Requirements

Kubernetes Cluster #

Package Operator need a Kubernetes cluster to be deployed on. If you don’t have a cluster but still want to play around with Package Operator, there are a few choices of tools to deploy a Kubernetes cluster locally, such as minikube and kind.

kubectl #

You will need the Kubernetes CLI, kubectl, to deploy and interact with Package Operator and your packages.

kubectl-package #

Package Operator provides a kubectl plugin to validate, package and inspect Package Operator packages.
The binaries can be found on the Package Operator Releases page.

Container Runtime #

You will CLI to build container images, such as docker or podman.