a tool to configure and create Kubernetes objects on multiple environments
qbec (pronounced like the Canadian province) is a command line tool that allows you to create Kubernetes objects on multiple Kubernetes clusters and/ or namespaces configured for the target environment in question.
It is based on jsonnet and is similar to other tools in the same space like kubecfg and ksonnet. If you already know what the other tools do, read the comparison document to understand how qbec is different from them. Otherwise read the user guide.
Features
- Deploy Kubernetes objects across multiple clusters and/ or namespaces.
- Create transient objects like one-off
jobsandpodswith generated names. - Deploy cluster-scoped objects (useful for cluster admins)
- Specify common metadata (e.g. annotations) for all objects in one place.
- Track configurations with version control
- Specify environment-specific component lists
- Apply component and kind filters to commands
- Automatic garbage collection for deleted and renamed objects.
- Integrate with jsonnet external and top-level variables for late-bound configuration
- Create differently named objects for branch builds and garbage collect in that limited scope.
- Customize update and delete behavior using directives.
- Usable, safe and secure by default.
- Duplicate objects having the same kind, namespace, and name are detected and disallowed.
- Remote commands that change cluster state require confirmation.
- Secrets are automatically hidden and never appear in any output.
- Performant (limited by the speed of the jsonnet libraries you use)
- Ability to use qbec environment definitions in other unrelated commands and scripts so that the safety properties of qbec are carried over to those commands.