kapp-controller
Continuous delivery and package management for Kubernetes. (by carvel-dev)
ytt
YAML templating tool that works on YAML structure instead of text (by carvel-dev)
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| 254 | 1,589 | |
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| 8.7 | 7.0 | |
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| Apache License 2.0 | Apache License 2.0 |
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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
kapp-controller
Posts with mentions or reviews of kapp-controller.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-10.
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Helm is both "package manager" and "templating engine" - probably the best package manager but horrible template engine
We use kapp-controller when applying our charts (it uses helm template instead of helm install) so we can be very rigorous about what fields are changeable (like through pod autoscaling) and what are not (securitycontext, etc.)
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How to handle the lifecycle of multiple COTS
Even further, you could describe your "fetch", "template", and "deploy" stages in akapp-controller AppCR and then you'd have a controller (like an operator) running the cluster continuously reconciling your private cloud to ensure that it's always reconverging to the desired state. This is basically what's underpinning a number of VMWare's commercial (and OSS) Tanzu offerings, as well as some other organization's internal platforms, or "self hosted private clouds"
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ArgoCD vs. crossplane-helm provider for managing helm releases?
Full disclosure: I work on https://carvel.dev/kapp-controller/ which can also continuously reconcile helm charts (via our own CRD ).
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Deployment Packaging Solutions
kapp-controller
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Deploy Neo4J's APOC plugin with code thanks to CARVEL vendir
kapp-controller - Capture application deployment workflow in App CRD. Reliable GitOps experience powered by kapp.
ytt
Posts with mentions or reviews of ytt.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-01.
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10 Ways for Kubernetes Declarative Configuration Management
YTT - YTT is a templating tool that understands YAML structure. It helps you easily configure complex software via reusable templates and user provided values using the Starlark language.
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Alternatives to Helm/Kustomize for complex Kubernetes Deployments
Adding https://carvel.dev/ytt/ to the list. I was happy using this tool as IMO it mixes good things from Helm and Kustomize, however the syntax is ugly and repelling my colleagues to have a closer look.
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The YAML Document from Hell
> Templating yaml is a terrible, terrible idea
I've had a good time using ytt: https://carvel.dev/ytt/. It implements language-aware templating, which is IMO the only reasonable way to do it.
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Creating Kubernetes Templates
`ytt` is part of the Carvel toolchain. https://carvel.dev/ytt/
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Dealing with YAML overload
I agree with you on `you will want to see just plain texts instead of a bunch of templating token with hidden logic.` Which is why I think https://carvel.dev/ytt/ would be great. We could generate these templates in pipelines, or we could just make it easier to maintain what we have.
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How to handle the lifecycle of multiple COTS
For more advanced configuration management you might be interested in ytt ( https://carvel.dev/ytt/ ) which is a "yaml-aware" templating tool. it lets you do "patches" via an overlay mechanism to add or remove specific yaml blocks, and it also lets you use a simplified python dialect for more complicated logic. With ytt you would put your DNS IP into a "data values" file and then run ytt to render it into the configs before handing them off to the deployment tool. e.g. `ytt -f | kubectl apply`
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The Dhall Configuration Language
I said this above as well: ytt (https://carvel.dev/ytt/) lets you embed starlark into valid yaml, among other cute tricks for managing biz-logic in configs.
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ArgoCD Instance per kubernetes cluster? (staging and prod)
Manifests are generated with ytt (https://carvel.dev/ytt/).
- Dynamically creating yaml manifests?
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YAML and Configuration Files
This is why you should consider https://carvel.dev/ytt/
What are some alternatives?
When comparing kapp-controller and ytt you can also consider the following projects:
cnab-spec - Cloud Native Application Bundle Specification
kustomize - Customization of kubernetes YAML configurations
kapp - kapp is a simple deployment tool focused on the concept of "Kubernetes application" — a set of resources with the same label
cue - CUE has moved to https://github.com/cue-lang/cue
vendir - Easy way to vendor portions of git repos, github releases, helm charts, docker image contents, etc. declaratively
tanka - Flexible, reusable and concise configuration for Kubernetes
imgpkg - Store application configuration files in Docker/OCI registries
strictyaml - Type-safe YAML parser and validator.
asdf - k14s asdf plugin
hull - The incredible HULL - Helm Uniform Layer Library - is a Helm library chart to improve Helm chart based workflows
gravity - Kubernetes application deployments for restricted, regulated or remote environments.
yaml-rust - A pure rust YAML implementation.