The `cert-issuer-name` and `cert-issuer-kind` properties point an app's generated `Certificate` at a cert-manager issuer created outside of Dokku, allowing certificates to be issued through solvers the built-in letsencrypt integration cannot use, such as `dns01` for wildcard certificates. Setting an issuer enables https on its own, as a manually managed issuer has no email for Dokku to configure. An imported certificate still takes precedence, and `letsencrypt-server false` remains the single off switch. Dokku warns before a build starts when the referenced issuer is absent from the cluster, without blocking the deploy. Wildcard domains no longer collide with their apex domain when generating ingress names, and `letsencrypt-server` values are now validated when set rather than at deploy time.
Sysctls the kernel does not namespace, such as `vm.max_map_count`, cannot be set from a pod spec and previously had no answer beyond editing `/etc/sysctl.d` on each host by hand. `scheduler-k3s:node-sysctls:set` now applies them through a privileged daemonset, which reaches nodes joined later and reapplies after a reboot. Sysctls may be scoped to a node profile, with a profile scope inheriting the global values and overriding them on conflict so that every node is covered by exactly one daemonset. Clearing a sysctl stops dokku managing it but does not restore the previous value, which persists until the node reboots.
The `letsencrypt-email-prod` and `letsencrypt-email-stag` properties can now be set per app in addition to globally, resolving app-level before the global value for the app's selected `letsencrypt-server`. An app that sets its own email renders a namespaced cert-manager `Issuer` using that email, while apps without an override continue to use the shared `ClusterIssuer` with the global email.
Align autoscaling-auth:report with annotations and labels reporting so export tools can recover configured trigger auth via flat JSON keys and info flags, while stdout stays secret-safe unless --include-metadata is used.
Closes#8800
Chart property names containing `/` failed because per-key flat-file storage interpreted the slash as a filesystem path separator, and any move to line-based storage would silently truncate multi-line values. A new `PropertyMap*` helper family in `common` persists each map as a single JSON file so both `/` in keys and `\n` in values round-trip losslessly. Chart overrides move to `chart-overrides.<chart>` and an idempotent `TriggerInstall` migration rewrites any legacy `chart.<chart>.<key>` files into the new layout. The deprecated `scheduler-k3s:set --global chart.*` form is rerouted through the same map storage so it does not silently orphan writes. Closes#8717.
The scheduler-k3s plugin exposes `annotations:set` and `labels:set` but no matching report subcommands, so scripts could not inspect the configured state for idempotent management without reading the property files directly. The new `scheduler-k3s:annotations:report` and `scheduler-k3s:labels:report` surface the configured entries with stdout, JSON, single-flag query, and `--process-type` / `--resource-type` filtering, mirroring the recently added `scheduler-k3s:charts:report`. The literal `GlobalProcessType` value `--global` is rendered as `global` in report keys to avoid leading dashes. The `scheduler-k3s:autoscaling-auth:report` command is updated alongside to loop over every app when no app and no `--global` flag is provided, matching the convention used by `scheduler-k3s:report`.
Every Go-implemented plugin's `:report --format json` now emits keys without the redundant `<plugin>-` head segment, matching the shape bash plugins have always emitted. The CLI flag names and `:set` semantics are unchanged. For backwards compatibility during the 0.38.x patch series, the legacy `<plugin>-<property>` keys are emitted side-by-side with the new keys, and a future major release will drop the legacy keys. `common.ReportSingleApp` is refactored to accept a `ReportSingleAppInput` struct with a `Validate()` method so the input is checked before any work runs, which also catches the latent `"docker options"` reportType bug at the API boundary.
Adds the missing raw/global/computed report keys for ten settable properties across the ps, builder, scheduler, proxy, openresty, nginx, and scheduler-k3s plugins so external tooling can verify drift through `:report --format json`. The scheduler-k3s `token` is masked as `*******` in default stdout output and only unmasked when the report is requested via `--format json` or when the flag is queried explicitly by name; the same explicit-query unmasking rule is extended to the existing traefik `dns-provider-<env_var>` keys.
Three plugins still leaked the built-in default through `<plugin>-global-<property>` after the broader raw/computed split in #8640. External tooling reading `:report --format json` for drift detection could not distinguish "set to default" from "never set" - after a `:set --global` followed by an unset, the JSON still reported the default value. The `<plugin>-global-<property>` keys now hold the raw stored value (empty when nothing has been set) and `<plugin>-computed-<property>` keys hold the effective value with per-app, global, and built-in default fallback. Every global property now has a computed sibling for shape consistency, including those whose default is empty. Internal callers in `scheduler-k3s` that previously read the default-applied global helpers now consume new `getComputed*` helpers, keeping deploy-time behavior unchanged.
Every `:report` subcommand now recognizes `--global` as a scope selector that limits the report to globally-configured properties, including in JSON form via `--global --format json`. Previously this combination was rejected because `--global` was treated as an info flag, conflicting with `--format`. The shared `common.ParseReportArgs` helper now returns a `ReportArgs` struct exposing the parsed scope; each Go and bash report selects a global-only flag map when scope is global, and skips per-app verification.
Dokku ships with default charts and customizes their helm values. In certain cases, it may be useful to further customize those values to better support specific installations. With this change, it is now possible to set custom values by providing the key in the format `chart.$CHART_NAME.$PROPERTY`. For instance, to increase timeouts for the keda http addon:
```shell
dokku scheduler-k3s:set --global chart.keda-add-ons-http.interceptor.tcpConnectTimeout 120s
dokku scheduler-k3s:set --global chart.keda-add-ons-http.interceptor.keepAlive 120s
dokku scheduler-k3s:set --global chart.keda-add-ons-http.interceptor.responseHeaderTimeout 120s
dokku scheduler-k3s:set --global chart.keda-add-ons-http.interceptor.idleConnTimeout 120s
dokku scheduler-k3s:set --global chart.keda-add-ons-http.interceptor.tlsHandshakeTimeout 120s
dokku scheduler-k3s:set --global chart.keda-add-ons-http.interceptor.expectContinueTimeout 120s
```
To reset a value to its default, simply set the value to an empty string.
```shell
dokku scheduler-k3s:set --global chart.keda-add-ons-http.interceptor.tcpConnectTimeout
```
Once the values are set, users will need to then run `scheduler-k3s:ensure-charts` with either the `--force` flag or specify the `--chart` flag with a list of charts to force apply.
```shell
dokku scheduler-k3s:ensure-charts --force
dokku scheduler-k3s:ensure-charts --chart keda-add-ons-http
```
Note that the existing dokku-provided values cannot be removed, but can be overridden.
This will provide the possibility for users to talk to existing kubernetes clusters, thereby removing one of the biggest reasons for having the old scheduler-kubernetes plugin around.
