Bootstrapping Applications¶

The Kubernetes @Home community has created a wonderful Github template for bootstrapping a cluster for flux this can be viewed here.

Bootstrapping Flux¶

Create or locate cluster GPG key¶

export GPG_TTY=$(tty)
gpg --list-secret-keys "Home cluster (Flux) <email>"
export FLUX_KEY_FP=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Verify cluster is ready for Flux¶

flux --kubeconfig=./kubeconfig check --pre

Pre-create the flux-system namespace¶

kubectl --kubeconfig=./kubeconfig create namespace flux-system --dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl --kubeconfig=./kubeconfig apply -f -

Add the Flux GPG key in-order for Flux to decrypt SOPS secrets¶

gpg --export-secret-keys --armor "${FLUX_KEY_FP}" |
kubectl --kubeconfig=./kubeconfig create secret generic sops-gpg \
    --namespace=flux-system \
    --from-file=sops.asc=/dev/stdin

Install Flux¶

kubectl --kubeconfig=./kubeconfig apply --kustomize=./cluster/base/flux-system

:tada: at this point after reconciliation Flux state should be restored.