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Adding Connections, Variables and Environment Variables
=======================================================

You can programmatically add Connections, Variables and arbitrary Environment Variables to your
Airflow deployment using the Helm chart.


Connections and Sensitive Environment Variables
-----------------------------------------------
Under the ``secret`` and ``extraSecret`` sections of the ``values.yaml`` you can pass connection strings and sensitive
environment variables into Airflow using the Helm chart. To illustrate, lets create a yaml file called ``override.yaml``
to override values under these sections of the ``values.yaml`` file.

.. code-block:: yaml
# override.yaml
secret:
- envName: "AIRFLOW_CONN_GCP"
secretName: "my-airflow-connections"
secretKey: "AIRFLOW_CONN_GCP"
- envName: "my-env"
secretName: "my-secret-name"
secretKey: "my-secret-key"
extraSecrets:
my-airflow-connections:
data: |
AIRFLOW_CONN_GCP: 'base64_encoded_gcp_conn_string'
my-secret-name:
stringData: |
my-secret-key: my-secret
Variables
---------
Airflow supports Variables which enable users to craft dynamic DAGs. You can set Variables in Airflow in three ways - UI,
command line, and within your DAG file. See :doc:`apache-airflow:howto/variable` for more.

With the Helm chart, you can also inject environment variables into Airflow. So in the example ``override.yaml`` file,
we can override values of interest in the ``env`` section of the ``values.yaml`` file.

.. code-block:: yaml
env:
- name: "AIRFLOW_VAR_KEY"
value: "value_1"
- name: "AIRFLOW_VAR_ANOTHER_KEY"
value: "value_2"
You can also utilize ``extraEnv`` and ``extraEnvFrom`` if you need the name or value to be templated.

.. code-block:: yaml
extraEnv: |
- name: AIRFLOW_VAR_HELM_RELEASE_NAME
value: '{{ .Release.Name }}'
extraEnvFrom: |
- configMapRef:
name: '{{ .Release.Name }}-airflow-variables'
extraConfigMaps:
'{{ .Release.Name }}-airflow-variables':
data: |
AIRFLOW_VAR_HELLO_MESSAGE: "Hi!"
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.. Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
distributed with this work for additional information
regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
.. http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
.. Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
software distributed under the License is distributed on an
"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
specific language governing permissions and limitations
under the License.
Configuring Airflow
-------------------

The chart allows for setting arbitrary Airflow configuration in values under the ``config`` key.
Some of the defaults in the chart differ from those of core Airflow and can be found in
`values.yaml <https://github.com/apache/airflow/blob/main/chart/values.yaml>`__.

As an example of setting arbitrary configuration, the following yaml demonstrates how one would
allow webserver users to view the config from within the UI:

.. code-block:: yaml
config:
webserver:
expose_config: 'True' # by default this is 'False'
Generally speaking, it is useful to familiarize oneself with the Airflow
configuration prior to installing and deploying the service.

.. note::

The recommended way to load example DAGs using the official Docker image and chart is to configure the ``AIRFLOW__CORE__LOAD_EXAMPLES`` environment variable
in ``extraEnv`` (see :doc:`Parameters reference <parameters-ref>`). The official Docker image has ``AIRFLOW__CORE__LOAD_EXAMPLES=False``
set within the image, so you need to override it with an environment variable when deploying the chart in order for the examples to be present.
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to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
.. http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
.. Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
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specific language governing permissions and limitations
under the License.
Customizing Workers
===================

Both ``CeleryExecutor`` and ``KubernetesExecutor`` workers can be highly customized with the :ref:`workers parameters <parameters:workers>`.
For example, to set resources on workers:

.. code-block:: yaml
workers:
resources:
requests:
cpu: 1
limits:
cpu: 1
See :ref:`workers parameters <parameters:workers>` for a complete list.

One notable exception for ``KubernetesExecutor`` is that the default anti-affinity applied to ``CeleryExecutor`` workers to spread them across nodes
is not applied to ``KubernetesExecutor`` workers, as there is no reason to spread out per-task workers.

Custom ``pod_template_file``
----------------------------

With ``KubernetesExecutor`` or ``CeleryKubernetesExecutor`` you can also provide a complete ``pod_template_file`` to configure Kubernetes workers.
This may be useful if you need different configuration between worker types for ``CeleryKubernetesExecutor``
or if you need to customize something not possible with :ref:`workers parameters <parameters:workers>` alone.

As an example, let's say you want to set ``priorityClassName`` on your workers:

.. note::

The following example is NOT functional, but meant to be illustrative of how you can provide a custom ``pod_template_file``.
You're better off starting with the `default pod_template_file`_ instead.

.. _default pod_template_file: https://github.com/apache/airflow/blob/main/chart/files/pod-template-file.kubernetes-helm-yaml

.. code-block:: yaml
podTemplate: |
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
name: placeholder-name
labels:
tier: airflow
component: worker
release: {{ .Release.Name }}
spec:
priorityClassName: high-priority
containers:
- name: base
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Extending the Chart
-------------------

In some cases, you will want to deploy your custom templates (e.g. maintenance CronJobs you want to add)
together with the Airflow chart installation.
However, sometimes those templates are not directly related to the Airflow chart,
thus should not be added to the chart.

Instead, you can easily extend the chart and create a custom chart with your custom templates that
depends on the Airflow chart.
When you'll install your custom chart, the Airflow chart will also be installed.

You can extend the official Airflow chart by applying the following steps.

Create your custom Chart
'''''''''''''''''''''''''

First, you will need to create you own chart directory. You can do it by running the following command:

.. code-block:: bash
helm create my-custom-chart
This command will create a directory called ``my-custom-chart`` with the following structure:

.. code-block::
my-custom-chart/
├── .helmignore
├── Chart.yaml
├── values.yaml
├── charts/
└── templates/
└── tests/
Add Airflow chart as dependency
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''

Second, you will need to add the Airflow chart as dependency to your chart.
This will give you the ability to add your custom templates without the need to modify the Airflow chart itself.
In order to add the Airflow chart as a dependency (often called ``subcharts``) to your chart,
add the following lines to your ``Chart.yaml`` file:

.. code-block::
dependencies:
- name: airflow
version: 1.11.0
repository: https://airflow.apache.org
.. note::

Make sure you have already added the Airflow repo locally by running: ``helm repo add apache-airflow https://airflow.apache.org``.

.. tip::

You can also use the name of the repo instead of the URL by replacing
``https://airflow.apache.org`` with ``"@apache-airflow"``.

Adding the Airflow chart as a dependency means that it will be deployed together with your custom chart.
You can disable the installation of Airflow by adding the ``condition`` field to the ``dependencies`` section.
For example:

.. code-block::
dependencies:
- name: airflow
version: 1.11.0
repository: https://airflow.apache.org
condition: airflow.enabled
This will check if the value of ``airflow.enabled`` inside your ``values.yaml`` is ``true``.
If it is, the Airflow chart will be deployed together with your custom chart.
Otherwise, only your templates will be deployed.

Download the Airflow Chart
''''''''''''''''''''''''''

Third, after you have specified the Airflow chart inside the ``dependencies`` section in ``Chart.yaml`` file,
you can download the Airflow chart by running the following command:

.. code-block::
helm dependency build
.. note::

Make sure you are inside the directory which contains the ``Chart.yaml`` file.

The chart will be downloaded and saved inside the ``charts/`` directory.

Overriding default values
''''''''''''''''''''''''''

When you add a chart as a subchart to your chart,
you have the ability to override the default values of the subchart in your ``values.yaml``.
This is useful when your chart needs a specific configuration for your custom chart.
E.g. if you want that the Airflow chart be installed with the ``KubernetesExecutor``,
you can do it by adding the following section to your ``values.yaml``:

.. code-block::
airflow:
executor: KubernetesExecutor
You can override as many values as you like.
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