More Development documentation and code-snippets (#208)

* Create general development documentation for all forms of storage

* increase questions.yaml documentation

* certs are definately not 21.02 compatible

* Fix some small mistakes from upstream (iX official)
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templates/ # A directory of templates that, when combined with values.yml will generate K8s YAML
values.yaml # The default configuration values for this chart
```
*See the upstream Helm chart [developer reference](https://helm.sh/docs/topics/chart_template_guide/) for a complete walk through of developing charts.*
*See the upstream Helm chart [developer reference](https://helm.sh/docs/chart_template_guide/) for a complete walk through of developing charts.*
To convert an upstream chart to take advantage of TrueNAS SCALE enhanced UX, first create an `item.yaml` file.
This file among other catalog item information provides a list of categories that this chart fits into. This helps users navigate and filtering when browsing the catalog UI.
@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ After that create `app-readme.md` file.
```
$ cat charts/ix-chart/<chart version>/app-readme.md
# iX-Chart
iX-chart is a chart designed to let user deploy a docker image in a TrueNAS SCALE kubernetes cluster.
It provides a mechanism to specify workload type, add external host interfaces in the pods, configure volumes and allocate host resources to the workload.
```
@ -81,77 +79,4 @@ questions:
```
The above will prompt the user with 2 text fields and a dropdown in the UI getting details for image configuration in a helm chart.
#### Question Variable Reference
| Variable | Type | Required | Description |
| ------------- | ------------- | --- |------------- |
| variable | string | true | define the variable name specified in the `values.yaml`file. |
| label | string | true | define the UI label. |
| description | string | false | specify the description of the variable. |
| group | string | false | group questions by input value. |
| schema | dictionary | true | specify schema details for the `variable` |
| schema.type | string | true | specify type of value for `variable` (current supported types are string, int, boolean, path, hostpath, list, dict, ipaddr, and cron).|
| schema.required | bool | false | define if the variable is required or not (true \ false), defaults to false |
| schema.default | object | false | specify the default value. |
| schema.min_length | int | false | min character length for string type variable.|
| schema.max_length | int | false | max character length for string type variable.|
| schema.min | int | false | min integer length. |
| schema.max | int | false | max integer length. |
| schema.enum | []dictionary | false | specify the options when the variable type is `string`, for example, <br><br>enum:<br> - value: "RollingUpdate" <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;description: "Create new pods and then kill old ones"<br> - value: "Recreate"<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;description: "Kill existing pods before creating new ones"|
| schema.valid_chars | string | false | regular expression for input chars validation. |
| schema.subquestions | []subquestion | false | add an array of subquestions.|
| schema.show_if | string | false | show current variable if condition specified is true, for example `show_if: [["workloadType", "=", "CronJob"]]` |
| schema.show_subquestions_if | string | false | show subquestions if is true or equal to one of the options. for example `show_subquestion_if: "static"`. system will convert this to the filters format specifid for `shcema.show_if` automatically.|
| schema.attrs | []variables | false | specified when `schema.type` is dictionary to declare attributes allowed in the dictionary. |
| schema.items | []variables | false | specified when `schema.type` is list to declare attributes allowed in the list. |
| schema.private | bool | false | specified for declaring information sensitive fields. |
| schema.null | bool | false | specifies if the value for the variable can be null. defaults to false. |
**subquestions**: `subquestions[]` cannot contain `subquestions` or `show_subquestions_if` keys, but all other keys in the above table are supported. Also variables having `schema.type` list do not support `subquestions`.
There are some novel cases where we would like to provide ability to configure / manage resources for workloads with getting some data from system dynamically.
So a chart can specify certain actions to be performed by the system for a variable by defining a reference. An example better illustrates this concept:
```
- variable: volume
label: "Volume"
schema:
type: dict
$ref:
- "normalize/ixVolume"
attrs:
- variable: mountPath
label: "Mount Path"
description: "Path where the volume will be mounted inside the pod"
schema:
type: path
required: true
- variable: datasetName
label: "Dataset Name"
schema:
type: string
required: true
```
In the above variable we define a `$ref` in schema which specifies that the system should take some action for normalising the value specified for the variable.
In this specific case, `ix_volume` is a concept introduced where we recommend using a volume which we are able to rollback automatically on chart release rollback. In essence,
it is just a `hostPath` volume for which the system automatically creates the dataset specified.
We have following types of actions supported in `$ref` right now:
1) definitions
2) normalize
For (1), system will automatically update schema for a particular definition. For example,
```
- variable: hostInterface
description: "Please specify host interface"
label: "Host Interface"
schema:
type: string
required: true
$ref:
- "definitions/interface"
```
System will automatically populate available interfaces for the user based on what interfaces are available on the system.
For (2), system will normalize values or perform some actions as discussed above.
_More information about questions.yaml is available [here](https://wiki.truecharts.org/development/questions-yaml/)_

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# Questions.yaml
Questions.yaml is the file which get rendered by TrueNAS to create the UI. When not creating new charts, most of what this project does is stitching together questions.yaml files to turn existing Helm Charts into Apps.
### Syntax
In this document we give you a short reference guide (ported from IX Official) which lays out the settings available in questions.yaml.
#### Question Variable Reference
| Variable | Type | Required | Description |
| ------------- | ------------- | --- |------------- |
| variable | string | true | define the variable name specified in the `values.yaml`file. |
| label | string | true | define the UI label. |
| description | string | false | specify the description of the variable. |
| group | string | false | group questions by input value. |
| schema | dictionary | true | specify schema details for the `variable` |
| schema.type | string | true | specify type of value for `variable` (current supported types are string, int, boolean, path, hostpath, list, dict, ipaddr, and cron).|
| schema.required | bool | false | define if the variable is required or not (true \ false), defaults to false |
| schema.default | object | false | specify the default value. |
| schema.min_length | int | false | min character length for string type variable.|
| schema.max_length | int | false | max character length for string type variable.|
| schema.min | int | false | min integer length. |
| schema.max | int | false | max integer length. |
| schema.enum | []dictionary | false | specify the options when the variable type is `string`, for example, <br><br>enum:<br> - value: "RollingUpdate" <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;description: "Create new pods and then kill old ones"<br> - value: "Recreate"<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;description: "Kill existing pods before creating new ones"|
| schema.valid_chars | string | false | regular expression for input chars validation. |
| schema.subquestions | []subquestion | false | add an array of subquestions.|
| schema.show_if | string | false | show current variable if condition specified is true, for example `show_if: [["workloadType", "=", "CronJob"]]` |
| schema.show_subquestions_if | string | false | show subquestions if is true or equal to one of the options. for example `show_subquestion_if: "static"`. system will convert this to the filters format specifid for `shcema.show_if` automatically.|
| schema.attrs | []variables | false | specified when `schema.type` is dictionary to declare attributes allowed in the dictionary. |
| schema.items | []variables | false | specified when `schema.type` is list to declare attributes allowed in the list. |
| schema.private | bool | false | specified for declaring information sensitive fields. |
| schema.null | bool | false | specifies if the value for the variable can be null. defaults to false. |
##### Subquestions
`subquestions[]` cannot contain `subquestions` or `show_subquestions_if` keys, but all other keys in the above table are supported. Also variables having `schema.type` list do not support `subquestions`.
##### Special Questions
There are some novel cases where we would like to provide ability to configure / manage resources for workloads with getting some data from system dynamically.
So a chart can specify certain actions to be performed by the system for a variable by defining a reference. An example better illustrates this concept:
```
- variable: volume
label: "Volume"
schema:
type: dict
$ref:
- "normalize/ixVolume"
attrs:
- variable: mountPath
label: "Mount Path"
description: "Path where the volume will be mounted inside the pod"
schema:
type: path
required: true
- variable: datasetName
label: "Dataset Name"
schema:
type: string
required: true
```
In the above variable we define a `$ref` in schema which specifies that the system should take some action for normalising the value specified for the variable.
In this specific case, `ix_volume` is a concept introduced where we recommend using a volume which we are able to rollback automatically on chart release rollback. In essence,
it is just a `hostPath` volume for which the system automatically creates the dataset specified.
We have following types of actions supported in `$ref` right now:
1) definitions
2) normalize
For (1), system will automatically update schema for a particular definition. For example,
```
- variable: hostInterface
description: "Please specify host interface"
label: "Host Interface"
schema:
type: string
required: true
$ref:
- "definitions/interface"
```
System will automatically populate available interfaces for the user based on what interfaces are available on the system.
For (2), system will normalize values or perform some actions as discussed above.
### Standardised questions.yaml sections
To minimise the maintenance load of our App collection, we always aim to standardise as much as possible. The same goes for questions.yaml. Included here are some code standardised code-snippets that are expected to be included in every App.
Be aware that sometimes specific functions might or might not completely function. Leaving them out would, however, everely increase the maintenance load and often said functionality will be added in the common-chart later on anyway.
##### General Configuration options
These options are always included because almost every chart (eventually) has a use for them and/or other parts of the common chart depend on them.
They are called general options, because they affect the basic functionalities of a chart. For example: Custom User environment variables, permissions and timezones.
```
- variable: timezone
group: "Configuration"
label: "Timezone"
schema:
type: string
default: "Etc/UTC"
$ref:
- "definitions/timezone"
- variable: PUID
group: "Configuration"
label: "PUID"
description: "The UserID of the user running the application and owning the files"
schema:
type: int
default: 568
- variable: PGID
group: "Configuration"
label: "PGID"
description: "The groupID of the user/group running the application and owning the files"
schema:
type: int
default: 568
- variable: UMASK
group: "Configuration"
label: "UMASK (advanced)"
description: "The UMASK used if supported by the application"
schema:
type: string
default: "002"
# Configure Custom Enviroment Variables
- variable: environmentVariables
label: "Image environment"
group: "Configuration"
schema:
type: list
default: []
items:
- variable: environmentVariable
label: "Environment Variable"
schema:
type: dict
attrs:
- variable: name
label: "Name"
schema:
type: string
- variable: value
label: "Value"
schema:
type: string
```
##### Main Service
Services in Kubernetes (the underlaying framework in TrueNAS SCALE), are (simply put) internal loadbalancers. Besides being load balancers, they are always guaranteed to be reachable by (internal!) DNS name and (in some cases) prevent traffic from reaching your App when the healthcheck isn't finished yet (or is failing).
Every App is required to have a main service, the primary thing that users (or other Apps!) connect with. No mater if it's a webUI, an API, a database connection or something totally else, A service is always required.
Please keep in mind that every App is different, some just have one service (the primary one) and others need more (which get defined in `appAdditionalService`). Every App also uses different ports, so please alter accordingly.
```
- variable: service
group: "Networking"
label: "Configure Service"
schema:
type: dict
attrs:
- variable: type
label: "Service type"
schema:
type: string
default: "ClusterIP"
enum:
- value: "NodePort"
description: "NodePort"
- value: "ClusterIP"
description: "ClusterIP"
show_subquestions_if: "NodePort"
subquestions:
- variable: port
label: "Port configuration"
schema:
type: dict
attrs:
- variable: port
label: "container port"
schema:
type: int
default: 80
editable: false
- variable: nodePort
label: "Node Port to expose for UI"
schema:
type: int
min: 9000
max: 65535
default: 36052
required: true
```
_ Note: Our final main service format has not been fully completed as of yet, this might change the above snipped considerably_

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# Storage
This article serves as a development extention to the storage article available [here](https://wiki.truecharts.org/general/storage/)
##### Storage and Common-Chart
For all these storage solutions we require the commonchart to be added to the App.
The Common-Chart handles both the connection/addition of storage to the container and spinning up special k8s jobs to fix the permissions if requested.
### Fixed Storage
When adding an App, there are almost always certain folders that are required for solid Apps performance. For example config files that should be persistent across restarts.
For these storages we can easily add fixes values in the UI, these settings can not be disabled or removed and would, by default, bind to an ix_volume if nothing is changed.
Preventing the user to disable them, ensures that users don't (by mistake) remove the storage.
#####
```
- variable: appVolumeMounts
label: "app storage"
group: "Storage"
schema:
type: dict
attrs:
# Config ------------------------
- variable: config
label: "config dataset"
schema:
type: dict
$ref:
- "normalize/ixVolume"
attrs:
- variable: enabled
label: "Enabled"
schema:
type: boolean
default: true
required: true
hidden: true
editable: false
- variable: setPermissions
label: "Automatic Permissions"
description: "Automatically set permissions on install"
schema:
type: boolean
default: true
hidden: false
- variable: emptyDir
label: "emptyDir"
schema:
type: boolean
default: false
hidden: true
editable: false
- variable: datasetName
label: "Dataset Name"
schema:
type: string
default: "config"
required: true
editable: false
- variable: mountPath
label: "Mount Path"
description: "Path to mount inside the pod"
schema:
type: path
required: true
default: "/config"
editable: false
- variable: hostPathEnabled
label: "host Path Enabled"
schema:
type: boolean
default: false
show_subquestions_if: true
subquestions:
- variable: hostPath
label: "Host Path"
schema:
type: hostpath
required: true
```
### Unlimited Custom Storage Mounts
We support presenting the user with a "Do it yourself" style list, in which the user can add unlimited paths on the host system to mount.
It should always be included in any App, to give users the option to customise things however they like.
##### Example
```
- variable: appExtraVolumeMounts
label: "Custom app storage"
group: "Storage"
schema:
type: list
default: []
items:
- variable: volumeMount
label: "Custom Storage"
schema:
type: dict
attrs:
- variable: enabled
label: "Enabled"
schema:
type: boolean
default: true
required: true
hidden: true
editable: false
- variable: setPermissions
label: "Automatic Permissions"
description: "Automatically set permissions on install"
schema:
type: boolean
default: true
hidden: false
- variable: name
label: "Mountpoint Name"
schema:
type: string
default: ""
required: true
editable: true
- variable: emptyDir
label: "emptyDir"
schema:
type: boolean
default: false
hidden: true
editable: false
- variable: mountPath
label: "Mount Path"
description: "Path to mount inside the pod"
schema:
type: path
required: true
default: ""
editable: true
- variable: hostPathEnabled
label: "host Path Enabled"
schema:
type: boolean
default: true
hidden: true
- variable: hostPath
label: "Host Path"
schema:
type: hostpath
required: true
```

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# Unlimited Storage Mounts
We support presenting the user with a "Do it yourself" style list, in which the user can add unlimited paths on the host system to mount.
It should always be included in any App, to give users the option to customise things however they like.
### Example
```
- variable: appExtraVolumeMounts
label: "Custom app storage"
group: "Storage"
schema:
type: list
default: []
items:
- variable: volumeMount
label: "Custom Storage"
schema:
type: dict
attrs:
- variable: enabled
label: "Enabled"
schema:
type: boolean
default: true
required: true
hidden: true
editable: false
- variable: setPermissions
label: "Automatic Permissions"
description: "Automatically set permissions on install"
schema:
type: boolean
default: true
hidden: false
- variable: name
label: "Mountpoint Name"
schema:
type: string
default: ""
required: true
editable: true
- variable: emptyDir
label: "emptyDir"
schema:
type: boolean
default: false
hidden: true
editable: false
- variable: mountPath
label: "Mount Path"
description: "Path to mount inside the pod"
schema:
type: path
required: true
default: ""
editable: true
- variable: hostPathEnabled
label: "host Path Enabled"
schema:
type: boolean
default: true
hidden: true
- variable: hostPath
label: "Host Path"
schema:
type: hostpath
required: true
```

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"nightlies": {"min": "20.12-MASTER"}
},
"definitions/certificate": {
"stable": {"min": "21.02-ALPHA"},
"stable": {"min": "21.04-ALPHA"},
"nightlies": {"min": "21.02-MASTER"}
},
"definitions/certificateAuthority": {
"stable": {"min": "21.02-ALPHA"},
"stable": {"min": "21.04-ALPHA"},
"nightlies": {"min": "21.02-MASTER"}
}
}