cdk8s experiment

The idea here is to use cdk8s as an alternative to helm in resources that I'll have to manage by myself. for some more common use-cases I will also use Helm Releases making use of the Flux Helm Operator.

Pre-requisites

• yarn/npm (duh! 😝)
• Install cdk8s npm install -g cdk8s-cli / yarn global cdk8s-cli 😎

Project Structure

• imports - k8s library by cdk8s, could also be used for other imports
• cluster/charts - Output folder for the kubernetes manifests
• charts - CDK8s charts declaration, some make use of lib components.
• lib - Reusable components for other apps.
• main.ts Main file with exports for all the used Charts for our apps( Not helm charts! 😅)

Useful Commands

• npm run compile-synth - This command runs tsc and cdk8s synth and outputs the YAML files into the cluster/charts folder.
• yarn compile-synth

References:

For more information in how cdk8s works, please refer to the following links:

GitHub Repository

Website (under active development)

Blog Post