diff --git a/alloy/helm/alloy-config/.helmignore b/alloy/helm/alloy-config/.helmignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e8a0eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alloy/helm/alloy-config/.helmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Patterns to ignore when building packages.
+# This supports shell glob matching, relative path matching, and
+# negation (prefixed with !). Only one pattern per line.
+.DS_Store
+# Common VCS dirs
+.git/
+.gitignore
+.bzr/
+.bzrignore
+.hg/
+.hgignore
+.svn/
+# Common backup files
+*.swp
+*.bak
+*.tmp
+*.orig
+*~
+# Various IDEs
+.project
+.idea/
+*.tmproj
+.vscode/
diff --git a/alloy/helm/alloy-config/Chart.yaml b/alloy/helm/alloy-config/Chart.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec2c822
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alloy/helm/alloy-config/Chart.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+apiVersion: v2
+name: alloy-config
+description: A Helm chart to manage Istio Gateways, VirtualServices, and Certificates for various applications
+type: application
+# Update version as you make changes
+version: 0.1.0
+# appVersion can be set but isn't strictly tied to an app here
+appVersion: "1.0"
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diff --git a/alloy/helm/alloy.hcl b/alloy/helm/alloy-config/alloy.hcl
similarity index 100%
rename from alloy/helm/alloy.hcl
rename to alloy/helm/alloy-config/alloy.hcl
diff --git a/alloy/helm/configmap.yaml b/alloy/helm/alloy-config/templates/configmap.yaml
similarity index 68%
rename from alloy/helm/configmap.yaml
rename to alloy/helm/alloy-config/templates/configmap.yaml
index 31dedc3..96ee576 100644
--- a/alloy/helm/configmap.yaml
+++ b/alloy/helm/alloy-config/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ metadata:
   namespace: monitoring
 data:
   alloy.config: |
-   {{- readFile "alloy/helm/alloy.hcl" | nindent 4 }}
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+   {{- readFile "alloy.hcl" | nindent 4 }}
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diff --git a/alloy/helm/alloy-config/values.yaml b/alloy/helm/alloy-config/values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29