flux-local is a set of tools and libraries for managing a local flux gitops repository focused on validation steps to help improve quality of commits, PRs, and general local testing.
This library uses command line tools like kustomize and helm to replicate the behavior of flux to gather objects in the cluster. It only looks at the local git repo, and not a live cluster. However, this is fine since the local repository has enough information and the definition is simple. Secrets are ignored as the content is not needed to validate the cluster is creating valid objects.
This library at first glance is little more than shell scripts running commands, but is easier to test, maintain, and evolve. This does not support all features of flux, but should be close enough for home use.
See documentation for full quickstart and API reference. See the github project.
The CLI is written in python and packaged as part of the flux-local python library, which can be installed using pip:
$ pip3 install flux-localYou can use the flux-local cli to inspect objects in the cluster, similar to how you might
use the flux command on a real cluster.
This example lists all Kustomizations in the cluster:
$ flux-local get ks -o wide
NAME PATH HELMREPOS RELEASES
apps ./tests/testdata/cluster/apps/prod 0 0
infra-controllers ./tests/testdata/cluster/infrastructure/controllers 0 0
infra-configs ./tests/testdata/cluster/infrastructure/configs 2 0This example lists all HelmReleases in the cluster:
$ flux-local get hr -A
NAMESPACE NAME REVISION CHART SOURCE
podinfo podinfo 6.3.2 podinfo-podinfo podinfo
metallb metallb 4.1.14 metallb-metallb bitnamiThis example lists all HelmReleases in a specific namespace:
$ flux-local get hr -n metallb
NAME REVISION CHART SOURCE
metallb 4.1.14 metallb-metallb bitnamiYou can use the flux-local cli to build objects in a cluster, similar to how you
use kustomize build, which is used underneath. Here is an example to build all flux
Kustomization objects within a git repository, using kustomize cfg count to parse
the yaml output:
$ flux-local build ks --path tests/testdata/cluster/ | kustomize cfg count
Certificate: 2
ClusterPolicy: 1
ConfigMap: 2
GitRepository: 1
HelmRelease: 3
HelmRepository: 3
Kustomization: 4
Namespace: 1Additionally, you can inflate HelmRelease objects inside a Kustomization. This example
again shows kustomize cfg count to parse the yaml output of an inflated HelmRelease
objects defined in the cluster:
$ flux-local build hr podinfo -n podinfo --path tests/testdata/cluster/ | kustomize cfg count
ConfigMap: 1
Deployment: 2
Ingress: 1
Service: 2You may also use flux-local to verify your local changes to cluster resources have the desird
effect. This is similar to flux diff but entirely local. This will run a local kustomize build
first against the local repo then again against a prior repo revision, then prints the output:
$ flux-local diff ks apps
---
+++
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
kind: Namespace
metadata:
name: podinfo
+- apiVersion: v1
+ data:
+ foo: bar
+ kind: ConfigMap
+ metadata:
+ name: podinfo-config
+ namespace: podinfo
- apiVersion: helm.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v2beta1
kind: HelmRelease
metadata:
Additionally flux-local can inflate a HelmRelease locally and show diffs in the output
objects. This is similar to flux diff but for HelmReleases:
$ flux-local diff hr -n podinfo podinfo
---
+++
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
labels:
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
app.kubernetes.io/name: podinfo
- app.kubernetes.io/version: 6.3.2
- helm.sh/chart: podinfo-6.3.2
+ app.kubernetes.io/version: 6.3.3
+ helm.sh/chart: podinfo-6.3.3
name: podinfo
spec:
ports:
...You may also use an external diff program such as dyff which is more compact for diffing yaml resources:
$ git status
On branch dev
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/dev'.
Changes not staged for commit:
modified: home/dev/hajimari-values.yaml
$ export DIFF="dyff between --omit-header --color on"
$ flux-local diff ks home --path clusters/dev/
spec.chart.spec.version (HelmRelease/hajimari/hajimari)
± value change
- 2.0.2
+ 2.0.1
$ flux-local diff hr hajimari -n hajimari --path clusters/dev/
metadata.labels.helm.sh/chart (ClusterRoleBinding/default/hajimari)
± value change
- hajimari-2.0.2
+ hajimari-2.0.1
metadata.labels.helm.sh/chart (PersistentVolumeClaim/default/hajimari-data)
± value change
- hajimari-2.0.2
+ hajimari-2.0.1You can verify that the resources in the cluster are formatted properly before commit or as part
of a CI system. The flux-local test command will build the Kustomization resources in the
cluster:
$ flux-local test
============================================= test session starts =============================================
collected 18 items
clusters/dev ......... [ 50%]
clusters/prod ......... [100%]
============================================= 18 passed in 11.43s =============================================
$ flux-local test -v
============================================= test session starts =============================================
collected 18 items
./clusters/dev::certmanager::kustomization PASSED [ 5%]
./clusters/dev::crds::kustomization PASSED [ 11%]
./clusters/dev::games::kustomization PASSED [ 16%]
./clusters/dev::home::kustomization PASSED [ 22%]
./clusters/dev::infrastructure::kustomization PASSED [ 27%]
./clusters/dev::monitoring::kustomization PASSED [ 33%]
./clusters/dev::network::kustomization PASSED [ 38%]
./clusters/dev::services::kustomization PASSED [ 44%]
./clusters/dev::settings::kustomization PASSED [ 50%]
./clusters/prod::certmanager::kustomization PASSED [ 55%]
./clusters/prod::crds::kustomization PASSED [ 61%]
./clusters/prod::games::kustomization PASSED [ 66%]
./clusters/prod::home::kustomization PASSED [ 72%]
./clusters/prod::infrastructure::kustomization PASSED [ 77%]
./clusters/prod::monitoring::kustomization PASSED [ 83%]
./clusters/prod::network::kustomization PASSED [ 88%]
./clusters/prod::services::kustomization PASSED [ 94%]
./clusters/prod::settings::kustomization PASSED [100%]
============================================= 18 passed in 11.81s ============================================
You may also validate HelmRelease objects can be templated properly with the --enable-helm
flag. This will run kustomize build then run helm template on all the HelmRelease objects
found. Additionally the --enable-kyverno flag will apply any found ClusterPolicy objects to
all objects in the cluster and verify they pass:
$ flux-local test --enable-helm --enable-kyverno
============================================= test session starts =============================================
collected 81 items
clusters/dev ..................................... [ 45%]
clusters/prod ............................................ [100%]
======================================== 81 passed in 75.40s (0:01:15) ========================================
You may use flux-local as a github action to verify the health of the cluster on changes
or PRs. The actions expect to find the flux and kustomize binaries installed.
The test action will validate the cluster will build, and can optionally
validate flux HelmRelease builds and also verify that all objects pass
kyverno policies (e.g. for determining there are no deprecated api resources
or that ingress objects are valid).
This example will run flux-local test against the cluster in clusters/prod with
helm release expansion enabled.
- name: Setup Flux CLI
uses: fluxcd/flux2/[email protected]
- uses: allenporter/flux-local/action/[email protected]
with:
path: clusters/prod
enable-helm: true
enable-kyverno: falseThe diff action will show you the final diffs of Kustomization or HelmRelease
objects that are fully built. While typically you can just read diffs to understand
how kustomzations may be affected, this action also supports overlays and multiple
clusters showing you the final output.
This is an example that diffs a HelmRelease:
- name: Setup Flux CLI
uses: fluxcd/flux2/[email protected]
- uses: allenporter/flux-local/action/[email protected]
id: diff
with:
live-branch: main
path: clusters/prod
resource: helmrelease
- name: PR Comments
uses: mshick/add-pr-comment@v2
if: ${{ steps.diff.outputs.diff != '' }}
with:
repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
message-failure: Unable to post diff
message: |
`````diff
${{ steps.diff.outputs.diff }}
`````This is an example of a workflow that will diff Kustomization and HelmRelease objects
in a repo with multiple clusters (dev and prod):
jobs:
diffs:
name: Compute diffs
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
strategy:
matrix:
cluster_path:
- clusters/dev
- clusters/prod
resource:
- helmrelease
- kustomization
steps:
- name: Setup Flux CLI
uses: fluxcd/flux2/[email protected]
- uses: allenporter/flux-local/action/[email protected]
id: diff
with:
live-branch: main
path: ${{ matrix.cluster_path }}
resource: ${{ matrix.resource }}
- name: PR Comments
uses: mshick/add-pr-comment@v2
if: ${{ steps.diff.outputs.diff != '' }}
with:
repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
message-id: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}/${{ matrix.cluster_path }}/${{ matrix.resource }}
message-failure: Unable to post kustomization diff
message: |
`````diff
${{ steps.diff.outputs.diff }}
`````The flux_local library documentation for details
on the python APIs provided.
