Map a ServiceDefinition `update` block to ImageRepository/ImagePolicy + the
$imagepolicy setter marker: stable-only (semver range + bare-X.Y.Z filterTags,
pre-release excluded, R-UPD-01), pin -> fixed image with no marker / suspended
policy (R-UPD-03). Worked pihole example under per-service/ (reference only, not
deployed; WS-GITOPS emits the equivalent into apps/<svc>/). Add renovate.json for
Helm chart / dependency / operator-manifest bumps: auto-merge minor/patch/digest on
green CI, major needs review, image managers disabled so Renovate never fights Flux
over a tag.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <[email protected]>
Install image-reflector-controller + image-automation-controller as part of the
flux-system install (bootstrap.sh --components-extra) so the image.toolkit CRDs
pre-exist before reconcile — no F-MON1 split needed for the ImageUpdateAutomation CR.
Refine the cluster-wide ImageUpdateAutomation for machine-authored git write-back
(setter strategy, path ./apps) reusing the flux-system GitRepository secretRef, and
document the operator git-write-credential hand-off + SOPS secret template
(gitea-image-automation-credentials). image-automation stays deferred in
platform/kustomization.yaml until that credential is provisioned.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <[email protected]>