kzoukas / flux

FluxCD

Testing on local Kubernetes cluster

The easiest way to run a local Kubernetes 'cluster' is to install k3d. This is a wrapper around k3s and runs everything in Docker...

Install k3d

On MacOS:

brew install k3d

Create cluster

Create the cluster with k3d create and set the KUBECONFIG environment variable as shown.

Install Flux

./flux-init.sh

Cleanup

Just delete the local cluster

k3d delete

Secret Management

• Using values from secrets: https://docs.fluxcd.io/projects/helm-operator/en/stable/helmrelease-guide/values/
• Generate the sealedSecret value: https://github.com/fluxcd/helm-operator-get-started#managing-kubernetes-secrets