Source Repository¤

The Source Repository (usually ibm-mas/gitops) provides Helm Charts that define all of the Kubernetes resources required to deploy MAS instances using ArgoCD. The Helm Charts are split across four sub directories, depending on their intended target:

root-applications: these charts define ArgoCD Application and ApplicationSet templates following the App of Apps pattern and target the Management Cluster where ArgoCD is running. The Applications and ApplicationSets render other charts from root-applications, cluster-applications, instance-applications, or sls-applications
cluster-applications: these charts define Kubernetes resources for installing cluster-wide MAS pre-requisites on Target Clusters where MAS is to be installed and managed.
instance-applications: these charts define Kubernetes resources for installing and managing MAS instances on Target Clusters.
sls-applications: these charts define Kubernetes resources for installing standalone Suite License Service instances on Target Clusters.

The following figure shows a tree of ArgoCD applications and Application Sets generated by the charts under root-applications, starting with the Account Root Application at the top.

Account Root Chart ¤

Account Root Applications render the Account Root Chart, which installs the Cluster Root Application Set. This generates a set of Cluster Root Applications based on the configuration in the Config Repository

Cluster Root Chart ¤

Cluster Root Applications render the Cluster Root Chart, which contains templates to generate ArgoCD Applications for configuring various dependencies and supporting services shared by MAS instances on Target Clusters.

Application	Template	Helm Chart
EFS CSI Driver	000-efs-csi-driver.yaml	000-efs-csi-driver
IBM Operator Catalog	000-ibm-operator-catalog-app.yaml	000-ibm-operator-catalog
Image Mirroring	000-image-mirroring.yaml	000-image-mirroring
Job Cleaner	000-job-cleaner.yaml	000-job-cleaner
Redhat Certificate Manager	010-ibm-redhat-cert-manager-app.yaml	010-redhat-cert-manager
CIS Certificate Manager	020-ibm-cis-cert-manager.yaml	020-ibm-cis-cert-manager
Data Reporter Operator (DRO)	030-ibm-dro-app.yaml	030-ibm-dro
DRO Public Route	031-ibm-dro-public.yaml	031-ibm-dro-public
DRO Cleanup	032-ibm-dro-cleanup.yaml	032-ibm-dro-cleanup
CIS Compliance	040-cis-compliance-app.yaml	040-cis-compliance
CIS Compliance Cleanup	041-cis-compliance-cleanup.yaml	041-cis-compliance-cleanup
NFD Operator	050-nfd-operator-app.yaml	050-nfd-operator
Nvidia GPU Operator	051-nvidia-gpu-operator-app.yaml	051-nvidia-gpu-operator
Group Sync Operator	052-group-sync-operator-app.yaml	052-group-sync-operator
Falcon Operator	053-falcon-operator-app.yaml	053-falcon-operator
Cluster Logging Operator	054-cluster-logging-operator-app.yaml	054-cluster-logging-operator
Instana Agent Operator	055-instana-agent-operator-app.yaml	055-instana-agent-operator
Custom Cluster Service Accounts	060-custom-sa.yaml	060-custom-sa
IBM RBAC	061-ibm-rbac-app.yaml	061-ibm-rbac
Cluster Promotion	200-cluster-promotion-app.yaml	200-cluster-promotion
MAS Provisioner Service	300-mas-provisioner-app.yaml	300-mas-provisioner

The Cluster Root Chart also contains ApplicationSets that generate child applications:

SLS ApplicationSet - Generates standalone Suite License Service instances
AI Service Instance ApplicationSet - Generates AI Service instance root applications
Instance ApplicationSet - Generates MAS instance root applications based on configuration in the Config Repository

SLS Root Chart ¤

SLS Root Applications render the SLS Root Chart, which is generated by the SLS ApplicationSet in the Cluster Root Chart. This chart manages standalone Suite License Service deployments that are not tied to a specific MAS instance.

Application	Template	Helm Chart
Suite License Service (SLS)	100-ibm-sls-app.yaml	100-ibm-sls

AIService Instance Root Chart ¤

AI Service Instance Root Applications render the AIService Instance Root Chart, which is generated by the AI Service Instance ApplicationSet in the Cluster Root Chart. This chart manages AI Service infrastructure and tenant deployments.

Application	Template	Helm Chart
Open Data Hub (ODH)	030-ibm-odh-app.yaml	112-ibm-odh
AI Service	040-ibm-aiservice-app.yaml	113-ibm-aiservice

The AIService Instance Root Chart also contains an ApplicationSet:

AI Service Tenant ApplicationSet - Generates AI Service tenant root applications based on configuration in the Config Repository

AIService Tenant Root Chart ¤

AI Service Tenant Root Applications render the AIService Tenant Root Chart, which is generated by the AI Service Tenant ApplicationSet. This chart manages individual AI Service tenant deployments.

Application	Template	Helm Chart
AI Service Tenant	100-ibm-aiservice-tenant-app.yaml	115-ibm-aiservice-tenant

Instance Root Chart ¤

MAS Instance Root Applications render the Instance Root Chart, which contains templates to generate ArgoCD Applications that installs MAS on Target Clusters, including:

Synchronization and Resource Management:¤

Application	Template	Helm Chart
IBM Sync Resources	000-ibm-sync-resources.yaml	000-ibm-sync-resources
IBM Sync Jobs	010-ibm-sync-jobs.yaml	010-ibm-sync-jobs
IBM Sync Jobs CP4D	101-ibm-sync-jobs-cp4d.yaml	101-ibm-sync-jobs-cp4d
Post Sync Job CP4D Services	121-ibm-post-sync-job-cp4d-services.yaml	121-ibm-post-sync-job-cp4d-services
IBM Post Sync Jobs	600-ibm-post-sync-jobs.yaml	600-ibm-post-sync-jobs

Instance-level MAS dependencies:¤

Application	Template	Helm Chart
Suite License Service (SLS)	100-ibm-sls-app.yaml	100-ibm-sls
Db2u Operator	110-ibm-db2u-app.yaml	110-ibm-db2u
Cloudpak 4 Data (CP4D)	110-ibm-cp4d-app.yaml	110-ibm-cp4d
Cloudpak 4 Data (CP4D) Operators	110-ibm-cp4d-operator-app.yaml	110-ibm-cp4d-operators
Cloudpak 4 Data (CP4D) CS Control	110-ibm-cs-control-app.yaml	110-ibm-cs-control
DB2 Databases	120-db2-databases-app.yaml¹	120-ibm-db2u-database
DBS RDS Databases	120-dbs-rds-databases-app.yaml¹	120-ibm-dbs-rds-database
Watson Studio Local (WSL)	120-ibm-wsl-app.yaml	120-ibm-wsl
Watson Machine Learning (WML)	120-ibm-wml-app.yaml	120-ibm-wml
Analytics Engine powered by Apache Spark (Spark)	120-ibm-spark-app.yaml	120-ibm-spark
SPSS Modeler	120-ibm-spss-app.yaml	120-ibm-spss

MAS Core Platform¤

This includes the suite, suite configurations and core workspaces

Application	Template	Helm Chart
MAS Core Suite	130-ibm-mas-suite-app.yaml	130-ibm-mas-suite
Suite Configs	130-ibm-mas-suite-configs-app.yaml¹	Multiple charts ²
MAS Workspaces	200-ibm-mas-workspaces.yaml¹	220-ibm-mas-workspace

MAS Applications¤

These share a generic chart.

Application	Template
Manage	500-ibm-mas-masapp-manage-install.yaml
Facilities	505-ibm-mas-masapp-facilities-install.yaml
Assist	510-ibm-mas-masapp-assist-install.yaml
IoT	510-ibm-mas-masapp-iot-install.yaml
Visual Inspection	510-ibm-mas-masapp-visualinspection-install.yaml
Health	520-ibm-mas-masapp-health-install.yaml
Monitor	520-ibm-mas-masapp-monitor-install.yaml
Optimizer	520-ibm-mas-masapp-optimizer-install.yaml
Predict	540-ibm-mas-masapp-predict-install.yaml

MAS Application Workspace Config¤

The generic 510-550-ibm-mas-masapp-configs.yaml¹ template and 510-550-ibm-mas-suite-app-config chart is used for creating MAS Application workspace configurations.

MAS Addons and RBAC¤

Application	Template	Helm Chart
MAS Addons Config	550-ibm-mas-addons-config.yaml	550-ibm-mas-addons-config
Application Admin RBAC	600-application-admin-rbac-app.yaml	600-application-admin-rbac

These templates are capable of generating multiple Applications; necessary because there may be one or more instances of the type of resource they are responsible for managing. ↩↩↩↩↩
The Suite Configs Application is responsible for installing various types of suite configuration types (Mongo, BAS, SMTP, etc) at various scopes (system, app, ws, wsapp). The chart is chosen dynamically based on the configuration type: AiCfg, JDBC, Kafka, BAS, IDP, Mongo, SLS, SMTP, COS, Watson Studio, MAS App, DB2U JDBC Password Rotation ↩

Source Repository¤

Account Root Chart¤

Cluster Root Chart¤

SLS Root Chart¤

AIService Instance Root Chart¤

AIService Tenant Root Chart¤

Instance Root Chart¤