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title: "Petclinic Argo Documentation System"
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## Overview

The **Petclinic Argo Documentation System** is a deployment system managed via ArgoCD, designed to support the **demo-apps** namespace. It integrates observability tools like OpenTelemetry and Grafana, along with load testing capabilities using K6 and chaos engineering via Chaos Mesh. This system is part of the broader **apps** domain and serves as a foundational platform for deploying and managing services such as **petclinic**, **demo-db**, and other related components.

The system is owned by the **platform-engineering** team and is configured to ensure high reliability and performance for applications deployed in the **demo-apps** namespace. It leverages Kubernetes for orchestration and includes monitoring and alerting capabilities to maintain operational excellence.

## Ownership

| Owner                | Domain | Namespace | Labels                              |
|----------------------|--------|-----------|-------------------------------------|
| platform-engineering | apps   | default   | backstage.io/environment: dev<br>app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: backstage |

## Components

- **petclinic-argo-doc**: The main service deployed via ArgoCD.
- **demo-db**: A database service that is part of the system.
- **petclinic**: A Java-based service included in the system.

## APIs

_No APIs declared._

## Resources

- **k6-operator**: Load testing operator for K6.
- **otel-collector**: OpenTelemetry collector for observability.
- **otel-operator**: OpenTelemetry operator for managing observability configurations.
- **veterinary-platform**: A resource supporting the petclinic ecosystem.

## Relationships

- **Depends On**:
  - **argocd-service**: A service for managing ArgoCD deployments.
  - **k6-operator**: For load testing.
  - **otel-collector**: For observability data collection.
  - **otel-operator**: For managing observability configurations.
  - **veterinary-platform**: Supporting resources for the petclinic ecosystem.

## Links

- [Live Application](https://petclinic-argo-doc.kyndemo.live)
- [Repository](https://gitea.kyndemo.live/validate/petclinic-argo-doc)
- [ArgoCD App](https://argocd.kyndemo.live/applications/petclinic-argo-doc)
- [Grafana Dashboard](https://grafana.kyndemo.live/d/otel-app-observability-v2/opentelemetry-application-observability?orgId=1&var-app=petclinic-argo-doc)