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Install Crossplane
Crossplane can be easily installed into any existing Kubernetes cluster using the regularly published Helm chart. The Helm chart contains all the custom resources and controllers needed to deploy and configure Crossplane.
Pre-requisites
- Kubernetes cluster
- For example Minikube, minimum version
v0.28+
- For example Minikube, minimum version
- Helm, minimum version
v2.12.0+.- For Helm 2, make sure Tiller is initialized with sufficient permissions to
work on
crossplane-systemnamespace.
- For Helm 2, make sure Tiller is initialized with sufficient permissions to
work on
Installation
Helm charts for Crossplane are currently published to the alpha and master
channels. In the future, beta and stable will also be available.
Alpha
The alpha channel is the most recent release of Crossplane that is considered ready for testing by the community.
Install with Helm 2:
helm repo add crossplane-alpha https://charts.crossplane.io/alpha
helm install --name crossplane --namespace crossplane-system crossplane-alpha/crossplane
Install with Helm 3:
If your Kubernetes version is lower than 1.15 and you'd like to install
Crossplane via Helm 3, you'll need Helm v3.1.0+ that has the flag
--disable-openapi-validation.
kubectl create namespace crossplane-system
helm repo add crossplane-alpha https://charts.crossplane.io/alpha
# Kubernetes 1.15 and newer versions
helm install crossplane --namespace crossplane-system crossplane-alpha/crossplane
# Kubernetes 1.14 and older versions
helm install crossplane --namespace crossplane-system crossplane-alpha/crossplane --disable-openapi-validation
Master
The master channel contains the latest commits, with all automated tests
passing. master is subject to instability, incompatibility, and features may
be added or removed without much prior notice. It is recommended to use one of
the more stable channels, but if you want the absolute newest Crossplane
installed, then you can use the master channel.
To install the Helm chart from master, you will need to pass the specific
version returned by the search command:
Install with Helm 2:
helm repo add crossplane-master https://charts.crossplane.io/master/
helm search crossplane --devel
helm install --name crossplane --namespace crossplane-system crossplane-master/crossplane --version <version>
For example:
helm install --name crossplane --namespace crossplane-system crossplane-master/crossplane --version 0.0.0-249.637ccf9
Install with Helm 3:
If your Kubernetes version is lower than 1.15 and you'd like to install Crossplane via Helm 3, you'll need Helm v3.1.0+.
kubectl create namespace crossplane-system
helm repo add crossplane-master https://charts.crossplane.io/master/
helm search repo crossplane --devel
# Kubernetes 1.15 and newer versions
helm install crossplane --namespace crossplane-system crossplane-master/crossplane --version <version> --devel
# Kubernetes 1.14 and older versions
helm install crossplane --namespace crossplane-system crossplane-master/crossplane --version <version> --devel --disable-openapi-validation
Installing Infrastructure Providers
You can add additional functionality to Crossplane's control plane by installing
providers. For example, each supported cloud provider has its own
corresponding Crossplane provider that contains all the functionality for that
particular cloud. After a cloud provider's infrastructure provider is
installed, you will be able to provision and manage resources within that cloud
from Crossplane.
Installation with Helm
You can include deployment of additional infrastructure providers into your helm
installation by setting clusterStacks.<provider-name>.deploy to true.
For example, the following will install master version of the GCP stack.
Using Helm 2:
helm install --name crossplane --namespace crossplane-system crossplane-master/crossplane --version <version> --set clusterStacks.gcp.deploy=true --set clusterStacks.gcp.version=master
Using Helm 3:
kubectl create namespace crossplane-system
helm install crossplane --namespace crossplane-system crossplane-master/crossplane --version <version> --set clusterStacks.gcp.deploy=true --set clusterStacks.gcp.version=master --devel
See helm configuration parameters for supported stacks and parameters.
Manual Installation
After Crossplane has been installed, it is possible to extend Crossplane's functionality by installing Crossplane providers.
GCP Provider
To get started with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), create a file named
provider-gcp.yaml with the following content:
apiVersion: v1
kind: Namespace
metadata:
name: gcp
---
apiVersion: stacks.crossplane.io/v1alpha1
kind: ClusterStackInstall
metadata:
name: provider-gcp
namespace: gcp
spec:
package: "crossplane/provider-gcp:v0.9.0"
Then you can install the GCP provider into Crossplane in the gcp namespace
with the following command:
kubectl apply -f provider-gcp.yaml
AWS Provider
To get started with Amazon Web Services (AWS), create a file named
provider-aws.yaml with the following content:
apiVersion: v1
kind: Namespace
metadata:
name: aws
---
apiVersion: stacks.crossplane.io/v1alpha1
kind: ClusterStackInstall
metadata:
name: provider-aws
namespace: aws
spec:
package: "crossplane/provider-aws:v0.9.0"
Then you can install the AWS provider into Crossplane in the aws namespace
with the following command:
kubectl apply -f provider-aws.yaml
Azure Provider
To get started with Microsoft Azure, create a file named provider-azure.yaml
with the following content:
apiVersion: v1
kind: Namespace
metadata:
name: azure
---
apiVersion: stacks.crossplane.io/v1alpha1
kind: ClusterStackInstall
metadata:
name: provider-azure
namespace: azure
spec:
package: "crossplane/provider-azure:v0.9.0"
Then you can install the Azure provider into Crossplane in the azure namespace
with the following command:
kubectl apply -f provider-azure.yaml
Rook Provider
To get started with Rook, create a file named provider-rook.yaml with the
following content:
apiVersion: v1
kind: Namespace
metadata:
name: rook
---
apiVersion: stacks.crossplane.io/v1alpha1
kind: ClusterStackInstall
metadata:
name: provider-rook
namespace: rook
spec:
package: "crossplane/provider-rook:v0.6.0"
Then you can install the Rook provider into Crossplane in the rook namespace
with the following command:
kubectl apply -f provider-rook.yaml
Uninstalling Infrastructure Providers
The infrastructure can be uninstalled simply by deleting the provider resources
from the cluster with a command similar to what's shown below. Note that
this will also delete any resources that Crossplane has provisioned in the
cloud provider if their ReclaimPolicy is set to Delete.
After you have ensured that you are completely done with all your cloud provider resources, you can then run one of the commands below, depending on which cloud provider you are removing, to remove its provider from Crossplane:
Uninstalling GCP
kubectl delete -f provider-gcp.yaml
Uninstalling AWS
kubectl delete -f provider-aws.yaml
Uninstalling Azure
kubectl delete -f provider-azure.yaml
Uninstalling Rook
kubectl delete -f provider-rook.yaml
Uninstalling the Chart
To uninstall/delete the crossplane deployment:
helm delete --purge crossplane
That command removes all Kubernetes components associated with Crossplane, including all the custom resources and controllers.
Configuration
The following tables lists the configurable parameters of the Crossplane chart and their default values.
| Parameter | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
image.repository |
Image | crossplane/crossplane |
image.tag |
Image tag | master |
image.pullPolicy |
Image pull policy | Always |
imagePullSecrets |
Names of image pull secrets to use | dockerhub |
replicas |
The number of replicas to run for the Crossplane operator | 1 |
deploymentStrategy |
The deployment strategy for the Crossplane operator | RollingUpdate |
clusterStacks.aws.deploy |
Deploy AWS stack | false |
clusterStacks.aws.version |
AWS provider version to deploy | <latest released version> |
clusterStacks.gcp.deploy |
Deploy GCP stack | false |
clusterStacks.gcp.version |
GCP provider version to deploy | <latest released version> |
clusterStacks.azure.deploy |
Deploy Azure stack | false |
clusterStacks.azure.version |
Azure provider version to deploy | <latest released version> |
clusterStacks.rook.deploy |
Deploy Rook stack | false |
clusterStacks.rook.version |
Rook provider version to deploy | <latest released version> |
personas.deploy |
Install roles and bindings for Crossplane user personas | true |
templateStacks.enabled |
Enable experimental template stacks support | true |
templateStacks.controllerImage |
Template Stack controller image | crossplane/templating-controller:v0.2.1 |
resourcesCrossplane.limits.cpu |
CPU resource limits for Crossplane | 100m |
resourcesCrossplane.limits.memory |
Memory resource limits for Crossplane | 512Mi |
resourcesCrossplane.requests.cpu |
CPU resource requests for Crossplane | 100m |
resourcesCrossplane.requests.memory |
Memory resource requests for Crossplane | 256Mi |
resourcesStackManager.limits.cpu |
CPU resource limits for StackManager | 100m |
resourcesStackManager.limits.memory |
Memory resource limits for StackManager | 512Mi |
resourcesStackManager.requests.cpu |
CPU resource requests for StackManager | 100m |
resourcesStackManager.requests.memory |
Memory resource requests for StackManager | 256Mi |
forceImagePullPolicy |
Force the named ImagePullPolicy on Stack install and containers | `` |
insecureAllowAllApigroups |
Enable core Kubernetes API group permissions for Stacks. When enabled, Stacks may declare dependency on core Kubernetes API types.) | false |
insecurePassFullDeployment |
Enable stacks to pass their full deployment, including security context. When omitted, Stacks deployments will have security context removed and all containers will have allowPrivilegeEscalation set to false. |
false |
Command Line
You can pass the settings with helm command line parameters. Specify each
parameter using the --set key=value[,key=value] argument to helm install.
For example, the following command will install Crossplane with an image pull
policy of IfNotPresent.
helm install --name crossplane --namespace crossplane-system crossplane-alpha/crossplane --set image.pullPolicy=IfNotPresent
Settings File
Alternatively, a yaml file that specifies the values for the above parameters
(values.yaml) can be provided while installing the chart.
helm install --name crossplane --namespace crossplane-system crossplane-alpha/crossplane -f values.yaml
Here are the sample settings to get you started.
replicas: 1
deploymentStrategy: RollingUpdate
image:
repository: crossplane/crossplane
tag: master
pullPolicy: Always
imagePullSecrets:
- dockerhub