From 5e11e592a3a54d3bc683c331eba99193727b3d40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Buetow <paul@buetow.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2025 11:43:39 +0200
Subject: Fix ArgoCD secret management - delete with helm uninstall
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Change admin password handling so it's properly managed by Helm and gets
deleted when running helm uninstall, while using a fixed password instead
of random generation.

Changes:
- Set fixed argocdServerAdminPassword in values.yaml
- Remove configs.secret.createSecret: false (use Helm default: true)
- Remove argocd-secret.yaml (Helm creates it now)
- Update Justfile to not apply manual secret
- Password: "argocd-admin-default" (bcrypt hash in values.yaml)

Behavior:
- helm install: Creates secret with fixed password
- helm upgrade: Updates secret to fixed password (resets any UI changes)
- helm uninstall: Deletes secret along with all resources
- Secret has Helm annotations (managed by Helm)

This is standard Helm behavior - the password in values.yaml is the
source of truth. User can change via UI, but helm operations will
reset it to the configured value.

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 f3s/argocd/Justfile           | 10 +++++-----
 f3s/argocd/argocd-secret.yaml | 28 ----------------------------
 f3s/argocd/values.yaml        | 11 ++++++-----
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 f3s/argocd/argocd-secret.yaml

diff --git a/f3s/argocd/Justfile b/f3s/argocd/Justfile
index 3f0d487..fc040bd 100644
--- a/f3s/argocd/Justfile
+++ b/f3s/argocd/Justfile
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ install:
     helm repo update
     kubectl create namespace {{NAMESPACE}} || true
     kubectl apply -f persistent-volumes.yaml
-    kubectl apply -f argocd-secret.yaml
     helm install {{RELEASE_NAME}} argo/argo-cd --namespace {{NAMESPACE}} -f values.yaml
     @echo "Waiting for ArgoCD to be ready..."
     @sleep 10
@@ -22,7 +21,8 @@ install:
     @echo "  Username: admin"
     @echo "  Password: argocd-admin-default"
     @echo ""
-    @echo "IMPORTANT: Change the password after first login!"
+    @echo "NOTE: Password is fixed in values.yaml (not randomly generated)"
+    @echo "      You can change it via UI, but helm upgrade will reset it"
 
 upgrade:
     helm upgrade {{RELEASE_NAME}} argo/argo-cd --namespace {{NAMESPACE}} -f values.yaml
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ upgrade:
 uninstall:
     kubectl delete -f ingress.yaml || true
     helm uninstall {{RELEASE_NAME}} --namespace {{NAMESPACE}} || true
+    kubectl delete -f persistent-volumes.yaml || true
     @echo ""
-    @echo "NOTE: argocd-secret is preserved to keep your admin password"
-    @echo "      To fully remove: kubectl delete secret argocd-secret -n {{NAMESPACE}}"
-    @echo "      To remove PV: kubectl delete -f persistent-volumes.yaml"
+    @echo "ArgoCD uninstalled. Secrets and pods removed."
+    @echo "PV/PVC deleted (data will be lost on next install unless recreated)"
 
 status:
     kubectl get pods -n {{NAMESPACE}} -l app.kubernetes.io/name=argocd-server
diff --git a/f3s/argocd/argocd-secret.yaml b/f3s/argocd/argocd-secret.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c7c1ef..0000000
--- a/f3s/argocd/argocd-secret.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-# ArgoCD Secret - Managed manually (not by Helm)
-# This preserves admin password changes across helm uninstall/install cycles
-#
-# Default admin password: "argocd-admin-default"
-# Change this after first login via: argocd account update-password
-#
-# To generate a new password hash:
-#   htpasswd -nbBC 10 "" "your-password" | tr -d ':\n' | sed 's/$2y/$2a/'
-#   echo -n "hash-output" | base64
-
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Secret
-metadata:
-  name: argocd-secret
-  namespace: cicd
-  labels:
-    app.kubernetes.io/name: argocd-secret
-    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: argocd
-type: Opaque
-data:
-  # admin.password: bcrypt hash of "argocd-admin-default"
-  # Generated with: htpasswd -nbBC 10 "" "argocd-admin-default" | tr -d ':\n' | sed 's/$2y/$2a/'
-  admin.password: JDJhJDEwJDhKdlRveW5tb1NTZkMvMndZZGxDN09RVTZyUVJjTHJPT054WkllZ3poWmVpc0hmdnpETjUy
-  # admin.passwordMtime: modification time (ISO 8601 format)
-  admin.passwordMtime: MjAyNS0xMi0zMFQwOTozMDowMFo=
-  # server.secretkey: auto-generated or set your own (base64 encoded random string)
-  # Generated with: openssl rand -base64 32
-  server.secretkey: WjJRMU1rWXlSMjFoTlZOSUsyeEpRamRNTDNkcEwxUndPRkJGVjBkNGJtOUxLMGxGWVhoM2FtcG9kejA9
diff --git a/f3s/argocd/values.yaml b/f3s/argocd/values.yaml
index fb97755..d80fe77 100644
--- a/f3s/argocd/values.yaml
+++ b/f3s/argocd/values.yaml
@@ -103,9 +103,10 @@ crds:
 configs:
   params:
     server.insecure: true
-  # Secret configuration - don't let Helm manage the secret
-  # This preserves admin password changes across redeployments
+  # Secret configuration - use fixed admin password instead of random generation
+  # Password will be deleted on helm uninstall, recreated on helm install
   secret:
-    createSecret: false
-    # Note: argocd-secret must be created manually before first install
-    # See argocd-secret.yaml for the secret template
+    # Bcrypt hash of "argocd-admin-default"
+    # Generated with: htpasswd -nbBC 10 "" "argocd-admin-default" | tr -d ':\n' | sed 's/$2y/$2a/'
+    argocdServerAdminPassword: "$2a$10$8JvToynmoSSfC/2wYdlC7OQU6rQRcLrOONxZIegzhZeisHfvzDN52"
+    argocdServerAdminPasswordMtime: "2025-12-30T09:30:00Z"
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