From a1d40810f02ef11153d0a7bf01d2167f77cec613 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Hukalowicz <procinger@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 22:15:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md

---
 README.md | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 57 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 366894d..d066b17 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -50,14 +50,62 @@ The browser can also be used to send requests. To do this, the Gateway IP must b
 <the-ip-of-the-gateway> dev.local
 ````
 
-### Project Structure
+### ArgoCD ApplicationSet Settings
 ``` 
-backend             # Golang Application for the Backend
-frontend            # Golang Application for the Frontend
-gitops-settings     # Kargo.io Settings
-local-dev           # Tilt.dev Configuration
-manifests           # kustomization for all environments
-base                # Base Manifests for all Environments
-stages              # Different Configurations per Environment
-Tiltfile            # Entrypoint for Tilt.dev
+apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: ApplicationSet
+metadata:
+  name: gitops-playground
+  namespace: argo-cd
+  finalizers:
+    - resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io
+spec:
+  goTemplate: true
+  goTemplateOptions: [ "missingkey=error" ]
+  generators:
+    - git:
+        repoURL: https://github.com/procinger/gitops-playground.git
+        revision: HEAD
+        directories:
+          - path: manifests/stages/*
+          - path: manifests/stages/ci*
+            exclude: true
+          - path: manifests/stages/local-dev
+            exclude: true
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      name: gitops-playground-{{`{{.path.basename}}`}}
+      annotations:
+        kargo.akuity.io/authorized-stage: "gitops-playground:{{`{{.path.basename}}`}}"
+    spec:
+      project: gitops-playground
+      source:
+        repoURL: https://github.com/procinger/gitops-playground.git
+        path: ./manifests/stages/{{`{{.path.basename}}`}}
+        targetRevision: stage/{{`{{.path.basename}}`}}
+      destination:
+        server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
+        namespace: gitops-playground-{{`{{.path.basename}}`}}
+      syncPolicy:
+        automated:
+          prune: true
+          selfHeal: true
+        syncOptions:
+          - CreateNamespace=true
+        managedNamespaceMetadata:
+          labels:
+            pod-security.kubernetes.io/enforce: privileged
+            istio-injection: enabled
 ```
+
+### Kiali Service Mesh
+To view and analyze the service mesh in a graph, Kiali should be installed. Kiali requires Prometheus and Jaeger as dependencies.
+
+Kiali login tokens have a short lifetime, so a new token must be requested each time.
+```
+kubectl --namespace observability create token kiali  
+eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6IndrWVlPaElib0ZIa1ZpWVdKbUZQdlZYT3MyU1ROV2tGQV9BR2RwOExEMVUifQ.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.0VZZr6-rD-XZJmp2IyMp4iKAezMefw36JcpGNVZ2qCs-vjzl-yDez4yKKmGeL4_cPLYqOkQ92C_OP47Zm_07G9n0uCKFH5phPsAuHPllSyUJFZ_GT2ezjVWg3auFZp_SWKoiSNT6cWIOlVSNTO-Y1i5xZwL96_PUS9fWvv3n5eMnoBhHZ4KMrb9pFUlcx1LWr0r1EFfoalwMuS2TfmxI0C6cXYMHtpfZUQtP_6LeVqzbuFFs_zdRniDJ6sIiNzJ9VLDMkCUqutaKUaHyQKd2YmGkI4V_eVJJlYwzHu9jxGnvbdHf4z6NHeshRV4pNcOMFmTOtkJ1Q-G8gtrCnoZWFw 
+```
+
+<img width="1917" height="1005" alt="kiali" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e826d25b-8b94-4e72-a151-a06ac9cc0a1e" />
+