generate

Generate auxiliary resources and configurations from Nyl manifests.

Usage

nyl generate <subcommand> [options]

Subcommands

argocd

Generate ArgoCD Application manifests from Nyl releases.

nyl generate argocd [OPTIONS] <PATH>

Arguments:

• <PATH>: Directory to scan for Nyl release files

Options:

• -o, --output <FILE>: Output file (default: stdout)
• --repo-url <URL>: Git repository URL for generated Applications
• --target-revision <REV>: Target revision (branch/tag/commit)
• --destination-server <URL>: Kubernetes server URL (default: https://kubernetes.default.svc)
• --destination-namespace <NS>: Namespace for Applications (default: argocd)
• --project <PROJECT>: ArgoCD project name (default: default)

Example:

# Generate Applications for all releases in clusters/default
nyl generate argocd clusters/default \
  --repo-url https://github.com/myorg/gitops.git \
  --target-revision main \
  -o applications.yaml

Relation to ApplicationGenerator

The nyl generate argocd command is a manual CLI tool for one-time generation of ArgoCD Applications from a directory of Nyl releases. It’s useful for:

• Initial migration to ArgoCD
• One-off Application generation
• CI/CD pipelines that don’t use ApplicationGenerator

The ApplicationGenerator resource is the recommended approach for ongoing management. It provides:

• Automatic discovery and generation during nyl render
• Integration with ArgoCD plugin for GitOps
• Declarative configuration
• Self-hosting bootstrap pattern

When to use each:

Recommendation: Use ApplicationGenerator for most use cases. It’s processed during nyl render and integrates seamlessly with ArgoCD.

See Also

• ApplicationGenerator Resource
• ArgoCD Bootstrapping
• render Command