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@@ -6,3 +6,31 @@ The main use-case is to add additional applications which are not integrated int
 For a more advanced example repo see the [flux2-kustomize-helm-example](https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2-kustomize-helm-example) repo.
 This repo's directory structure is similar to the `flux2-kustomize-helm-example`
 one.
+
+## Basic configuration
+
+We'll start with a very basic configuration:
+
+* It uses a public git repo
+* No secrets are included
+* No forking/modifications needed, install as it is
+
+Apply it to your cluster:
+
+```sh
+basic/install.sh
+```
+
+List the resource created by this flux repo:
+
+```sh
+kubectl -n flux-system get gitrepositories
+kubectl -n flux-system get kustomizations
+kubectl -n example get helmreleases
+```
+
+Show output of the one and only app applied, [podinfo](https://github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo)
+
+```sh
+curl --resolve podinfo.local:80:CLUSTER_IPV4_ADDRESS http://podinfo.local
+```
diff --git a/basic/apps/example/podinfo-release.yaml b/basic/apps/example/podinfo-release.yaml
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+apiVersion: helm.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v2beta1
+kind: HelmRelease
+metadata:
+  name: podinfo
+  namespace: example
+spec:
+  releaseName: podinfo
+  chart:
+    spec:
+      chart: podinfo
+      sourceRef:
+        kind: HelmRepository
+        name: podinfo
+        namespace: flux-system
+  interval: 5m
+  install:
+    remediation:
+      retries: 3
+  # Default values
+  # https://github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo/blob/master/charts/podinfo/values.yaml
+  values:
+    ingress:
+      enabled: true
diff --git a/basic/infrastructure/sources/podinfo-hr.yaml b/basic/infrastructure/sources/podinfo-hr.yaml
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+apiVersion: source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1beta2
+kind: HelmRepository
+metadata:
+  name: podinfo
+spec:
+  interval: 5m
+  url: https://stefanprodan.github.io/podinfo