Unable to create an application from a GitHub private repository.

[tominaga-fosterlink]

I'm trying to create an application from our GitHub private repository with ArgoCD, but an error occurred as shown below.
Is something missing in my manifest?

ex.) credentials are masked.

command:
kubectl apply -n argocd -f secret.yaml
kubectl apply -n argocd -f application.yaml

application.yaml:

apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
kind: Application
metadata:
  name: ****
  namespace: argocd
  annotations:
    argocd.argoproj.io/manifest-generate-paths: ..
spec:
  project: default
  source:
      repoURL: https://github.com/****/****.git
      path: manifests/****/stg
      targetRevision: feature/****
      helm:
        passCredentials: true
        valueFiles:
          - values.yaml
  destination:
      server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
      namespace: ****
  syncPolicy:
    automated:
      selfHeal: true

secret.yaml:

apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: charts
  namespace: argocd
  labels:
    argocd.argoproj.io/secret-type: repository
stringData:
  type: helm
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/****/charts/feature/****/stable/
  name: charts
  username: ****
  password: ****
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: repo
  namespace: argocd
  labels:
    argocd.argoproj.io/secret-type: repository
stringData:
  type: git
  url: https://github.com/****/charts
  username: ****
  password: ****

https://github.com/****/****.git - manifests/****/stg/Chart.yaml:

apiVersion: v2
name: ****
type: application
version: 1.0.0

dependencies:
  - name: ****
    version: "1.0.0"
    repository: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/****/charts/feature/****/stable/"

command:
argocd app get **** --hard-refresh

result:

ComparisonError  rpc error: code = Unknown desc = `helm repo add --username ****** --password ****** --pass-credentials charts https://raw.githubusercontent.com/****/charts/feature/****/stable/` failed exit status 1: Error: repository name (charts) already exists, please specify a different name  2022-09-26 14:33:19 +0900 JST

command:
argocd version

result:

argocd: v2.4.12+41f54aa
  BuildDate: 2022-09-16T01:26:26Z
  GitCommit: 41f54aa556f3ffb3fa4cf93d784fb7d30c15041c
  GitTreeState: clean
  GoVersion: go1.18.5
  Compiler: gc
  Platform: windows/amd64
argocd-server: v2.4.12+41f54aa
  BuildDate: 2022-09-16T01:26:26Z
  GitCommit: 41f54aa556f3ffb3fa4cf93d784fb7d30c15041c
  GitTreeState: clean
  GoVersion: go1.18.5
  Compiler: gc
  Platform: windows/amd64
  Kustomize Version: could not get kustomize version: exec: "kustomize": executable file not found in %PATH%
  Helm Version: v3.9.2+g1addefb
  Kubectl Version: v0.23.1
  Jsonnet Version: v0.18.0

[jannfis]

The error message suggests that you already have configured another Helm type repository with the name charts.

stringData:
  type: helm
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/****/charts/feature/****/stable/
  name: charts

Try to set name portion of your repository secret's .data to something else

On a side node, your version output shows:

argocd-server: v2.4.12+41f54aa
  BuildDate: 2022-09-16T01:26:26Z
  GitCommit: 41f54aa556f3ffb3fa4cf93d784fb7d30c15041c
  GitTreeState: clean
  GoVersion: go1.18.5
  Compiler: gc
  Platform: windows/amd64

Are you running Argo CD server on a Windows cluster?

[tominaga-fosterlink]

@jannfis
Thank you for your advice! I could create an application by changing the name.

Are you running Argo CD server on a Windows cluster?

I'm using a GKE cluster.

[GMartinez-Sisti]

Hi, I'm having the same issue when creating multiple apps using the same chart that references the private chart created on the secret as a dependency. The first app to be created will deploy fine, but the next ones will fail with the same error (already exists, please specify a different name). Looks like argocd is trying to add the helm repository for every application deploy, changing the name will not help since this would require changing the dependency name on the chart.

Any hint?