Vcluster deletion using cli is not working as expected with VCluster argocd application

[adamissaoui]

What happened?

when creating vcluster using cli, the deletion works fine however when creating the vcluster using argocd application the deletion is not works.

only if i delete the argocd application the vcluster got deleted.

What did you expect to happen?

The vcluster delete should delete any vcluster that can be listed through cli

How can we reproduce it (as minimally and precisely as possible)?

1. create vcluster using argocd application :

apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
kind: Application
metadata:
  name: vc-1
  namespace: argocd
spec:
  project: vcluster
  destination:
    server: https://kubernetes.default.svc/
    namespace: vcluster-vc-1
  syncPolicy:
    automated:
      selfHeal: true
    syncOptions:
    - CreateNamespace=true
  source:
    path: ''
    repoURL: 'https://charts.loft.sh/'
    targetRevision: 0.19.6
    chart: vcluster

2. vcluster list should return the vcluster vc-1 :

vcluster list | grep vc-1

Output :

vc-1 | arn:aws:eks:us-east-1:123456789:cluster/VCLUSTER | vcluster-vc-1 | Running | 0.19.6 | | 2024-07-09 10:39:54 +0100 IST | 24h57m51s | OSS

3. try to use vcluster using : vcluster delete vc-1 --debug

20:55:17 debug Error creating pro client: couldn't find vCluster.Pro config: please make sure to run 'vcluster login' to connect to an existing instance or 'vcluster pro start' to deploy a new instance
20:55:18 info Delete vcluster vc-1...
20:55:19 debug Delete helm chart with helm delete vc-1 --namespace vcluster-vc-1 --kubeconfig /var/folders/t7/x7xdvdh90ms9_rcynjbh00rr0000gs/T/2513715556 --repository-config=''
20:55:20 fatal release 'vc-1' was not found in namespace 'vcluster-vc-1'

Anything else we need to know?

No response

Host cluster Kubernetes version

$ kubectl version

kubectl version
Client Version: v1.28.3
Kustomize Version: v5.0.4-0.20230601165947-6ce0bf390ce3
Server Version: v1.29.4-eks-036c24b

vcluster version

$ vcluster --version
 vcluster version 0.19.5

VCluster Config

# My vcluster.yaml / values.yaml here

[machecazzon]

Hi, I think this might be related to argocd as it does not use helm but helm template and applying manifests what in the end is not a helm release (helm release version secret will not exist)

[deniseschannon]

@machecazzon is correct. Since deploying with ArgoCD uses helm template, the virtual cluster is deployed with manifests instead of a helm release. The vcluster CLI currently assumes that the virtual clusters were created with helm (not with manifests) and try to delete using helm, which relies on the helm release secret.

We've added an enhancement into our backlog in order to improve the experience.