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Examples

These examples use realistic placeholders and avoid cluster-specific values.

Install and Verify​

oc apply -k manifests/overlays/install
oc -n gitops-export-console rollout status deployment/gitops-export-console
oc wait --for=condition=complete job/gitops-export-console-install-patcher \
  -n gitops-export-console --timeout=120s

Then refresh the console and open the GitOps Export tab from a Project or Namespace details page.

Export Workflow​

Project or Namespace page
  -> GitOps Export tab
  -> Secret handling: redact
  -> Resource kinds: defaults
  -> Export
  -> review include / cleanup / review / exclude classifications
  -> Download ZIP

Expected archive shape:

gitops-export-my-app-20260506T140000Z.zip
├── README.md
├── WARNINGS.md
└── manifests/
    ├── include/
    ├── cleanup/
    └── review/

Re-apply the Install Overlay​

oc delete job/gitops-export-console-install-patcher -n gitops-export-console
oc apply -k manifests/overlays/install
oc -n gitops-export-console rollout status deployment/gitops-export-console

Use this when a recently completed patcher Job still exists and blocks a rapid re-apply.

Check Scan Permissions​

oc auth can-i list deployments -n my-app
oc auth can-i list services -n my-app
oc auth can-i list configmaps -n my-app
oc auth can-i list routes.route.openshift.io -n my-app

Connect Exported Manifests to Argo CD​

For a private repository, create a repository secret:

oc create secret generic repo-my-app \
  --from-literal=type=git \
  --from-literal=url=https://github.com/example/my-app.git \
  --from-literal=username=<token-username> \
  --from-literal=password=<token> \
  -n openshift-gitops

oc label secret repo-my-app \
  argocd.argoproj.io/secret-type=repository \
  -n openshift-gitops

After committing the exported manifests and generated Application YAML, apply the Application if your environment allows direct apply:

oc apply -f my-app-application.yaml

Example generated Application 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: {}