- Website https://keel.sh
- Slack - kubernetes.slack.com look for channel #keel
Keel is a tool for automating Kubernetes deployment updates. Keel is stateless, robust and lightweight.
Keel provides several key features:
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Kubernetes and Helm providers - Keel has direct integrations with Kubernetes and Helm.
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No CLI/API - tired of
f***ctl
for everything? Keel doesn't have one. Gets job done through labels, annotations, charts. -
Semver policies - specify update policy for each deployment/Helm release individually.
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Automatic Google Container Registry configuration - Keel automatically sets up topic and subscriptions for your deployment images by periodically scanning your environment.
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Native, DockerHub, Quay and Azure container registry webhooks support - once webhook is received impacted deployments will be identified and updated.
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Polling - when webhooks and pubsub aren't available - Keel can still be useful by checking Docker Registry for new tags (if current tag is semver) or same tag SHA digest change (ie:
latest
). -
Notifications - out of the box Keel has Slack, Hipchat, Mattermost and standard webhook notifications, more info here
Support Keel's development by:
- Patreon
- Paypal
- Star this repository
- Follow on Twitter
Prerequisites:
- Helm
- Kubernetes
Clone this repo (you will need the chart):
git clone https://github.com/keel-hq/keel.git && cd keel
Install through Helm (with Helm provider enabled):
helm upgrade --install keel --namespace=kube-system ./chart/keel/ --set helmProvider.enabled="true" --set rbac.enabled="true"
If you work mostly with regular Kubernetes manifests, you can install Keel without Helm provider support:
helm upgrade --install keel --namespace=keel ./chart/keel/ --set helmProvider.enabled="false" --set rbac.enabled="true"
That's it, see Configuration section now.
A step-by-step guide to install Keel on your Kubernetes cluster is viewable on the Keel website:
https://keel.sh/v1/guide/quick-start.html
Once Keel is deployed, you only need to specify update policy on your deployment file or Helm chart:
No additional configuration is required. Enabling continuous delivery for your workloads has never been this easy!
Documentation is viewable on the Keel Website:
https://keel.sh/v1/guide/documentation
Before starting to work on some big or medium features - raise an issue here so we can coordinate our efforts.
If you wish to work on Keel itself, you will need Go 1.9+ installed. Make sure you put Keel into correct Gopath and go build
(dependency management is done through dep).
To test Keel while developing:
- Launch a Kubernetes cluster like Minikube or Docker for Mac with Kubernetes.
- Change config to use it:
kubectl config use-context docker-for-desktop
- Build Keel from
cmd/keel
directory. - Start Keel with:
keel --no-incluster
. This will use Kubeconfig from your home.
To run unit tests:
make test
Prerequisites:
- configured kubectl + kubeconfig
- a running cluster (test suite will create testing namespaces and delete them after tests)
- Go environment (will compile Keel before running)
Once prerequisites are ready:
make e2e