Consider prefixing charts (redpanda-operator, redpanda-console, ...) to avoid conflicts

[jdonzallaz]

What happened?

Because the name "operator" is so generic and also used by others (e.g. minio), it causes errors on installation: Error: can't get a valid version for repositories operator. Try changing the version constraint in Chart.yaml].

Right now it's impossible for us to use Redpanda because of this error (we want to switch from Kafka/Strimzi to Redpanda).

What did you expect to happen?

A chart name with a prefix (redpanda-operator) allowing us to install our dependencies without errors.

How can we reproduce it (as minimally and precisely as possible)?. Please include values file.

Our `Chart.yaml`:

apiVersion: v2
name: ...
type: application
version: 0.1.0
...
dependencies:
  - name: operator
    alias: minio-operator
    version: 5.0.10
    repository: https://operator.min.io/
    condition: minio-operator.enabled
  - name: tenant
    alias: minio
    version: 5.0.10
    repository: https://operator.min.io/
    condition: minio.enabled
  - name: operator
    alias: redpanda-operator
    version: 0.4.19
    repository: https://charts.redpanda.com
    condition: redpanda-operator.enabled

Anything else we need to know?

I would say the other charts (console, connectors) are also likely to causes conflicts because of their names.

Note: It should also be noted that Helm developers are not willing to fix the underlying cause (see issue).

Which are the affected charts?

Operator

Chart Version(s)

Trying to install Redpanda Operator chart v0.4.19.

Cloud provider

On-premise K8s cluster.

JIRA Link: K8S-108

[chrisseto]

Wow. Quite frustrating that helm isn't looking to fix this issue.

Rather than providing a prefix, we could release each chart twice. IE for every operator chart release there would be an equivalent Redpanda-operator release. Would that work for you @jdonzallaz? We're planning on revamping our release process. With any luck, it should be pretty easy to tack on publishing "aliases".

[jdonzallaz]

Hi @chrisseto,

Sure, I think this would work perfectly.