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hawksight committed Jun 19, 2023
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### helm installation

cert-manager *does not use* the [official helm method](https://helm.sh/docs/chart_best_practices/custom_resource_definitions/ )
of installing CRD resources. This is because this method makes upgrading CRDs
cert-manager **does not use** the [official helm method](https://helm.sh/docs/chart_best_practices/custom_resource_definitions/ )
of installing CRD resources. This is because it makes upgrading CRDs
impossible with `helm` CLI alone. The helm team explain the limitations
of their approach [here](https://helm.sh/docs/chart_best_practices/custom_resource_definitions/#some-caveats-and-explanations).

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that if you uninstall the release, the CRDs will also be uninstalled. If that
happens then you will loose all instances of those CRDs, e.g. all `Certificate`
resources in the cluster. You should consider if this is likely to happen to
you and have a mitigation, such as backups or a means to reapply resources
from an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) pattern.
you and have a mitigation, such as
[backups](https://cert-manager.io/docs/tutorials/backup/#backing-up-cert-manager-resource-configuration)
or a means to reapply resources from an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) pattern.

**Note** this also means a typo like `installCRD: true` would be an invalid
value and helm would silently ignore this and remove the CRDs when you next
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