Kubernetes with Pulumi

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Pulumi empowers organizations to automate Kubernetes applications, clusters, and entire cloud environments through code, tame secrets sprawl through centralized secrets management, and manage cloud assets and compliance with the help of AI. Pulumi encourages infrastructure, platform, development, DevOps, and security teams to collaborate and accelerates time to market with greater control and minimized risk.

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import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi";
import * as kubernetes from "@pulumi/kubernetes";

// Create a K8s namespace.
const devNamespace = new kubernetes.core.v1.Namespace("devNamespace", {
    metadata: {
        name: "dev",
    },
});

// Deploy the K8s nginx-ingress Helm chart into the created namespace.
const nginxIngress = new kubernetes.helm.v3.Chart("nginx-ingress", {
    chart: "nginx-ingress",
    namespace: devNamespace.metadata.name,
    fetchOpts:{
        repo: "https://charts.helm.sh/stable/",
    },
});

import pulumi_kubernetes as kubernetes

# Create a K8s namespace.
dev_namespace = kubernetes.core.v1.Namespace(
    "devNamespace",
    metadata={
        "name": "dev",
    })

# Deploy the K8s nginx-ingress Helm chart into the created namespace.
nginx_ingress = kubernetes.helm.v3.Chart(
    "nginx-ingress",
    kubernetes.helm.v3.ChartOpts(
        chart="nginx-ingress",
        namespace=dev_namespace.metadata["name"],
        fetch_opts=kubernetes.helm.v3.FetchOpts(
            repo="https://charts.helm.sh/stable/",
        ),
    ),
)

package main

import (
    corev1 "github.com/pulumi/pulumi-kubernetes/sdk/v2/go/kubernetes/core/v1"
    "github.com/pulumi/pulumi-kubernetes/sdk/v2/go/kubernetes/helm/v3"
    metav1 "github.com/pulumi/pulumi-kubernetes/sdk/v2/go/kubernetes/meta/v1"
    "github.com/pulumi/pulumi/sdk/v2/go/pulumi"
)

func main() {
    pulumi.Run(func(ctx *pulumi.Context) error {

        // Create a K8s namespace.
        ns, err := corev1.NewNamespace(ctx, "devNamespace", &corev1.NamespaceArgs{
            Metadata: &metav1.ObjectMetaArgs{
                Name: pulumi.String("dev"),
            },
        })
        if err != nil {
            return err
        }

        // Deploy the K8s nginx-ingress Helm chart into the created namespace.
        _, err = helm.NewChart(ctx, "nginx-ingress", helm.ChartArgs{
            Chart: pulumi.String("nginx-ingress"),
            Namespace: ns.Metadata.ApplyT(func(metadata interface{}) string {
                return *metadata.(*metav1.ObjectMeta).Name
            }).(pulumi.StringOutput),
            FetchArgs: helm.FetchArgs{
                Repo: pulumi.String("https://charts.helm.sh/stable/"),
            },
        })
        if err != nil {
            return err
        }

        return nil
    })
}

using Pulumi;
using Kubernetes = Pulumi.Kubernetes;

class MyStack : Stack
{
    public MyStack()
    {
        // Create a K8s namespace.
        var devNamespace = new Kubernetes.Core.V1.Namespace("devNamespace", new Kubernetes.Types.Inputs.Core.V1.NamespaceArgs
        {
            Metadata = new Kubernetes.Types.Inputs.Meta.V1.ObjectMetaArgs
            {
                Name = "dev",
            },
        });

        // Deploy the K8s nginx-ingress Helm chart into the created namespace.
        var nginx = new Kubernetes.Helm.V3.Chart("nginx-ingress", new Kubernetes.Helm.ChartArgs
        {
            Chart = "nginx-ingress",
            Namespace = devNamespace.Metadata.Apply(x => x.Name),
            FetchOptions = new Kubernetes.Helm.ChartFetchArgs
            {
                Repo = "https://charts.helm.sh/stable/"
            },
        });
    }
}

package com.pulumi.example.infra;

import com.pulumi.Context;
import com.pulumi.Exports;
import com.pulumi.Pulumi;
import com.pulumi.kubernetes.core_v1.Namespace;
import com.pulumi.kubernetes.core_v1.NamespaceArgs;
import com.pulumi.kubernetes.meta_v1.inputs.ObjectMetaArgs;
import com.pulumi.kubernetes.helm.sh_v3.Release;
import com.pulumi.kubernetes.helm.sh_v3.ReleaseArgs;
import com.pulumi.kubernetes.helm.sh_v3.inputs.RepositoryOptsArgs;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Pulumi.run(Main::stack);
    }

    private static Exports stack(Context ctx) {
        var devNamespace = new Namespace("devNamespace", NamespaceArgs.builder()
                  .metadata(ObjectMetaArgs.builder()
                            .name("dev")
                            .build())
                  .build());

        var nginxIngress = new Release("nginx-ingress", ReleaseArgs.builder()
                  .chart("nginx-ingress)
                  .namespace(devNamespace.metadata.name)
                  .repositoryOpts(RepositoryOptsArgs.builder()
                            .repo("https://charts.helm.sh/stable/")
                            .build())
                  .build());

        return ctx.exports();
    }
}

name: simple-kubernetes
runtime: yaml
resources:
  devNamespace:
    type: kubernetes:core:Namespace
    properties:
      metadata:
        name: "dev"
  nginxIngress:
    type: kubernetes:helm.sh:Chart
    properties:
      chart: "nginx-ingress"
      namespace: ${devNamespace.metadata.name}
      fetchOpts:
          repo: "https://charts.helm.sh/stable/"

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Manage Kubernetes clusters on all major cloud providers.
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Pulumi ESC is integrated with External Secrets Operator (ESO), enabling the passing of secrets from ESC directly as environment variables of applications running in Kubernetes.

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Easily make the best use of existing Kubernetes tools such as Helm, and reduce the friction caused by multiple deployment tools and models across complex architectures.

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There’s no need to rewrite your existing Kubernetes configurations to get started with Pulumi. You can efficiently adopt existing K8s resources to deploy your application to save time and effort.

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Use Pulumi to ensure secret data is encrypted in transit, at rest, and physically anywhere it gets stored. Bring your own preferred cloud encryption provider or use Pulumi’s native secrets provider.

Pulumi Kubernetes Operator

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