s" .Release.Name .Values.global.databaseAlias }}
 
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ data:
   FLYWAY_PASSWORD: {{ $databasePassword | quote }}
 
 ---
+{{- if not .Values.crunchy.enabled}} # only when it is bitnami-postgres
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Secret
 metadata:
@@ -76,3 +77,4 @@ data:
   postgres-password: {{ $databasePassword  | quote }}
   password: {{ $databasePassword | quote }}
 {{- end }}
+{{- end }}

charts/app/values.yaml

@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ global:
   #-- domain of the application, it is required, apps.silver.devops.gov.bc.ca for silver cluster and apps.devops.gov.bc.ca for gold cluster
   domain: "apps.silver.devops.gov.bc.ca" # it is apps.gold.devops.gov.bc.ca for gold cluster
   #-- the database Alias gives a nice way to switch to different databases, crunchy, patroni ... etc.
-  databaseAlias: postgres-crunchy #bitnamiPostgis # when using crunchy make it postgres-crunchy
+  #databaseAlias: bitnamipg #uncomment when using bitnami pg and comment below.
+  databaseAlias: postgres-crunchy #uncomment when using crunchy and comment above.
 
 #-- the components of the application, backend.
 backend:
@@ -116,16 +117,16 @@ frontend:
 crunchy:
   enabled: true # make this false and bitnami-pg true to switch from crunchy to bitnami single postgis.
 
-bitnamiPostgis:
+bitnamipg:
   enabled: false
   image:
     registry: ghcr.io
     repository: bcgov/nr-containers/bitnami/postgresql
     tag: 15.8.0
   auth:
     existingSecret: '{{ .Release.Name }}-database'
-    username: 'quickstart'
-    database: quickstart
+    username: 'quickstart' # make sure this is aligned with secret.yaml
+    database: quickstart # make sure this is aligned with secret.yaml
   shmVolume:
     enabled: false
   backup: