Place crd in the chart directory's crds directory of the log router

charts/log-router/templates/crd.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{{ if .Values.installCrd }}
+{{- /* if we need the CRD, install it */ -}}
+
+{{/*
+  this CRD needs to live in the template directory because CRDs within the
+  chart crds/ directory are not processed as templates
+*/}}
+
+#
+# log-router CRD resource:
+apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
+kind: CustomResourceDefinition
+metadata:
+  name: fluentdconfigs.logs.vdp.vmware.com
+spec:
+  conversion:
+    strategy: None
+  group: logs.vdp.vmware.com
+  names:
+    kind: FluentdConfig
+    listKind: FluentdConfigList
+    plural: fluentdconfigs
+    singular: fluentdconfig
+  scope: Namespaced
+  versions:
+  - name: v1beta1
+    schema:
+      openAPIV3Schema:
+        properties:
+          spec:
+            properties:
+              fluentconf:
+                type: string
+            type: object
+        type: object
+    served: true
+    storage: true
+{{ end }}

charts/log-router/values.yaml

@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ datasource: default
 # together with the specified legacy datasource to facilitate the migration process to CRDs.
 crdMigrationMode: false
 
+# default to installing the CRD along with the helm chart
+installCrd: true
+
 defaultConfigmap: "fluentd-config"
 
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kubectl/crd.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../charts/log-router/crds/crd.yaml