Steps

Overview

Deploying a Carvel package is similar to Helm where the default installation might not be suitable for your environment. In order to customize the installation we need to configure the values the package will use.

There are different mechanisms available in the spec including from; files, config maps and secrets.

In this example we will use a Secret.

NOTE: These steps depend on your having already completed the Package Author tutorial for the required files.

Define Values

• Edit and the Secret with values required for your application.

# Edit the secret
vim "${CARVEL_PACKAGE_HOME}/packages/${CARVEL_PACKAGE_NAME}.${CARVEL_PACKAGE_FQDN}/examples/Secret.yaml"

Apply Custom Resources

• Apply the PackageRepository, Secret and PackageInstall custom resources.

kubectl apply \
    --filename "${CARVEL_PACKAGE_HOME}/packages/${CARVEL_PACKAGE_NAME}.${CARVEL_PACKAGE_FQDN}/examples/PackageInstall.yaml"

Verify

• Verify the installation

# Check the custom resources have reconciled.
kubectl get pkgr,pkg,pkgm,pkgi -n ${CARVEL_PACKAGE_NAMESPACE}

# Check the health of your app via usual methods.
kubectl get all -n ${APP_NAMESPACE}

• If there was an issue, it’s time to troubleshoot