Add clusterResourceNamespace option to chart

contrib/charts/cert-manager/Chart.yaml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: cert-manager
-version: v0.3.0-alpha.4
+version: v0.3.0-alpha.5
 appVersion: v0.3.0-alpha.2
 description: A Helm chart for cert-manager
 home: https://github.com/jetstack/cert-manager

contrib/charts/cert-manager/README.md

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the cert-manager chart
 | `image.pullPolicy` | Image pull policy | `IfNotPresent` |
 | `replicaCount`  | Number of cert-manager replicas  | `1` |
 | `createCustomResource` | Create CRD/TPR with this release | `true` |
+| `clusterResourceNamespace` | Override the namespace used to store DNS provider credentials etc. for ClusterIssuer resources | Same namespace as cert-manager pod
 | `certificateResourceShortNames` | Custom aliases for Certificate CRD | `["cert", "certs"]` |
 | `extraArgs` | Optional flags for cert-manager | `[]` |
 | `rbac.create` | If `true`, create and use RBAC resources | `true`

contrib/charts/cert-manager/templates/deployment.yaml

@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ spec:
           image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag }}"
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
           args:
+        {{- if .Values.clusterResourceNamespace }}
+          - --cluster-resource-namespace={{ .Values.clusterResourceNamespace }}
+        {{- else }}
           - --cluster-resource-namespace=$(POD_NAMESPACE)
+        {{- end }}
         {{- if .Values.extraArgs }}
 {{ toYaml .Values.extraArgs | indent 10 }}
         {{- end }}

contrib/charts/cert-manager/values.yaml

@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ image:
 
 createCustomResource: true
 
+# Override the namespace used to store DNS provider credentials etc. for ClusterIssuer
+# resources. By default, the same namespace as cert-manager is deployed within is
+# used. This namespace will not be automatically created by the Helm chart.
+clusterResourceNamespace: ""
+
 certificateResourceShortNames: ["cert", "certs"]
 
 rbac: