Openchoreo Setup

OpenChoreo Setup

Bootstraps OpenChoreo onto Kubernetes. Two targets, each with a single-cluster and a multi-cluster path:

Locally on k3d (development / contributor workflow)

• Single cluster → ./references/on-k3d-locally.md
• Multi-cluster (one cluster per plane) → ./references/on-k3d-multi-cluster.md

On your Kubernetes environment (k3s, GKE, EKS, AKS, DOKS, Rancher Desktop, or self-managed)

• Single cluster → ./references/on-your-environment.md
• Multi-cluster (full multi-cluster, hybrid, or multi-region) → ./references/multi-cluster.md

Ask the user which target and topology if they haven't said. Then load the matching reference and follow it end to end — it owns the choice-capture, version resolution, fetch, walk, and report flow for that path.

Pin the kube context first

Before running any kubectl / helm, establish which context each command targets and pass it explicitly — don't rely on the active context. Environments routinely carry several contexts (and the active one may be a placeholder or the wrong cluster), so an implicit context silently sends an install at the wrong place.

• Confirm the target up front: kubectl config get-contexts, and with the user settle which context is the install target (create/rename one if needed). For multi-cluster, settle one context per plane (cp / dp / op / wp).
• Pass it on every command: kubectl --context=<ctx> … and helm --kube-context=<ctx> …. In multi-cluster, name the plane's context on each command — never depend on "current" state carrying across steps.
• If a first kubectl call errors with an auth prompt / EOF / unreachable API, the active context is a dummy or wrong cluster — resolve the context before continuing, don't work around it.