Init job does not use referenced secret in Helm chart

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Rajat Singh•4/29/25, 4:01 PM

hi @Niels thanks for dropping a comment on the thread, I will take it internally and will get back to you.
Thanks

Biscottex•11/27/25, 8:09 AM

I am facing the same issue. I am using an external database provider.
Zitadel init ignore my credentials and use the default.

helm upgrade --install zitadel zitadel/zitadel --values my-values.yaml --version 9.13.0 --namespace zitadel --create-namespace

my-values.yaml:
zitadel:
configmapConfig:
Database:
# Postgres is the default database of ZITADEL
postgres:
Host: myhost # ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_HOST
Port: myport # ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_PORT
Database: mydb # ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_DATABASE
User:
Username: myusername # ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_USER_USERNAME
Password: "mypassword" # ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_USER_PASSWORD
Admin:
# ExistingDatabase: TO_BE_REPLACED_ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_ADMIN_EXISTINGDATABASE # ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_ADMIN_EXISTINGDATABASE
Username: myusername # ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_ADMIN_USERNAME
Password: mypassword # ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_ADMIN_PASSWORD
SSL:
Mode: disable # ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_ADMIN_SSL_MODE
RootCert: "" # ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_ADMIN_SSL_ROOTCERT
Cert: "" # ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_ADMIN_SSL_CERT
Key: "" # ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_ADMIN_SSL_KEY

kubectl logs pod/zitadel-init-fgdqn -n zitadel
time="2025-11-27T07:55:47Z" level=info msg="initialization started" caller="/home/runner/work/zitadel/zitadel/cmd/initialise/init.go:70"
time="2025-11-27T07:55:47Z" level=fatal msg="unable to initialize the database" caller="/home/runner/work/zitadel/zitadel/cmd/initialise/init.go:63" error="failed to connect to user=postgres database=postgresuser=postgres database=postgres: hostname resolving error: lookup port=5432: no such host"