From 6fcb4ca08019508eab43548833005ff88c355a61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rob Coward <rob.coward@devops-consultants.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2026 16:23:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: update courselit chart version to 0.1.7 and enhance
 DB_CONNECTION_STRING handling in app-deployment.yaml

---
 charts/courselit/Chart.yaml                    | 2 +-
 charts/courselit/templates/app-deployment.yaml | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/charts/courselit/Chart.yaml b/charts/courselit/Chart.yaml
index 7242a87..4b2b80f 100644
--- a/charts/courselit/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/courselit/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: courselit
 description: A Helm chart for deploying CourseLIT Learning Management System on Kubernetes
 type: application
-version: 0.1.6
+version: 0.1.7
 appVersion: "latest"
 keywords:
   - courselit
diff --git a/charts/courselit/templates/app-deployment.yaml b/charts/courselit/templates/app-deployment.yaml
index 0d81fa1..cb790ac 100644
--- a/charts/courselit/templates/app-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/courselit/templates/app-deployment.yaml
@@ -74,11 +74,19 @@ spec:
                   key: {{ .Values.app.secrets.recaptchaSecretRef.secretKeyKey }}
             {{- end }}
             {{- if .Values.mongodb.enabled }}
+            {{- if .Values.mongodb.useOperator }}
+            - name: DB_CONNECTION_STRING
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: {{ include "courselit.fullname" . }}-mongodb-admin-{{ .Values.mongodb.auth.rootUsername }}
+                  key: connectionString.standard
+            {{- else }}
             - name: DB_CONNECTION_STRING
               valueFrom:
                 secretKeyRef:
                   name: {{ include "courselit.fullname" . }}-mongodb-connection
                   key: connectionString
+            {{- end }}
             {{- else }}
             - name: DB_CONNECTION_STRING
               value: {{ .Values.mongodb.external.connectionString | quote }}