Chart Use Guide

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What this command does. cub installer is a released, open-source plugin for the cub CLI. cub installer setup pulls a catalog package and writes its Kubernetes files locally. It does not apply those files to a cluster; use kubectl, Argo CD, or Flux for delivery. The generated scripts stop before doing any work when the plugin or kustomize is missing.

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This generated guide answers one user question:

Can I use this chart, and what should I do next?

It is a routing surface over the maintained top-100 data. It does not replace the detailed proof lanes, production decisions, or per-chart catalog pages.

Summary

AnswerChartsMeaning
yes-public-catalog20Public catalog entry exists. Choose a base and check the lane you need.
not-yet-public-catalog-proof-ready37Proof exists and variants look useful, but catalog promotion review is not done.
not-yet-user-ready33The current proof is too default-shaped; design a useful base variant first.
decision-needed-first9A named gap must be supported, disclosed, deferred, or blocked before promotion.

How To Use This

  1. Find the chart in chart-use-guide.csv.
  2. Read the answer and first_action columns.
  3. Open the per-chart catalog_path for variants and receipts.
  4. Open the helm_pain_report when the row has a hard gap or quirk.
  5. Check production decisions before using any row as a production-support claim.

Public Catalog Rows

These rows are the cleanest public starting points. They are still scoped by base variant and proof lane.

ChartRecommended baseEvidenceFirst action
argo-cd/argo-cd@9.5.15defaultlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityOpen the per-chart CATALOG.md, choose the recommended base, and run the cub installer setup command.
bitnami/mongodb@19.0.7existing-secret-replicaset (render-only)live-helm-vs-confighub-parityOpen the per-chart CATALOG.md, choose the recommended base, and run the cub installer setup command.
bitnami/mysql@14.0.3existing-secretlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityOpen the per-chart CATALOG.md, choose the recommended base, and run the cub installer setup command.
bitnami/nginx@24.0.2http-clusterip (render-only)live-helm-vs-confighub-parityOpen the per-chart CATALOG.md, choose the recommended base, and run the cub installer setup command.
bitnami/postgresql@18.6.7existing-secret (render-only)live-helm-vs-confighub-parityOpen the per-chart CATALOG.md, choose the recommended base, and run the cub installer setup command.
bitnami/rabbitmq@16.0.14existing-secretlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityOpen the per-chart CATALOG.md, choose the recommended base, and run the cub installer setup command.
bitnami/redis@25.5.3reuse-existing-secret (render-only)live-helm-vs-confighub-parityOpen the per-chart CATALOG.md, choose the recommended base, and run the cub installer setup command.
external-secrets/external-secrets@2.5.0defaultlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityOpen the per-chart CATALOG.md, choose the recommended base, and run the cub installer setup command.
grafana/grafana@10.5.15existing-secret-ingresslive-helm-vs-confighub-parityOpen the per-chart CATALOG.md, choose the recommended base, and run the cub installer setup command.
grafana/loki@7.0.0single-binary-filesystemlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityOpen the per-chart CATALOG.md, choose the recommended base, and run the cub installer setup command.
grafana/tempo@1.24.4local-persistentlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityOpen the per-chart CATALOG.md, choose the recommended base, and run the cub installer setup command.
hashicorp/consul@2.0.0default-control-planelive-helm-vs-confighub-parityOpen the per-chart CATALOG.md, choose the recommended base, and run the cub installer setup command.
hashicorp/vault@0.32.0defaultlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityOpen the per-chart CATALOG.md, choose the recommended base, and run the cub installer setup command.
ingress-nginx/ingress-nginx@4.15.1internal-clusteriplive-helm-vs-confighub-parityOpen the per-chart CATALOG.md, choose the recommended base, and run the cub installer setup command.
jetstack/cert-manager@v1.20.2crds-enabledlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityOpen the per-chart CATALOG.md, choose the recommended base, and run the cub installer setup command.
longhorn/longhorn@1.11.2defaultlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityOpen the per-chart CATALOG.md, choose the recommended base, and run the cub installer setup command.
metrics-server/metrics-server@3.13.0defaultlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityOpen the per-chart CATALOG.md, choose the recommended base, and run the cub installer setup command.
prometheus-community/kube-prometheus-stack@85.3.3default (render-only)live-helm-vs-confighub-parityOpen the per-chart CATALOG.md, choose the recommended base, and run the cub installer setup command.
prometheus-community/prometheus@29.8.0server-only-ephemeral (render-only)live-helm-vs-confighub-parityOpen the per-chart CATALOG.md, choose the recommended base, and run the cub installer setup command.
secrets-store-csi-driver/secrets-store-csi-driver@1.6.0defaultlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityOpen the per-chart CATALOG.md, choose the recommended base, and run the cub installer setup command.

First Promotion Wave

These proof-ready rows are the first strict top-100 promotion-review packet. They are good candidates for turning machine proof into a public catalog offer, but they still need review, production disposition, and selected live evidence before their catalog status changes.

ChartRecommended baseEvidenceFirst step
external-dns/external-dns@1.21.1defaultlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityreview the existing variants, then write production disposition or support-decision artifacts before changing catalog status
cloudnative-pg/cloudnative-pg@0.28.2defaultlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityreview the existing variants, then write production disposition or support-decision artifacts before changing catalog status
kedacore/keda@2.19.0defaultlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityreview the existing variants, then write production disposition or support-decision artifacts before changing catalog status
prometheus-community/kube-state-metrics@7.4.0defaultlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityreview the existing variants, then write production disposition or support-decision artifacts before changing catalog status
elastic/eck-operator@3.4.0defaultlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityreview the existing variants, then write production disposition or support-decision artifacts before changing catalog status
prometheus-community/prometheus-blackbox-exporter@11.10.0defaultlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityreview the existing variants, then write production disposition or support-decision artifacts before changing catalog status
stakater/reloader@2.2.12defaultlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityreview the existing variants, then write production disposition or support-decision artifacts before changing catalog status
grafana/alloy@1.8.2defaultlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityreview the existing variants, then write production disposition or support-decision artifacts before changing catalog status
nats/nats@2.14.0defaultlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityreview the existing variants, then write production disposition or support-decision artifacts before changing catalog status
prometheus-community/alertmanager@1.37.0defaultlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityreview the existing variants, then write production disposition or support-decision artifacts before changing catalog status
prometheus-community/prometheus-node-exporter@4.55.0defaultlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityreview the existing variants, then write production disposition or support-decision artifacts before changing catalog status
elastic/logstash@8.5.1defaultlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityreview the existing variants, then write production disposition or support-decision artifacts before changing catalog status
fairwinds-stable/vpa@4.11.0defaultlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityreview the existing variants, then write production disposition or support-decision artifacts before changing catalog status
strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator@1.0.0defaultlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityreview the existing variants, then write production disposition or support-decision artifacts before changing catalog status
gatekeeper/gatekeeper@3.22.2defaultlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityreview the existing variants, then write production disposition or support-decision artifacts before changing catalog status
percona/pxc-operator@1.19.1defaultlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityreview the existing variants, then write production disposition or support-decision artifacts before changing catalog status
aqua/trivy-operator@0.32.1defaultlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityreview the existing variants, then write production disposition or support-decision artifacts before changing catalog status
argo-cd/argo-events@2.4.21defaultlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityreview the existing variants, then write production disposition or support-decision artifacts before changing catalog status
argo-cd/argo-rollouts@2.40.9defaultlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityreview the existing variants, then write production disposition or support-decision artifacts before changing catalog status
argo-cd/argo-workflows@1.0.14defaultlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityreview the existing variants, then write production disposition or support-decision artifacts before changing catalog status
autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler@9.57.0defaultlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityreview the existing variants, then write production disposition or support-decision artifacts before changing catalog status
autoscaler/vertical-pod-autoscaler@0.9.0defaultlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityreview the existing variants, then write production disposition or support-decision artifacts before changing catalog status
grafana/rollout-operator@0.49.0defaultlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityreview the existing variants, then write production disposition or support-decision artifacts before changing catalog status
jetstack/trust-manager@v0.22.1defaulttwo-cluster-kind-parityreview the existing variants, then write production disposition or support-decision artifacts before changing catalog status
nats/nack@0.34.0defaultlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityreview the existing variants, then write production disposition or support-decision artifacts before changing catalog status
open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator@0.114.0defaulttwo-cluster-kind-parityreview the existing variants, then write production disposition or support-decision artifacts before changing catalog status
percona/pg-operator@3.0.0defaultlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityreview the existing variants, then write production disposition or support-decision artifacts before changing catalog status
percona/psmdb-operator@1.22.0defaultlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityreview the existing variants, then write production disposition or support-decision artifacts before changing catalog status
sealed-secrets/sealed-secrets@2.18.6defaultlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityreview the existing variants, then write production disposition or support-decision artifacts before changing catalog status
vm/victoria-metrics-single@0.39.0defaultlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityreview the existing variants, then write production disposition or support-decision artifacts before changing catalog status

Detailed gaps are in ../top100-promotion-wave/summary.md.

Next Non-Catalog Rows

These rows have proof value but need promotion review, a better base variant, or a limitation decision before they should be treated as catalog offers.

ChartAnswerEvidenceFirst action
traefik/traefik@40.2.0decision-needed-firstlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityDecide whether to support, disclose, defer, or block the hard gap before promotion.
external-dns/external-dns@1.21.1not-yet-public-catalog-proof-readylive-helm-vs-confighub-parityRun catalog promotion review and add selected live lanes for the base a user would actually try.
gitlab/gitlab-runner@0.89.0not-yet-user-readyin-confighub-proofDesign at least one useful base variant before catalog promotion.
kyverno/kyverno@3.8.1decision-needed-firstlive-helm-vs-confighub-parityDecide whether to support, disclose, defer, or block the hard gap before promotion.
cloudnative-pg/cloudnative-pg@0.28.2not-yet-public-catalog-proof-readylive-helm-vs-confighub-parityRun catalog promotion review and add selected live lanes for the base a user would actually try.
fluent/fluent-bit@0.57.6not-yet-user-readylive-helm-vs-confighub-parityDesign at least one useful base variant before catalog promotion.
runix/pgadmin4@1.62.0not-yet-user-readylive-helm-vs-confighub-parityDesign at least one useful base variant before catalog promotion.
nfs-subdir-external-provisioner/nfs-subdir-external-provisioner@4.0.18not-yet-user-readyin-confighub-proofDesign at least one useful base variant before catalog promotion.
kedacore/keda@2.19.0not-yet-public-catalog-proof-readylive-helm-vs-confighub-parityRun catalog promotion review and add selected live lanes for the base a user would actually try.
prometheus-community/kube-state-metrics@7.4.0not-yet-public-catalog-proof-readylive-helm-vs-confighub-parityRun catalog promotion review and add selected live lanes for the base a user would actually try.
elastic/eck-operator@3.4.0not-yet-public-catalog-proof-readylive-helm-vs-confighub-parityRun catalog promotion review and add selected live lanes for the base a user would actually try.
elastic/kibana@8.5.1not-yet-user-readyin-confighub-proofDesign at least one useful base variant before catalog promotion.
descheduler/descheduler@0.36.0not-yet-user-readylive-helm-vs-confighub-parityDesign at least one useful base variant before catalog promotion.
prometheus-community/prometheus-blackbox-exporter@11.10.0not-yet-public-catalog-proof-readylive-helm-vs-confighub-parityRun catalog promotion review and add selected live lanes for the base a user would actually try.
bitnami/elasticsearch@22.1.6decision-needed-firstlocal-kubernetes-liveDecide whether to support, disclose, defer, or block the hard gap before promotion.
stakater/reloader@2.2.12not-yet-public-catalog-proof-readylive-helm-vs-confighub-parityRun catalog promotion review and add selected live lanes for the base a user would actually try.

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