Can't use kustomize vars in images

[kkasravi]

use case

params.env

registry=gcr.io
centraldashboardImageName=kubeflow-images-public/centraldashboard
centraldashboardImageTag=v20190823-v0.6.0-rc.0-69-gcb7dab59

params.yaml

- path: images/name
  kind: Kustomization
- path: images/newName
  kind: Kustomization
- path: images/newTag
  kind: Kustomization

kustomization.yaml

...
configMapGenerator:
- name: parameters
  env: params.env
vars:
- name: registry
  objref:
    kind: ConfigMap
    name: parameters
    apiVersion: v1
  fieldref:
    fieldpath: data.registry
- name: centraldashboardImageName
  objref:
    kind: ConfigMap
    name: parameters
    apiVersion: v1
  fieldref:
    fieldpath: data.centraldashboardImageName
- name: centraldashboardImageTag
  objref:
    kind: ConfigMap
    name: parameters
    apiVersion: v1
  fieldref:
    fieldpath: data.centraldashboardImageTag
configurations:
- params.yaml
images:
  - name: $(registry)/$(centraldashboardImageName)
    newName: $(registry)/$(centraldashboardImageName)
    newTag: $(centraldashboardImageTag)

[jbrette]

A possible solution here

For info the Kustomization kind object does not have any meta-data name so can not be loaded as resource. Could be interesting to add such as metadata field

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