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+# pre-gardenlet
diff --git a/charts/pre-gardenlet/Chart.yaml b/charts/pre-gardenlet/Chart.yaml
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+apiVersion: v2
+name: pre-gardenlet
+description: A Helm chart for prepairing the gardenlet installation
+version: 1.38.2
diff --git a/charts/pre-gardenlet/templates/token.yaml b/charts/pre-gardenlet/templates/token.yaml
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+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: bootstrap-token-{{ .Values.global.token.id }}   # last digits must be equal to token-id
+  namespace: kube-system
+type: bootstrap.kubernetes.io/token
+stringData:
+  token-id: "{{ .Values.global.token.id }}"             # must be 6 characters
+  token-secret: "{{ .Values.global.token.secret }}"     # 16 characters
+  usage-bootstrap-authentication: "true"
+  usage-bootstrap-signing: "true"
diff --git a/charts/pre-gardenlet/values.yaml b/charts/pre-gardenlet/values.yaml
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+global:
+  token:
+    id: "123456"                # 6-digit
+    secret: "1234567890abcdef"  # 16-digit