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	| weight | title | description | 
|---|---|---|
| 50 | Command Reference | Command reference for the Crossplane CLI | 
The crossplane CLI provides utilities to make using Crossplane easier.
Read the [Crossplane CLI overview]({{<ref "../cli">}}) page for information on
installing crossplane.
Global flags
The following flags are available for all commands.
{{< table "table table-sm table-striped">}}
| Short flag | Long flag | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| -h | --help | Show context sensitive help. | 
| --verbose | Print verbose output. | 
{{< /table >}}
version
The crossplane version command returns the version of Crossplane CLI
and the control plane.
crossplane version
Client Version: v1.17.0
Server Version: v1.17.0
render
The crossplane render command previews the output of a
[composite resource]({{<ref "../composition/composite-resources">}}) after applying
any [composition functions]({{<ref "../composition/compositions">}}).
{{< hint "important" >}}
The crossplane render command requires you to use composition functions.
{{< /hint >}}
The crossplane render command connects to the locally running Docker
Engine to pull and run composition functions.
{{<hint "important">}}
Running crossplane render requires Docker.
{{< /hint >}}
Provide a composite resource, composition and composition function YAML definition with the command to render the output locally.
For example,
crossplane render xr.yaml composition.yaml function.yaml
The output includes the original composite resource followed by the generated managed resources.
{{<expand "An example render output" >}}
---
apiVersion: nopexample.org/v1
kind: XBucket
metadata:
  name: test-xrender
status:
  bucketRegion: us-east-2
---
apiVersion: s3.aws.upbound.io/v1beta1
kind: Bucket
metadata:
  annotations:
    crossplane.io/composition-resource-name: my-bucket
  generateName: test-xrender-
  labels:
    crossplane.io/composite: test-xrender
  ownerReferences:
  - apiVersion: nopexample.org/v1
    blockOwnerDeletion: true
    controller: true
    kind: XBucket
    name: test-xrender
    uid: ""
spec:
  forProvider:
    region: us-east-2
{{< /expand >}}
Flags
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| Short flag | Long flag | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| --context-files=<key>=<file>,<key>=<file> | A comma separated list of files to load for function "contexts." | |
| --context-values=<key>=<value>,<key>=<value> | A comma separated list of key-value pairs to load for function "contexts." | |
| -r | --include-function-results | Include the "results" or events from the function. | 
| -o | --observed-resources=<directory or file> | Provide artificial managed resource data to the function. | 
| -e | --extra-resources=PATH | A YAML file or directory of YAML files specifying extra resources to pass to the Function pipeline. | 
| -c | --include-context | Include the context in the rendered output as a resource of kind: Context. | 
| -x | --include-full-xr | Include a copy of the input Composite Resource spec and metadata fields in the rendered output. | 
| --timeout= | Amount of time to wait for a function to finish. (Default 1 minute) | 
{{< /table >}}
The crossplane render command relies on standard
Docker environmental variables
to connect to the local Docker Engine and run composition functions.
Provide function context
The --context-files and --context-values flags can provide data
to a function's context.
The context is JSON formatted data.
Include function results
If a function produces Kubernetes events with statuses use the
--include-function-results to print them along with the managed resource
outputs.
Include the composite resource
Composition functions can only change the status field of a composite
resource. By default, the crossplane render command only prints the
status field with metadata.name.
Use --include-full-xr to print the full composite resource,
including the spec and metadata fields.
Mock managed resources
Provide mocked, or artificial data representing a managed resource with
--observed-resources. The crossplane render command treats the
provided inputs as if they were resources in a Crossplane cluster.
A function can reference and manipulate the included resource as part of running the function.
The observed-resources may be a single YAML file with multiple resources or a
directory of YAML files representing multiple resources.
Inside the YAML file include an {{}}apiVersion{{}}, {{}}kind{{}}, {{}}metadata{{}} and {{}}spec{{}}.
apiVersion: example.org/v1alpha1
kind: ComposedResource
metadata:
  name: test-render-b
  annotations:
    crossplane.io/composition-resource-name: resource-b
spec:
  coolerField: "I'm cooler!"
The schema of the resource isn't validated and may contain any data.
Mock Extra Resources
Extra Resources allow a Composition to request Crossplane Objects on the cluster that aren't
part of the Composition. The --extra-resources option points at a directory containing
YAML manifests of resources to mock. Use Extra Resources in combination with a function like
function-extra-resources or the
built-in support in function-go-templating.
xpkg
The crossplane xpkg commands create, install and update Crossplane
[packages]({{<ref "../packages/configurations">}}) as well as enable authentication
and publishing of Crossplane packages to a Crossplane package registry.
xpkg build
Using crossplane xpkg build provides automation and simplification to build
Crossplane packages.
The Crossplane CLI combines a directory of YAML files and packages them as an OCI container image.
The CLI applies the required annotations and values to meet the Crossplane XPKG specification.
The crossplane CLI supports building
[configuration]({{< ref "../packages/configurations" >}}),
[function]({{<ref "../composition/compositions">}}) and
[provider]({{<ref "../packages/providers" >}}) package types.
Flags
{{< table "table table-sm table-striped">}}
| Short flag | Long flag | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| --embed-runtime-image-name=NAME | The image name and tag of an image to include in the package. Only for provider and function packages. | |
| --embed-runtime-image-tarball=PATH | The filename of an image to include in the package. Only for provider and function packages. | |
| -e | --examples-root="./examples" | The path to a directory of examples related to the package. | 
| --ignore=PATH,... | List of files and directories to ignore. | |
| -o | --package-file=PATH | Directory and filename of the created package. | 
| -f | --package-root="." | Directory to search for YAML files. | 
| {{< /table >}} | 
The crossplane xpkg build command recursively looks in the directory set by
--package-root and attempts to combine any files ending in .yml or .yaml
into a package.
All YAML files must be valid Kubernetes manifests with apiVersion, kind,
metadata and spec fields.
Ignore files
Use --ignore to provide a list of files and directories to ignore.
For example,
crossplane xpkg build --ignore="./test/*,kind-config.yaml"
Set the package name
crossplane automatically names the new package a combination of the
metadata.name and a hash of the package contents and saves the contents
in the same location as --package-root. Define a specific location and
filename with --package-file or -o.
For example,
crossplane xpkg build -o /home/crossplane/example.xpkg.
Include examples
Include YAML files demonstrating how to use the package with --examples-root.
Include a runtime image
Functions and Providers require YAML files describing their dependencies and settings as well as a container image for their runtime.
Using --embed-runtime-image-name runs a specified image and
includes the image inside the function or provider package.
{{<hint "note" >}}
Images referenced with --embed-runtime-image-name must be in the local Docker
cache.
Use docker pull to download a missing image.
{{< /hint >}}
The --embed-runtime-image-tarball flag includes a local OCI image tarball
inside the function or provider package.
xpkg init
The crossplane xpkg init command populates the current directory with
files to build a package.
Provide a name to use for the package and the package template to start from
with the command
crossplane xpkg init <name> <template>
The <name> input isn't used. Crossplane reserves the <name> for future releases.
The <template> value may be one of four well known templates:
- configuration-template- A template to build a Crossplane [Configuration]({{<ref "../packages/configurations">}}) from the crossplane/configuration-template repository.
- function-template-go- A template to build Crossplane Go [composition functions]({{<ref "../composition/compositions">}}) from the crossplane/function-template-go repository.
- function-template-python- A template to build Crossplane Python [composition functions]({{<ref "../composition/compositions">}}) from the crossplane/function-template-python repository.
- provider-template- A template to build a basic Crossplane provider from the Crossplane/provider-template repository.
- provider-template-upjet- A template for building Upjet based Crossplane providers from existing Terraform providers. Copies from the upbound/upjet-provider-template repository.
Instead of a well known template the <template> value can be a git repository
URL.
NOTES.txt
If the template repository contains a NOTES.txt file in its root directory,
the crossplane xpkg init command prints the contents of the file to the
terminal after populating the directory with the template files. This can be
useful for providing information about the template.
init.sh
If the template repository contains an init.sh file in its root directory, the
crossplane xpkg init command starts a dialog after populating the
directory with the template files. The dialog prompts the user if they want
to view or run the script. Use the initialization script to automatically
personalize the template.
Flags
{{< table "table table-sm table-striped">}}
| Short flag | Long flag | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| -b | --ref-name | The branch or tag to clone from the template repository. | 
| -d | --directory | The directory to create and load the template files into. Uses the current directory by default. | 
| -r | --run-init-script | Run the init.sh script without prompting, if it exists. | 
{{< /table >}}
xpkg install
Download and install packages into Crossplane with  crossplane xpkg install.
By default the crossplane xpkg install command uses the Kubernetes
configuration defined in ~/.kube/config.
Define a custom Kubernetes configuration file location with the environmental
variable KUBECONFIG.
Specify the package kind, package file and optionally a name to give the package inside Crossplane.
crossplane xpkg install <package-kind> <registry URL package name and tag> [<optional-name>]
The <package-kind> is either a configuration, function or provider.
For example, to install the latest version of the AWS S3 provider:
crossplane xpkg install provider xpkg.crossplane.io/crossplane-contrib/provider-aws-s3:v1.21.1
Flags
{{< table "table table-sm table-striped">}}
| Short flag | Long flag | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| --runtime-config=<runtime config name> | Install the package with a runtime configuration. | |
| -m | --manual-activation | Set the revisionActiviationPolicytoManual. | 
| --package-pull-secrets=<list of secrets> | A comma-separated list of Kubernetes secrets to use for authenticating to the package registry. | |
| -r | --revision-history-limit=<number of revisions> | Set the revisionHistoryLimit. Defaults to1. | 
| -w | --wait=<number of seconds> | Number of seconds to wait for a package to install. | 
{{< /table >}}
Wait for package install
When installing a package the crossplane xpkg install command doesn't wait for
the package to download and install. View any download or installation problems
by inspecting the configuration with kubectl describe configuration.
Use --wait to have the crossplane xpkg install command to wait for a
package to have the condition HEALTHY before continuing. The command
returns an error if the wait time expires before the package is HEALTHY.
Require manual package activation
Set the package to require
[manual activation]({{<ref "../packages/configurations#revision-activation-policy" >}}),
preventing an automatic upgrade of a package with --manual-activation
Authenticate to a private registry
To authenticate to a private package registry use --package-pull-secrets and
provide a list of Kubernetes Secret objects.
{{<hint "important" >}} The secrets must be in the same namespace as the Crossplane pod. {{< /hint >}}
Customize the number of stored package versions
By default Crossplane only stores a single inactive package in the local package cache.
Store more inactive copies of a package with --revision-history-limit.
Read more about [package revisions]({{< ref "../packages/configurations#configuration-revisions" >}}) in the package documentation.
xpkg login
Use xpkg login to authenticate to registries that host Crossplane packages.
Flags
{{< table "table table-sm table-striped">}}
| Short flag | Long flag | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| -u | --username=<username> | Username to use for authentication. | 
| -p | --password=<password> | Password to use for authentication. | 
| -t | --token=<token string> | User token string to use for authentication. | 
| -a | --account=<organization> | Specify an Upbound organization during authentication. | 
| {{< /table >}} | 
Authentication options
The crossplane xpkg login command can use a username and password or Upbound API token.
By default, crossplane xpkg login without arguments, prompts for a username
and password.
Provide a username and password with the --username and --password flags or
set the environmental variable UP_USER for a username or UP_PASSWORD for the
password.
Use an Upbound user token instead of a username and password with --token or
the UP_TOKEN environmental variable.
{{< hint "important" >}}
The --token or UP_TOKEN environmental variables take precedence over a
username and password.
{{< /hint >}}
Using - as the input for --password or --token reads the input from stdin.
For example, crossplane xpkg login --password -.
After logging in the Crossplane CLI creates a profile in
.crossplane/config.json to cache unprivileged account information.
{{<hint "note" >}}
The session field of config.json file is a session cookie identifier.
The session value isn't used for authentication. This isn't a token.
{{< /hint >}}
Authenticate with a registered Upbound organization
Authenticate to a registered organization in the Upbound Marketplace with the
--account option, along with the username and password or token.
For example,
crossplane xpkg login --account=Upbound --username=my-user --password -.
xpkg logout
Use crossplane xpkg logout to invalidate the current crossplane xpkg login
session.
{{< hint "note" >}}
Using crossplane xpkg logout removes the session from the
~/.crossplane/config.json file, but doesn't delete the configuration file.
{{< /hint >}}
xpkg push
Push a Crossplane package file to a package registry.
{{< hint "note" >}}
Pushing a package may require authentication with
crossplane xpkg login
{{< /hint >}}
Specify the organization, package name and tag with
crossplane xpkg push <package>
By default the command looks in the current directory for a single .xpkg file
to push.
To push multiple files or to specify a specific .xpkg file use the -f flag.
For example, to push a local package named my-package to
crossplane-docs/my-package:v0.14.0 use:
crossplane xpkg push -f my-package.xpkg crossplane-docs/my-package:v0.14.0
To push to another package registry, like DockerHub provide the full URL along with the package name.
For example, to push a local package named my-package to
DockerHub organization crossplane-docs/my-package:v0.14.0 use:
crossplane xpkg push -f my-package.xpkg index.docker.io/crossplane-docs/my-package:v0.14.0.
Flags
{{< table "table table-sm table-striped">}}
| Short flag | Long flag | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| -f | --package-files=PATH | A comma-separated list of xpkg files to push. | 
| {{< /table >}} | 
xpkg update
The crossplane xpkg update command downloads and updates an existing package.
By default the crossplane xpkg update command uses the Kubernetes
configuration defined in ~/.kube/config.
Define a custom Kubernetes configuration file location with the environmental
variable KUBECONFIG.
Specify the package kind, package file and optionally the name of the package already installed in Crossplane.
crossplane xpkg update <package-kind> <registry package name and tag> [<optional-name>]
For example, to update to the latest version of the AWS S3 provider:
crossplane xpkg update provider xpkg.crossplane.io/crossplane-contrib/provider-aws-s3:v1.21.1
beta
Crossplane beta commands are experimental. These commands may change the
flags, options or outputs in future releases.
Crossplane maintainers may promote or remove commands under beta in future
releases.
beta convert
As Crossplane evolves, its APIs and resources may change. To help with the
migration to the new APIs and resources, the crossplane beta convert command
converts a Crossplane resource to a new version or kind.
Use the crossplane beta convert command to convert a
ControllerConfig to a [DeploymentRuntimeConfig]({{<ref "../packages/providers#runtime-configuration">}})
or a legacy Composition using mode: Resources to a
[Composition pipeline function]({{< ref "../composition/compositions" >}}).
Provide the crossplane beta convert command the conversion type, the input
file and optionally, an output file. By default the command writes the output to
standard out.
For example, to convert a ControllerConfig to a DeploymentRuntimeConfig use
crossplane beta convert deployment-runtime. For example,
crossplane beta convert deployment-runtime controllerConfig.yaml -o deploymentConfig.yaml
To convert a Composition using patch and transforms to a pipeline function, use
crossplane beta convert pipeline-composition.
Optionally, use the -f flag to provide the name of the function.
By default the function name is "function-patch-and-transform."
crossplane beta convert pipeline-composition oldComposition.yaml -o newComposition.yaml -f patchFunctionName
Flags
{{< table "table table-sm table-striped">}}
| Short flag | Long flag | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| -o | --output-file | The output YAML file to write. Outputs to stdout by default. | 
| -f | --function-name | The name of the new function. Defaults to function-patch-and-transform. | 
{{< /table >}}
beta top
The command crossplane beta top shows CPU and memory usage of Crossplane
related pods.
crossplane beta top 
TYPE         NAMESPACE   NAME                                                                  CPU(cores)   MEMORY
crossplane   default     crossplane-f98f9ddfd-tnm46                                            4m           32Mi
crossplane   default     crossplane-rbac-manager-74ff459b88-94p8p                              4m           14Mi
provider     default     provider-aws-s3-1f1a3fb08cbc-5c49d84447-sggrq                         3m           108Mi
provider     default     crossplane-contrib-provider-family-aws-48b3b5ccf964-76c9686b6-bgg65   2m           89Mi
{{<hint "important" >}}
Using crossplane beta top requires the Kubernetes
metrics server enabled on
the cluster running Crossplane before using crossplane beta top.
Follow the installation instructions on the metrics-server GitHub page. {{< /hint >}}
Flags
{{< table "table table-sm table-striped">}}
| Short flag | Long flag | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| -n | --namespace | The namespace where the Crossplane pod runs. Default is crossplane-system. | 
| -s | --summary | Print a summary of all Crossplane pods along with the output. | 
| --verbose | Print verbose logging information with the output. | 
{{< /table >}}
The Kubernetes metrics server may take some time to collect data for the
crossplane beta top command. Before the metrics server is ready,
running the top command may produce an error, for example,
crossplane: error: error adding metrics to pod, check if metrics-server is running or wait until metrics are available for the pod: the server is currently unable to handle the request (get pods.metrics.k8s.io crossplane-contrib-provider-helm-b4cc4c2c8db3-6d787f9686-qzmz2)
beta trace
Use the crossplane beta trace command to display a visual relationship of
Crossplane objects. The trace command supports XRs, compositions,
functions, managed resources or packages.
The command requires a resource type and a resource name.
crossplane beta trace <resource kind> <resource name>
For example to view a resource named my-xr of type example.crossplane.io:
crossplane beta trace example.crossplane.io my-xr
The command also accepts Kubernetes CLI style <kind>/<name> input.
For example,
crossplane beta trace example.crossplane.io/my-xr
By default the crossplane beta trace command uses the Kubernetes
configuration defined in ~/.kube/config.
Define a custom Kubernetes configuration file location with the environmental
variable KUBECONFIG.
Flags
{{< table "table table-sm table-striped">}}
| Short flag | Long flag | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| -n | --namespace | The namespace of the resource. | 
| -o | --output= | Change the graph output with wide,json, ordotfor a Graphviz dot output. | 
| --show-connection-secrets | Print any connection secret names. Doesn't print the secret values. | |
| --show-package-dependencies <filter> | Show package dependencies. Options are allto show every dependency,uniqueto only print a package once ornoneto not print any dependencies. By default thetracecommand uses--show-package-dependencies unique. | |
| --show-package-revisions <output> | Print package revision versions. Options are active, showing only the active revisions,allshowing all revisions ornoneto print not print any revisions. | |
| --show-package-runtime-configs | Print DeploymentRuntimeConfig dependencies. | 
{{< /table >}}
Output options
By default crossplane beta trace prints directly to the terminal, limiting the
"Ready" condition and "Status" messages to 64 characters.
Wide outputs
Print the entire "Ready" or "Status" message if they're longer than
64 characters with --output=wide.
For example, the output truncates the "Status" message that's too long.
crossplane trace cluster.aws.platformref.upbound.io platform-ref-aws
NAME                                                              SYNCED   READY   STATUS
Cluster/platform-ref-aws (default)                                True     False   Unready resources: cluster
Use --output=wide to see the full message.
crossplane trace cluster.aws.platformref.upbound.io platform-ref-aws --output=wide
NAME                                                              SYNCED   READY   STATUS
Cluster/platform-ref-aws (default)                                True     False   Unready resources: cluster
Graphviz dot file output
Use the --output=dot to print out a textual
Graphviz dot output.
Save the output and export it or the output directly to Graphviz dot to
render an image.
For example, to save the output as a graph.png file use
dot -Tpng -o graph.png.
crossplane beta trace cluster.aws.platformref.upbound.io platform-ref-aws -o dot | dot -Tpng -o graph.png
Print connection secrets
Use -s to print any connection secret names along with the other resources.
{{<hint "important">}}
The crossplane beta trace command doesn't print secret values.
{{< /hint >}}
The output includes both the secret name along with the secret's namespace.
crossplane beta trace configuration platform-ref-aws -s
NAME                                                                        SYNCED   READY   STATUS
Cluster/platform-ref-aws (default)                                          True     True    Available
└─ XCluster/platform-ref-aws-mlnwb                                          True     True    Available
   ├─ XNetwork/platform-ref-aws-mlnwb-6nvkx                                 True     True    Available
   │  ├─ SecurityGroupRule/platform-ref-aws-mlnwb-szgxp                     True     True    Available
   │  └─ Secret/3f11c30b-dd94-4f5b-aff7-10fe4318ab1f (upbound-system)       -        -
   ├─ XEKS/platform-ref-aws-mlnwb-fqjzz                                     True     True    Available
   │  ├─ OpenIDConnectProvider/platform-ref-aws-mlnwb-h26xx                 True     True    Available
   │  └─ Secret/9666eccd-929c-4452-8658-c8c881aee137-eks (upbound-system)   -        -
   ├─ XServices/platform-ref-aws-mlnwb-bgndx                                True     True    Available
   │  ├─ Release/platform-ref-aws-mlnwb-7hfkv                               True     True    Available
   │  └─ Secret/d0955929-892d-40c3-b0e0-a8cabda55895 (upbound-system)       -        -
   └─ Secret/9666eccd-929c-4452-8658-c8c881aee137 (upbound-system)          -        -
Print package dependencies
Use the --show-package-dependencies flag to include more information about
package dependencies.
By default crossplane beta trace uses --show-package-dependencies unique to
include a required package only once in the output.
Use --show-package-dependencies all to see every package requiring the same
dependency.
crossplane beta trace configuration platform-ref-aws --show-package-dependencies all
NAME                                                                               VERSION   INSTALLED   HEALTHY   STATE    STATUS
Configuration/platform-ref-aws                                                     v0.9.0    True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
├─ ConfigurationRevision/platform-ref-aws-9ad7b5db2899                             v0.9.0    -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
├─ Configuration/upbound-configuration-aws-network                                 v0.7.0    True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
│  ├─ ConfigurationRevision/upbound-configuration-aws-network-97be9100cfe1         v0.7.0    -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
│  ├─ Provider/upbound-provider-aws-ec2                                            v0.47.0   True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
│  │  ├─ ProviderRevision/upbound-provider-aws-ec2-cfeb0cd0f1d2                    v0.47.0   -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
│  │  └─ Provider/upbound-provider-family-aws                                      v1.0.0    True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
│  │     └─ ProviderRevision/upbound-provider-family-aws-48b3b5ccf964              v1.0.0    -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
│  └─ Function/upbound-function-patch-and-transform                                v0.2.1    True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
│     └─ FunctionRevision/upbound-function-patch-and-transform-a2f88f8d8715        v0.2.1    -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
├─ Configuration/upbound-configuration-aws-database                                v0.5.0    True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
│  ├─ ConfigurationRevision/upbound-configuration-aws-database-3112f0a765c5        v0.5.0    -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
│  ├─ Provider/upbound-provider-aws-rds                                            v0.47.0   True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
│  │  ├─ ProviderRevision/upbound-provider-aws-rds-58f96aa9fc4b                    v0.47.0   -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
│  │  └─ Provider/upbound-provider-family-aws                                      v1.0.0    True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
│  │     └─ ProviderRevision/upbound-provider-family-aws-48b3b5ccf964              v1.0.0    -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
│  └─ Configuration/upbound-configuration-aws-network                              v0.7.0    True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
│     ├─ ConfigurationRevision/upbound-configuration-aws-network-97be9100cfe1      v0.7.0    -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
│     ├─ Provider/upbound-provider-aws-ec2                                         v0.47.0   True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
│     │  ├─ ProviderRevision/upbound-provider-aws-ec2-cfeb0cd0f1d2                 v0.47.0   -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
│     │  └─ Provider/upbound-provider-family-aws                                   v1.0.0    True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
│     │     └─ ProviderRevision/upbound-provider-family-aws-48b3b5ccf964           v1.0.0    -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
│     └─ Function/upbound-function-patch-and-transform                             v0.2.1    True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
│        └─ FunctionRevision/upbound-function-patch-and-transform-a2f88f8d8715     v0.2.1    -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
├─ Configuration/upbound-configuration-aws-eks                                     v0.5.0    True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
│  ├─ ConfigurationRevision/upbound-configuration-aws-eks-83c9d65f4a47             v0.5.0    -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
│  ├─ Configuration/upbound-configuration-aws-network                              v0.7.0    True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
│  │  ├─ ConfigurationRevision/upbound-configuration-aws-network-97be9100cfe1      v0.7.0    -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
│  │  ├─ Provider/upbound-provider-aws-ec2                                         v0.47.0   True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
│  │  │  ├─ ProviderRevision/upbound-provider-aws-ec2-cfeb0cd0f1d2                 v0.47.0   -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
│  │  │  └─ Provider/upbound-provider-family-aws                                   v1.0.0    True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
│  │  │     └─ ProviderRevision/upbound-provider-family-aws-48b3b5ccf964           v1.0.0    -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
│  │  └─ Function/upbound-function-patch-and-transform                             v0.2.1    True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
│  │     └─ FunctionRevision/upbound-function-patch-and-transform-a2f88f8d8715     v0.2.1    -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
│  ├─ Provider/crossplane-contrib-provider-helm                                    v0.16.0   True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
│  │  └─ ProviderRevision/crossplane-contrib-provider-helm-b4cc4c2c8db3            v0.16.0   -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
│  ├─ Provider/crossplane-contrib-provider-kubernetes                              v0.10.0   True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
│  │  └─ ProviderRevision/crossplane-contrib-provider-kubernetes-63506a3443e0      v0.10.0   -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
│  ├─ Provider/upbound-provider-aws-ec2                                            v0.47.0   True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
│  │  ├─ ProviderRevision/upbound-provider-aws-ec2-cfeb0cd0f1d2                    v0.47.0   -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
│  │  └─ Provider/upbound-provider-family-aws                                      v1.0.0    True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
│  │     └─ ProviderRevision/upbound-provider-family-aws-48b3b5ccf964              v1.0.0    -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
│  ├─ Provider/upbound-provider-aws-eks                                            v0.47.0   True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
│  │  ├─ ProviderRevision/upbound-provider-aws-eks-641a096d79d8                    v0.47.0   -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
│  │  └─ Provider/upbound-provider-family-aws                                      v1.0.0    True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
│  │     └─ ProviderRevision/upbound-provider-family-aws-48b3b5ccf964              v1.0.0    -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
│  ├─ Provider/upbound-provider-aws-iam                                            v0.47.0   True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
│  │  ├─ ProviderRevision/upbound-provider-aws-iam-438eac423037                    v0.47.0   -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
│  │  └─ Provider/upbound-provider-family-aws                                      v1.0.0    True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
│  │     └─ ProviderRevision/upbound-provider-family-aws-48b3b5ccf964              v1.0.0    -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
│  └─ Function/upbound-function-patch-and-transform                                v0.2.1    True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
│     └─ FunctionRevision/upbound-function-patch-and-transform-a2f88f8d8715        v0.2.1    -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
├─ Configuration/upbound-configuration-app                                         v0.2.0    True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
│  ├─ ConfigurationRevision/upbound-configuration-app-5d95726dba8c                 v0.2.0    -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
│  ├─ Provider/crossplane-contrib-provider-helm                                    v0.16.0   True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
│  │  └─ ProviderRevision/crossplane-contrib-provider-helm-b4cc4c2c8db3            v0.16.0   -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
│  └─ Function/upbound-function-patch-and-transform                                v0.2.1    True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
│     └─ FunctionRevision/upbound-function-patch-and-transform-a2f88f8d8715        v0.2.1    -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
├─ Configuration/upbound-configuration-observability-oss                           v0.2.0    True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
│  ├─ ConfigurationRevision/upbound-configuration-observability-oss-a51529457ad7   v0.2.0    -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
│  ├─ Provider/crossplane-contrib-provider-helm                                    v0.16.0   True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
│  │  └─ ProviderRevision/crossplane-contrib-provider-helm-b4cc4c2c8db3            v0.16.0   -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
│  ├─ Provider/crossplane-contrib-provider-kubernetes                              v0.10.0   True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
│  │  └─ ProviderRevision/crossplane-contrib-provider-kubernetes-63506a3443e0      v0.10.0   -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
│  ├─ Provider/grafana-provider-grafana                                            v0.8.0    True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
│  │  └─ ProviderRevision/grafana-provider-grafana-ac529c8ce1c6                    v0.8.0    -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
│  └─ Function/upbound-function-patch-and-transform                                v0.2.1    True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
│     └─ FunctionRevision/upbound-function-patch-and-transform-a2f88f8d8715        v0.2.1    -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
└─ Configuration/upbound-configuration-gitops-flux                                 v0.2.0    True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
   ├─ ConfigurationRevision/upbound-configuration-gitops-flux-2e80ec62738d         v0.2.0    -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
   ├─ Provider/crossplane-contrib-provider-helm                                    v0.16.0   True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
   │  └─ ProviderRevision/crossplane-contrib-provider-helm-b4cc4c2c8db3            v0.16.0   -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
   └─ Function/upbound-function-patch-and-transform                                v0.2.1    True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
      └─ FunctionRevision/upbound-function-patch-and-transform-a2f88f8d8715        v0.2.1    -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
Use --show-package-dependencies none to hide all dependencies.
crossplane beta trace configuration platform-ref-aws --show-package-dependencies none
NAME                                                     VERSION   INSTALLED   HEALTHY   STATE    STATUS
Configuration/platform-ref-aws                           v0.9.0    True        True      -        HealthyPackageRevision
└─ ConfigurationRevision/platform-ref-aws-9ad7b5db2899   v0.9.0    -           True      Active   HealthyPackageRevision
Print package revisions
By default the crossplane beta trace command only shows the package revisions
actively in use. To view both active and inactive revisions use
--show-package-revisions all.
crossplane beta trace configuration platform-ref-aws --show-package-revisions all
NAME                                                                               VERSION   INSTALLED   HEALTHY   STATE      STATUS
Configuration/platform-ref-aws                                                     v0.9.0    True        True      -          HealthyPackageRevision
├─ ConfigurationRevision/platform-ref-aws-ad01153c1179                             v0.8.0    -           True      Inactive   HealthyPackageRevision
├─ ConfigurationRevision/platform-ref-aws-9ad7b5db2899                             v0.9.0    -           True      Active     HealthyPackageRevision
├─ Configuration/upbound-configuration-aws-network                                 v0.2.0    True        True      -          HealthyPackageRevision
│  ├─ ConfigurationRevision/upbound-configuration-aws-network-288fcd1b88dd         v0.2.0    -           True      Active     HealthyPackageRevision
│  └─ Provider/upbound-provider-aws-ec2                                            v1.0.0    True        True      -          HealthyPackageRevision
│     ├─ ProviderRevision/upbound-provider-aws-ec2-5cfd948d082f                    v1.0.0    -           True      Active     HealthyPackageRevision
│     └─ Provider/upbound-provider-family-aws                                      v1.0.0    True        True      -          HealthyPackageRevision
│        └─ ProviderRevision/upbound-provider-family-aws-48b3b5ccf964              v1.0.0    -           True      Active     HealthyPackageRevision
# Removed for brevity
To hide all revisions use --show-package-revision none.
crossplane beta trace configuration platform-ref-aws --show-package-revisions none
NAME                                                       VERSION   INSTALLED   HEALTHY   STATE   STATUS
Configuration/platform-ref-aws                             v0.9.0    True        True      -       HealthyPackageRevision
├─ Configuration/upbound-configuration-aws-network         v0.2.0    True        True      -       HealthyPackageRevision
│  └─ Provider/upbound-provider-aws-ec2                    v1.0.0    True        True      -       HealthyPackageRevision
│     └─ Provider/upbound-provider-family-aws              v1.0.0    True        True      -       HealthyPackageRevision
# Removed for brevity
beta validate
The crossplane beta validate command validates
[compositions]({{<ref "../composition/compositions">}}) against provider or XRD
schemas using the Kubernetes API server's validation library
with extra validation such as checking for unknown fields,
a common source of difficult to debug issues in Crossplane.
The crossplane beta validate command supports validating the following
scenarios:
- Validate a managed resource or composite resource against a Provider or XRD schema.
- Use the output of crossplane renderas validation input.
- Validate an XRD against Kubernetes Common Expression Language (CEL) rules.
- Validate resources against a directory of schemas.
{{< hint "note" >}}
The crossplane beta validate command performs all validation offline.
A Kubernetes cluster running Crossplane isn't required. {{< /hint >}}
Flags
{{< table "table table-sm table-striped" >}}
| Short flag | Long flag | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| -h | --help | Show context sensitive help. | 
| -v | --version | Print version and quit. | 
| --cache-dir=".crossplane/cache" | Specify the absolute path to the cache directory to store downloaded schemas. | |
| --clean-cache | Clean the cache directory before downloading package schemas. | |
| --skip-success-results | Skip printing success results. | |
| --verbose | Print verbose logging statements. | |
| {{< /table >}} | 
Validate resources against a schema
The crossplane beta validate command can validate an XR and one or more
managed resources against a provider's schema.
{{<hint "important" >}}
When validating against a provider the crossplane beta validate command
downloads the provider package to the --cache-dir directory. By default
Crossplane uses .crossplane as the --cache-dir location.
Access to a Kubernetes cluster or Crossplane pod isn't required.
Validation requires the ability to download the provider package.
{{< /hint >}}
The crossplane beta validate command downloads and caches the schema CRD files
in the --cache-dir directory. By default the Crossplane CLI uses
.crossplane/cache as the cache location.
To clear the cache and download the CRD files again use the --clean-cache flag.
To validate a managed resource against a provider, first, create a provider manifest file. For example, to validate an IAM role from Provider AWS, use the Provider AWS IAM manifest.
{{<hint "tip" >}} To validate a "family provider" use the provider manifests of the resources to validate. {{< /hint >}}
apiVersion: pkg.crossplane.io/v1
kind: Provider
metadata:
  name: provider-aws-iam
spec:
  package: xpkg.crossplane.io/crossplane-contrib/provider-aws-iam:v1.21.1
Now include the XR or managed resource to validate.
For example, to validate an {{}}AccessKey{{}} managed resource, provide a managed resource YAML file.
apiVersion: iam.aws.upbound.io/v1beta1
kind: AccessKey
metadata:
  name: sample-access-key-0
spec:
  forProvider:
    userSelector:
      matchLabels:
        example-name: test-user-0
Run the crossplane beta validate command providing the provider and managed
resource YAML files as input.
crossplane beta validate provider.yaml managedResource.yaml
[✓] iam.aws.upbound.io/v1beta1, Kind=AccessKey, sample-access-key-0 validated successfully
Total 1 resources: 0 missing schemas, 1 success case, 0 failure cases
Validate render command output
You can pipe the output of crossplane render into
crossplane beta validate to validate complete Crossplane resource pipelines,
including XRs, compositions and composition functions.
Use the --include-full-xr command with crossplane render and the -
option with crossplane beta validate to pipe the output from
crossplane render to the input of crossplane beta validate.
crossplane render xr.yaml composition.yaml function.yaml --include-full-xr | crossplane beta validate schemas.yaml -
[x] schema validation error example.crossplane.io/v1beta1, Kind=XR, example : status.conditions[0].lastTransitionTime: Invalid value: "null": status.conditions[0].lastTransitionTime in body must be of type string: "null"
[x] schema validation error example.crossplane.io/v1beta1, Kind=XR, example : spec: Required value
[✓] iam.aws.upbound.io/v1beta1, Kind=AccessKey, sample-access-key-0 validated successfully
[✓] iam.aws.upbound.io/v1beta1, Kind=AccessKey, sample-access-key-1 validated successfully
[✓] iam.aws.upbound.io/v1beta1, Kind=User, test-user-0 validated successfully
[✓] iam.aws.upbound.io/v1beta1, Kind=User, test-user-1 validated successfully
Total 5 resources: 0 missing schemas, 4 success cases, 1 failure cases
Validate Common Expression Language rules
XRDs can define validation rules expressed in the Common Expression Language (CEL).
Apply a CEL rule with the {{}}x-kubernetes-validations{{}} key inside the schema {{}}spec{{}} object of an XRD.
apiVersion: apiextensions.crossplane.io/v1
kind: CompositeResourceDefinition
metadata:
  name: myXR.crossplane.io
spec:
# Removed for brevity
        openAPIV3Schema:
          type: object
          properties:
            spec:
              type: object
              x-kubernetes-validations:
              - rule: "self.minReplicas <= self.replicas && self.replicas <= self.maxReplicas"
                message: "replicas should be in between minReplicas and maxReplicas."
              properties:
                minReplicas:
                  type: integer
                maxReplicas:
                  type: integer
                replicas: 
                  type: integer
# Removed for brevity
The rule in this example checks that the vale of the {{}}replicas{{}} field of an XR is between the {{}}minReplicas{{}} and {{}}maxReplicas{{}} values.
apiVersion: example.crossplane.io/v1beta1
kind: XR
metadata:
  name: example
spec:
  replicas: 49
  minReplicas: 1
  maxReplicas: 30
Running crossplane beta validate with the example XRD and XR produces an
error.
`crossplane beta validate xrd.yaml xr.yaml
[x] CEL validation error example.crossplane.io/v1beta1, Kind=XR, example : spec: Invalid value: "object": replicas should be in between minReplicas and maxReplicas.
Total 1 resources: 0 missing schemas, 0 success cases, 1 failure cases
Validate against a directory of schemas
The crossplane render command can validate a directory of YAML files.
The command only processes .yaml and .yml files, while ignoring all other
file types.
With a directory of files, provide the directory and resource to validate.
For example, using a directory named {{}}schemas{{}} containing the XRD and Provider schemas.
tree
schemas
|-- platform-ref-aws.yaml
|-- providers
|   |-- a.txt
|   `-- provider-aws-iam.yaml
`-- xrds
    `-- xrd.yaml
Provide the directory name and a resource YAML file to the
crossplane beta validate command.
crossplane beta validate schema resources.yaml
[x] schema validation error example.crossplane.io/v1beta1, Kind=XR, example : status.conditions[0].lastTransitionTime: Invalid value: "null": status.conditions[0].lastTransitionTime in body must be of type string: "null"
[x] CEL validation error example.crossplane.io/v1beta1, Kind=XR, example : spec: Invalid value: "object": no such key: minReplicas evaluating rule: replicas should be greater than or equal to minReplicas.
[✓] iam.aws.upbound.io/v1beta1, Kind=AccessKey, sample-access-key-0 validated successfully
[✓] iam.aws.upbound.io/v1beta1, Kind=AccessKey, sample-access-key-1 validated successfully
[✓] iam.aws.upbound.io/v1beta1, Kind=User, test-user-0 validated successfully
[✓] iam.aws.upbound.io/v1beta1, Kind=User, test-user-1 validated successfully
Total 5 resources: 0 missing schemas, 4 success cases, 1 failure cases