Add Kaptain to DKP Catalog Applications in networked environments before deploying to clusters

Ensure that your kubectl configuration references the cluster on which you must execute the commands.

Ensure the cluster that you want to use to deploy Kaptain is the only cluster in its workspace. Kaptain is meant to be deployed on workspaces with a single cluster.

Requirements

For reference values of the required number of worker nodes, CPU, RAM, and storage resources, refer to the requirements section.

Prerequisites

Ensure you have reviewed and executed all steps in the prerequisites section.

Create a Git repository for Kaptain

Make Kaptain available for deployment by creating a Git Repository. Use the CLI to create the GitRepository resource and add a new repository.

Refer to air-gapped for DKP 2.2 and later install instructions, if you are deploying in an air-gapped environment.

  1. Ensure your clusterKubeconfig.conf is set to your Essential or Management cluster depending on your license.

  2. Add the Flux GitRepository to your Kommander install:

    cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -
apiVersion: source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1beta1
kind: GitRepository
metadata:
  name: kaptain-catalog-applications
  namespace: kommander
  labels:
    kommander.d2iq.io/gitrepository-type: catalog
    kommander.d2iq.io/gitapps-gitrepository-type: dkp
    kommander.d2iq.io/workspace-default-catalog-repository: "true"
spec:
  interval: 1m0s
  ref:
    tag: v2.1.0
  timeout: 20s
  url: https://github.com/mesosphere/kaptain-catalog-applications
EOF
    CODE

  3. Ensure the status of the GitRepository signals a ready state:

    kubectl get gitrepository kaptain-catalog-applications -n kommander
    CODE

    The repository commit displays the ready state:

    NAME         URL                                                        READY   STATUS                                                              AGE
kaptain-catalog-applications https://github.com/mesosphere/kaptain-catalog-applications                True    Fetched revision: master/6c54bd1722604bd03d25dcac7a31c44ff4e03c6a   11m
    CODE