kgrid

A Kubernetes operator to create test clusters and manage test runs on the clusters.

Deploying

The operator can be deployed to a kubernetes by applying the YAML specs from release assets.

Defining a test grid

Currenly only EKS clusters are supported for testing. These can be defined by deploying a Grid spec. For example:

apiVersion: kgrid.replicated.com/v1alpha1
kind: Grid
metadata:
 name: test-kgrid
 namespace: kgrid-system
spec:
 clusters:
   - name: test-cluster
     eks:
       region: us-west-1
       version: "1.18"
       create: true
       accessKeyId:
         valueFrom:
           secretKeyRef:
             name: aws-access
             key: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
       secretAccessKey:
         valueFrom:
           secretKeyRef:
             name: aws-access
             key: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY

Defining an application

Currently only KOTS applications are supported. An application can be defined by deploying an Application spec. For example:

apiVersion: kgrid.replicated.com/v1alpha1
kind: Application
metadata:
 name: my-app
 namespace: kgrid-system
spec:
 kots:
   clusters:
     - test-cluster
   version: "latest"
   appSlug: myappp
   licenseID: <license-id>
   channelID: <channel-id>
   channelSequence: <channel-sequence>
   skipPreflights: true
   namespace: test
   configValues:
     spec:
       values:
         a_flag:
           value: "0"
         a_text_value:
           value: test value

KOTS version can be specified in the version field. However, if the value latest is used, the release version will be looked up in the Version object deployed to the same namespace. For example:

apiVersion: kgrid.replicated.com/v1alpha1
kind: Version
metadata:
 name: version
 namespace: kgrid-system
spec:
 kots:
   latest: "1.41.0"

Running locally

Install CRDs: make install
Build images: make docker-build docker-push docker-build-kgrid docker-push-kgrid
Deploy controller: make deploy
Create grid (required) and version (optional) specs: ./dev/deploy_dev_specs.sh

RBAC

In order for a k8s ServiceAccount that does not have cluster level access to be able to manage kgrid application specs, it must have editor access. The following RoleBinding needs to be created.