devkube

devkube

devkube bootstraps feature-rich Kubernetes clusters locally

Create Cluster (using Docker)

The default create command will spin up a local DevKube cluster in a single container running in Docker. Lima, Podman Desktop, Rancher Desktop should work too.

$ devkube create
★ installing Kubernetes Cluster...
★ installing Cert-Manager...
★ installing Registry...
★ installing Gatekeeper...
★ installing OpenTelemetry...

Installed Components

• Cert-Manager - X.509 Certificate Management
• Registry - Container Images Distribution
• Gatekeeper - Customizable Policy controller
• Grafana LGTM - Observability and Data Visualization

Optional Components

• Crossplane - Universal Control Plane
• Envoy Gateway - Manage Application and API traffic
• Argo CD - Declarative GitOps CD
• Tekton - Cloud Native CI/CD

Management Tools

Kubernetes Web UI

open Dashboard in browser

$ devkube dashboard

Grafana Web UI

open Grafana in browser

$ devkube grafana

Access cluster workload

To access workload services within your cluster, connect allows you to forward these adresses and ports locally and allow easy access.

sudo devkube connect
...
5:58PM INF adding tunnel address=127.244.179.12 hosts="[grafana.platform grafana.platform.svc.cluster.local]" ports=[3000]
...

Import a local image

# pull an image (or build one)
docker pull alpine:3

# import image into cluster registry
devkube load alpine:3

Build an image within cluster

cd /path/to/your/project

# cat Dockerfile
# FROM alpine:3
# RUN apk add --no-cache bash

# build image using buildkitd
devkube build demo .
★ creating container (default/loop-buildkit-704c031)...
★ copying build context...
...
★ removing container (default/loop-buildkit-704c031)..

# run impage in kubernetes
kubectl run -it --rm demo --image registry.platform/demo /bin/bash
demo:/# exit

Installation

MacOS / Linux with Homebrew

brew install adrianliechti/tap/devkube

Windows with Scoop

scoop bucket add adrianliechti https://github.com/adrianliechti/scoop-bucket
scoop install kubectl helm adrianliechti/devkube