Deployment setup for various ClinGen workflow/personnel management infrastructure

For the most part, this is a fairly-standard helm chart.

site/project-specific configs

Example configuration values/defaults are provided in values.yaml as usual, but actual deployment requires the credentials contained under the cgwi-configs directory/submodule, which is doubly-protected:

• only accessible according to access to sc.unc.edu (includes need to use UNC VPN)
• furthermore protected by git-crypt (which you'd need to install along with git)

If you have the relevant access, then you hopefully cloned this repo with git clone --recursive, or can attach the submodule with git submodule init && git submodule update.

You will then have to cd to the cgwi-configs directory and git crypt unlock KEYFILE with the relevant KEYFILE that you would have been provided.

deploying a project

1. You of course need to be connected to the relevant k8s/openshift cluster (and in appropriate namespace for the project)
2. helm list lets you check to see what is installed currently using helm (and is a good check to make sure you are in the right namespace)
3. --dry-run is a good thing to add to the command before doing an actual deployment just to make sure there isn't an obvious problem with the command

A typical command would be:

helm install gpm-demo . --values cgwi-configs/demo/gpm-demo.values.yaml

helm will print out some helpful NOTEs when done, somewhat customized to this particular installation. You can see them later with helm status gpm-demo (replacing project name as needed).

Important: one key part of those NOTEs that it is important to read refers to the fact that the StatefulSet for the main app is not started by default, to all additional initialization to be run (e.g., data migration, changing to another git branch) before starting the pod managed by that sts.