charts/authentik: add support for external Kubernetes secret#436
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…uration - Add authentik.existingSecret.secretName configuration option in values.yaml - Conditionally create secret only when external secret is not specified - Add helper template to determine correct secret name based on configuration - Update server and worker deployments to use calculated secret name - Maintain backward compatibility with existing direct secret configuration - Follow existing pattern used for GeoIP external secret configuration
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| # -- Secret key used for cookie singing and unique user IDs, | ||
| # don't change this after the first install | ||
| secret_key: "" | ||
| ## use existing secret for authentik configuration instead of creating one |
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Let's add a warning that it renders whatever is set under the authentik key unused.
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This PR contains the following updates: | Package | Update | Change | |---|---|---| | [authentik](https://goauthentik.io) ([source](https://github.com/goauthentik/helm)) | minor | `2025.10.3` → `2025.12.1` | --- >⚠️ **Warning** > > Some dependencies could not be looked up. Check the Dependency Dashboard for more information. --- ### Release Notes <details> <summary>goauthentik/helm (authentik)</summary> ### [`v2025.12.1`](https://github.com/goauthentik/helm/releases/tag/authentik-2025.12.1) [Compare Source](goauthentik/helm@authentik-2025.12.0...authentik-2025.12.1) authentik is an open-source Identity Provider focused on flexibility and versatility #### What's Changed - charts/authentik: bump to 2025.12.1 by [@​authentik-automation](https://github.com/authentik-automation)\[bot] in [#​440](goauthentik/helm#440) **Full Changelog**: <goauthentik/helm@authentik-2025.12.0...authentik-2025.12.1> ### [`v2025.12.0`](https://github.com/goauthentik/helm/releases/tag/authentik-2025.12.0) [Compare Source](goauthentik/helm@authentik-2025.10.3...authentik-2025.12.0) authentik is an open-source Identity Provider focused on flexibility and versatility #### What's Changed - charts/authentik: use debian:13-slim for PostgreSQL volume permissions by [@​yolanv](https://github.com/yolanv) in [#​434](goauthentik/helm#434) - authentik: replace bitnami postgres exporter by [@​BeryJu](https://github.com/BeryJu) in [#​435](goauthentik/helm#435) - charts/authentik: add support for external Kubernetes secret by [@​gthieleb](https://github.com/gthieleb) in [#​436](goauthentik/helm#436) - charts/authentik: use read only root filesystem for postgresql by [@​KoiFresh](https://github.com/KoiFresh) in [#​427](goauthentik/helm#427) - charts/authentik: bump to 2025.12.0 by [@​authentik-automation](https://github.com/authentik-automation)\[bot] in [#​438](goauthentik/helm#438) #### New Contributors - [@​yolanv](https://github.com/yolanv) made their first contribution in [#​434](goauthentik/helm#434) - [@​gthieleb](https://github.com/gthieleb) made their first contribution in [#​436](goauthentik/helm#436) - [@​KoiFresh](https://github.com/KoiFresh) made their first contribution in [#​427](goauthentik/helm#427) **Full Changelog**: <goauthentik/helm@authentik-2025.10.3...authentik-2025.12.0> </details> --- ### Configuration 📅 **Schedule**: Branch creation - At any time (no schedule defined), Automerge - At any time (no schedule defined). 🚦 **Automerge**: Disabled by config. Please merge this manually once you are satisfied. ♻ **Rebasing**: Whenever PR is behind base branch, or you tick the rebase/retry checkbox. 🔕 **Ignore**: Close this PR and you won't be reminded about this update again. --- - [ ] <!-- rebase-check -->If you want to rebase/retry this PR, check this box --- This PR has been generated by [Renovate Bot](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate). <!--renovate-debug:eyJjcmVhdGVkSW5WZXIiOiI0Mi42OS4yIiwidXBkYXRlZEluVmVyIjoiNDIuNjkuMiIsInRhcmdldEJyYW5jaCI6Im1haW4iLCJsYWJlbHMiOlsiY2hhcnQiXX0=--> Reviewed-on: https://gitea.alexlebens.dev/alexlebens/infrastructure/pulls/3223 Co-authored-by: Renovate Bot <renovate-bot@alexlebens.net> Co-committed-by: Renovate Bot <renovate-bot@alexlebens.net>
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Add authentik.existingSecret.secretName configuration option in values.yaml.
Conditionally create secret only when external secret is not specified.