GitOps-ready Output

The sanitized object is the source for every downstream output: YAML preview, ZIP archive, and generated Argo CD Application YAML.

YAML Preview

The browser serializes sanitized resources with js-yaml. Previews are capped at 16 KiB. If a resource is larger than that limit, the preview is truncated and ends with:

# Preview truncated

ZIP export and Argo CD Application generation use the full sanitized object, not the truncated preview text.

ZIP Archive

Archive name:

gitops-export-<namespace>-<timestamp>.zip

Archive layout:

gitops-export-<namespace>-<timestamp>.zip
├── README.md
├── WARNINGS.md
└── manifests/
    ├── include/
    ├── cleanup/
    └── review/

WARNINGS.md is present when the scan has cleanup, review, or skipped resources. Secrets omitted by Secret handling mode appear in the skipped section.

Each manifest filename uses this pattern:

<kind-kebab>-<name-sanitized>.yaml

If two filenames collide after sanitization, the second and later files receive numeric suffixes such as -2 or -3.

Example Warning File

WARNINGS.md groups resources that need attention before they are treated as desired state.

# Warnings

## cleanup

- Service/web: LoadBalancer service may contain environment-specific settings
- PersistentVolumeClaim/data: PVC may contain cluster-specific binding details

## review

- Secret/web-config: Secret values were redacted
- ConfigMap/app-settings: Resource is Helm-managed

## skipped

- Secret/private-token: Secret omitted by current secret handling

Argo CD Application

The Application generator produces a single Application YAML document. It uses the scanned namespace and the Git repository fields entered in the console form.

Default values:

Field	Default
Argo CD namespace	openshift-gitops
Argo CD project	default
Destination server	https://kubernetes.default.svc
Destination namespace	Scanned namespace
Sync mode	Manual

Example output shape:

apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
kind: Application
metadata:
  name: my-app
  namespace: openshift-gitops
spec:
  project: default
  source:
    repoURL: https://github.com/example/my-app.git
    targetRevision: main
    path: manifests/overlays/install
  destination:
    server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
    namespace: my-app
  syncPolicy: {}