Managed to get it working by passing in env vars from a secret now.
ArgoCD has a really handy web UI that allows you to quickly see what kind of resources get deployed.
Especially for learning k8s I found that much easier to visualize than raw kubectl outputs.





Got it working thanks to your troubleshooting tips now. Also found a very neat way to handle secrets from another comment.
I tend to run a DB instance per service as that makes backup restoration much easier for me. An idle postgres sits at around 50MB which is a cost I’m willing to pay.
Thank you again for your help :)