y0zg / gitops-with-kustomize

An example repo structure for GitOps with Kustomize

GitOps (using Kustomize)

An example repo structure for GitOps with:

• Flux
• Helm Operator
• Kustomize

Directory structure

kustomize
├── base                # base kustomizations             
│   ├── cluster      # logical grouping of resources
├── dev                 # Directory per env which pulls from base and extends/overrides helmreleases

Resources are organised per environment in the kustomize directory.

Pre-requisites

A list of pre-requisites can be found here.

Setup

1. To configure this to work with your repository first read the steps here.

2. Create a cluster using make cluster

3. Install Flux and the Helm Operator using make install-flux

4. After following the prompts, flux will establish a connection to your repository and start reconciling.

Continuous Integration

A deep-dive into running checks locally and the CircleCI configuration, read here.

Kustomize directory structure

A deep-dive into the kustomize setup can be found here.

Automatic image upgrades

An example of automated image upgrades with HelmReleases resources can be found here.