10 Ways for Kubernetes Declarative Configuration Management

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  • helm

    The Kubernetes Package Manager

  • Helm: The package management tool of Kubernetes resources, which manages the configuration of Kubernetes resources through the configuration template.

  • kube-linter

    KubeLinter is a static analysis tool that checks Kubernetes YAML files and Helm charts to ensure the applications represented in them adhere to best practices.

  • Kustomize: It provides a solution to customize the Kubernetes resource base configuration and differential configuration without template and DSL. It does not solve the constraint problem itself, but needs to cooperate with a large number of additional tools to check constraints, such as Kube-linter, Checkov and kubescape.

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  • homebrew-tap

    Homebrew tap for Kubescape (by kubescape)

  • Kustomize: It provides a solution to customize the Kubernetes resource base configuration and differential configuration without template and DSL. It does not solve the constraint problem itself, but needs to cooperate with a large number of additional tools to check constraints, such as Kube-linter, Checkov and kubescape.

  • checkov

    Prevent cloud misconfigurations and find vulnerabilities during build-time in infrastructure as code, container images and open source packages with Checkov by Bridgecrew.

  • Kustomize: It provides a solution to customize the Kubernetes resource base configuration and differential configuration without template and DSL. It does not solve the constraint problem itself, but needs to cooperate with a large number of additional tools to check constraints, such as Kube-linter, Checkov and kubescape.

  • flux2

    Open and extensible continuous delivery solution for Kubernetes. Powered by GitOps Toolkit.

  • FluxCD - FluxCD is another popular GitOps tool that allows developers to use a Git repository as the sole source of configuration. Flux automatically ensures that the state of the Kubernetes cluster is synchronized with the configuration in the Git repository. It supports automatic updates, meaning Flux can monitor Docker image repositories for new images and push updates to the cluster.

  • cdk8s

    Define Kubernetes native apps and abstractions using object-oriented programming

  • CDK8s - CDK8s is used to define Kubernetes resources and applications. CDK8s uses the high-level abstraction concept called constructs to represent various Kubernetes resources such as deployments, services, and configurations. Developers can write code in programming languages like TypeScript, Python, and Java, and CDK8s will translate this code into standard Kubernetes YAML manifests that can be directly applied to a Kubernetes cluster.

  • gcl

    Generic Configuration Language (A reusable configuration language for Python) (by rix0rrr)

  • GCL: A declarative configuration programming language implemented in Python provides the necessary language capabilities to support template abstraction. However, the compiler itself is written in Python, and the language itself is interpreted and executed. For large template instances (such as Kubernetes models), the performance is poor.

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  • hcl

    HCL is the HashiCorp configuration language.

  • HCL: A Go implementation structured configuration language. The native syntax of HCL is inspired by libucl and nginx configurations. It is used to create a structured configuration language that is friendly to humans and machines, mainly for DevOps tools, server configurations, and resource configurations as a Terraform language.

  • jsonnet

    Jsonnet - The data templating language

  • Jsonnet: A data template language implemented in C++, suitable for application and tool developers, can generate configuration data and organize, simplify and manage large configurations without side effects.

  • OPA (Open Policy Agent)

    Open Policy Agent (OPA) is an open source, general-purpose policy engine.

  • OPA: While OPA is an open-source, general-purpose policy engine capable of enforcing unified and context-aware policies throughout the stack, it can also accept and output data in formats such as JSON, effectively functioning as a tool for generating or modifying configurations. Although it does not provide out-of-the-box schema definition support, it allows the integration of JsonSchema definitions.

  • starlark

    Starlark Language

  • Starlark: Starlark is a language for describing build transformations, inspired by Python, but with features that make it suitable for embedding in software like Bazel. It can be used for configuration generation due to its capability for deterministic evaluation and expressing complex build transformations.

  • cue

    The home of the CUE language! Validate and define text-based and dynamic configuration

  • CUE: The core problem CUE solves is "type checking", which is mainly used in configuration constraint verification scenarios and simple cloud native configuration scenarios.

  • dhall-lang

    Maintainable configuration files

  • Dhall: Dhall is a programmable configuration language that combines features like JSON, functions, types, and import capabilities. Its style leans towards functional programming, so if you're familiar with functional-style languages such as Haskell, you might find Dhall to be quite intuitive.

  • kcl

    KCL Programming Language (CNCF Sandbox Project). https://kcl-lang.io

  • KCL: A declarative configuration and policy programming language implemented by Rust, which improves the writing of a large number of complex configurations through mature programming language technology and practice, and is committed to building better modularity, scalability and stability around configuration, simpler logic writing, fast automation and good ecological extensionally.

  • nickel

    Better configuration for less

  • NickelNickel is a straightforward configuration language aimed at automatically generating static configuration files. Essentially, it's akin to JSON with the addition of functions and types.

  • ytt

    YAML templating tool that works on YAML structure instead of text

  • 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.

  • kcl-operator

    Kubernetes KCL Operator and Webhook Server

  • KCL Operator - KCL Operator brings programming capabilities to Kubernetes resource configurations at runtime based on the KCL language, utilizing the flexibility of DSL to avoid the complexity of developing Webhooks while integrating with KCL's existing modules.

  • modules

    Shared KCL Community Modules. View on Artifact Hub: https://artifacthub.io/packages/search?org=kcl&sort=relevance&page=1 (by kcl-lang)

  • KCL Operator - KCL Operator brings programming capabilities to Kubernetes resource configurations at runtime based on the KCL language, utilizing the flexibility of DSL to avoid the complexity of developing Webhooks while integrating with KCL's existing modules.

  • wing

    A programming language for the cloud ☁️ A unified programming model, combining infrastructure and runtime code into one language ⚡

  • Winglang - Winglang is a new cloud-oriented programming language that combines infrastructure and runtime code in one language, supporting multiple build targets such as AWS and Kubernetes. Additionally, Winglang provides built-in libraries for direct manipulation of containers and Helm Chart configurations.

  • pluto

    Pluto provides a unified programming interface that allows you to seamlessly tap into cloud capabilities and develop your business logic. (by pluto-lang)

  • Plutolang - Pluto is a new open-source programming language designed to help developers write cloud applications, making it easier to utilize cloud services. Developers can directly use required resources such as KV databases and message queues in their code based on business needs. Pluto uses static code analysis to obtain the infrastructure resource topology the application depends on and deploys the corresponding resource instances and applications on the specified cloud platform or Kubernetes.

  • terraform-provider-aws

    The AWS Provider enables Terraform to manage AWS resources.

  • thriftpy2

    Pure python approach of Apache Thrift.

  • Thrift: https://github.com/Thriftpy/thriftpy2

  • tflint

    A Pluggable Terraform Linter

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