cnab-spec
Cloud Native Application Bundle Specification (by cnabio)
kustomize
Customization of kubernetes YAML configurations (by kubernetes-sigs)
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cnab-spec
Posts with mentions or reviews of cnab-spec.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-05.
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No docker options
CNAB
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Kubernetes Application Archive !! Bundle up a Kubernetes application 📦 into a single static OCI compliant archive.
Similar to https://cnab.io/ then?
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Stronger abstraction for deployments
IMO Cloud native application bundle is what you are looking for: https://cnab.io/
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Deployment Packaging Solutions
have you looked at CNAB ? since it uses standard OCI compliance you can have your entire application bundle on Azure registry (azure registry is OCI 2 compliant registry) and you can get more information about how to do it using ORAS cli
- Tools to Run Kubernetes Locally
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k8s based platform
Check https://cnab.io/ and https://porter.sh/
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Terraform 1.0 Release
I'm closely tracking an effort by Microsoft that aims to do a lot of what you're describing since I find myself bridging between these tools and deploying stacks that span tools and roles. [CNAB](https://cnab.io/) and the front-running implementation, [Porter](https://porter.sh/), enable one-step infra deployments, packaged as a single OCI-compatible container, with any number of steps, using the best tools for each of those steps. Think of using aws-cli for some initialization step (create or verify presence of a state bucket), applying some terraform to create infra, and finishing with a helm chart to complete deployment of app components. Each stage in a bundle packages not only the code to run it but also the execution binary of the tool that runs it. The spec and porter are still a moving target but it's a promising space and a nice adjacent evolution of the current state of tooling.
- Cloud Native Application Bundles Security (CNAB-SEC) 1.0.0 GA 2020
kustomize
Posts with mentions or reviews of kustomize.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-07.
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Building a Kubernetes Operator with the Operator Framework
kustomize: brew install kustomize
- Kustomize deployment order
- Deploying helm charts with other resources
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How and when to use Helm and Kustomize together
It's a built in feature of kustomize https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/blob/master/api/types/helmchartargs.go
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Alternatives to Helm?
I think the combination of Kustomize and helm works in my experience. For advanced use cases, you can also see KRM functions in Kustomize.
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How to pass dynamic values to Kustomize?
See for instance a related issue: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/issues/3866
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Help with Kustomize: cleanest way to replace an environment variable in a pod or deployment?
Using a strategic merge is the safest way so you avoid the index fragility.
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Helm makes it overly complex, or is it just me?
Rendering out the manifests is something I have been pushing for. Not having to understand how every templating tool works and what actually is being changed is key. Though, it gets complicated when you use helm (or any templating/patching tool) that produces many variants. You also lose any release/deployment time hooks that are provided (helm hooks or recently "patched" kustomize env variables).
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Deployment with ArgoCD & secrets in helm chart
https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/blob/master/examples/chart.md (edit: oh I see the other commenter also included this link, oops)
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Monokle, Kustomize & Quality Kubernetes Deployments
Kustomize is an open-source project that “lets you customize raw, template-free YAML files for multiple purposes, leaving the original YAML untouched and usable as is.” It’s now the most popular tool for customizing Kubernetes manifests reasonably, and it’s even built directly into the Kubernetes CLI since K8s v1.14.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing cnab-spec and kustomize you can also consider the following projects:
kapp-controller - Continuous delivery and package management for Kubernetes.
helmfile - Deploy Kubernetes Helm Charts
helm-charts - Komodor.io public helm charts
kpt - Automate Kubernetes Configuration Editing
kubevela - The Modern Application Platform.
ytt - YAML templating tool that works on YAML structure instead of text
porter - Porter enables you to package your application artifact, client tools, configuration and deployment logic together as an installer that you can distribute, and install with a single command.
terraform - Terraform enables you to safely and predictably create, change, and improve infrastructure. It is a source-available tool that codifies APIs into declarative configuration files that can be shared amongst team members, treated as code, edited, reviewed, and versioned.
tanka - Flexible, reusable and concise configuration for Kubernetes
helm-charts - Prometheus community Helm charts