Image Update automation Error ' remote authentication required but no callback set '

[JeanYvesQueignec]

Hi,
When I use Flux-system as Gitrepository as sourceRef in my fluxsystem-automation.yaml file I do not get issue
But when I set an other repository as sourceRef (which is also placed on the same Gitlab account- so with the right access token) I get the error message " remote authentication required but no callback set"
Any idea where this issue comes from ?
Regards,
Jean-Yves

[jwerre]

Did you set the correct sourceRef? You should be able to find it like this: kubectl get gitrepository flux-system -n flux-system -o jsonpath={.spec.secretRef.name} assuming you're using the flux-system namespace.

[jwerre]

right, but if you remove the -o flag you should see something like this correct?

kubectl get gitrepository flux-system -n flux-system
NAME             URL                                                   READY   STATUS                                                              AGE
flux-system    https://gitlab.com/.../hw                  True       ...

[JeanYvesQueignec]

OK So you must link flux-system to the repo https://gitlab.com/.../hw ??
You can not set hw instead
NAME URL READY STATUS AGE
hw https://gitlab.com/.../hw True ...

and keep
NAME URL
flux-system https://gitlab.com/.../flux-system

[jwerre]

Honestly, I'm a bit confused about this as well. From what I can understand I believe your GitRepository should be in the flux-system namespace. As well as your ImageUpdateAutomation, ImageRepository and ImagePolicy.

[JeanYvesQueignec]

Thanks for these information @jwerre , I am also confused by this configuration as Flux was supposed to follow the repositories provided as sources.

[JeanYvesQueignec]

Between I have checked on other examples in Github and did not see any other sourceRef than flux-system.
So I presume automation can only concern YAML deployment files set on the Flux repo

[JeanYvesQueignec]

Hello ,
To use an other repository, it is necessary to create a secret

flux create secret git hw-secret --url=https://gitlab.com/$GITLAB_USER/hw\
--username=$GITLAB_USER --password=****

and refer to it in the source:
apiVersion: source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1beta1
kind: GitRepository
metadata:
name: hw
namespace: flux-system
spec:
interval: 30s
ref:
branch: main
url: https://gitlab.com/$GITLAB_USER/hw.git
secretRef:
name: hw-secret