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+{{/* vim: set filetype=mustache: */}}
+
+{{/*
+Create  a defautl fully qualified app name
+It will use the release name to give the app name
+*/}}
+
+{{- define "app.name" -}}
+{{- default .Chart.Name .Values.nameOverride | trunc 60 | trimSuffix "-" }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{/*
+Create a default fully qualified app name.
+We truncate at 63 chars because some Kubernetes name fields are limited to this (by the DNS naming spec).
+If release name contains chart name it will be used as a full name.
+*/}}
+{{- define "app.tempname" -}}
+{{- if .Values.fullnameOverride }}
+{{- .Values.fullnameOverride | trunc 60 | trimSuffix "-" }}
+{{- else }}
+{{- $name := default .Chart.Name .Values.nameOverride }}
+{{- if contains $name .Release.Name }}
+{{- .Release.Name | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
+{{- else }}
+{{- printf "%s-%s" .Release.Name $name | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{- define "app.fullname" -}}
+{{- printf "%s-%s" ( include "app.tempname" . ) "app" | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{/*
+Common labels
+*/}}
+{{- define "app.labels" -}}
+app: {{ include "app.tempname" . }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{/*
+Selector labels
+*/}}
+{{- define "app.selectorLabels" -}}
+app: {{ include "app.tempname" . }}
+{{- end }}%
+
+{{/*
+service name
+*/}}
+{{- define "app.servicename" -}}
+{{- printf "%s-%s" ( include "app.tempname" . ) "svc" | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
+{{- end }}%
+
+{{/*
+configmap name
+*/}}
+{{- define "app.configmapname" -}}
+{{- printf "%s-%s" ( include "app.tempname" . ) "cm" | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
+{{- end }}%