Kpt

kpt Plugin

Google's tool for managing Kubernetes packages. Package, customize, and apply Kubernetes configurations using a standard format.

Commands

Package Management

• kpt pkg get — Get a Kubernetes package
• kpt pkg apply — Apply package to cluster

Utility

• kpt _ _ — Passthrough to kpt CLI

Usage Examples

• "Get Kubernetes package"
• "Apply package to cluster"
• "Manage k8s packages"
• "Deploy kpt package"

Installation

brew install kpt

Examples

# Get package
kpt pkg get https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kpt.git/package-examples/helloworld-set@v0.7.0 ./my-package

# Apply package
kpt pkg apply ./my-package

# With timeout
kpt pkg apply ./my-package --reconcile-timeout 10m

# Any kpt command with passthrough
kpt _ _ pkg get https://github.com/... ./pkg
kpt _ _ live apply ./pkg
kpt _ _ fn render ./pkg

Key Features

• Packages - K8s package management
• Functions - Config functions
• Live apply - Server-side apply
• Git - Git-based packages
• Custom - Customization
• Reconcile - Reconciliation
• Resources - Resource management
• Hydration - Config hydration
• Validation - Config validation
• CI/CD - Pipeline friendly

Notes

• Requires kubectl configured
• Uses Kptfile for metadata
• Supports Git-based packages
• Great for k8s config management