m8s

m8s, pronounced "mates", is a tool for declarative k8s deployment using Kubectl, Helm and more.

Install

Download the latest binary for Linux or macOS here: https://github.com/conradkleinespel/m8s/releases/latest

Or run using Docker:

docker run --rm -it ghcr.io/conradkleinespel/m8s up --help

Why use m8s?

m8s is helpful in the following situations :

• you want a complete and declarative representation of your k8s resources,
• you want to deploy from a terminal,
• you don't have something like ArgoCD,
• you have a tool like ArgoCD that depends on other resources being deployed,
• you want to a tool that helps you prevent dependency cycles in your infrastructure.

Usage

m8s needs a configuration file like the one below, we'll call it m8s.yaml:

---
helm:
  repositories:
    - name: ingress-nginx
      url: https://kubernetes.github.io/ingress-nginx

resources:
  myCustomManifest:
    manifest:
      path: path/to/my-custom-manifest.yaml

  myIngressNginxDeployment:
    helmRemote:
      name: ingress-nginx
      namespace: ingress-nginx
      chartName: ingress-nginx/ingress-nginx
      chartVersion: 4.11.3
      values:
        - path/to/values-ingress-nginx.yaml
    dependsOn:
      - myCustomManifest

Then, call m8s up and m8s will run kubectl, helm, and other tools as needed 🚀

Read the full documentation. Or import the JSON schema into your IDE for autocomplete and validation.

License

The source code is released under the Apache 2.0 license.