Alauda Container Platform

Installing Alauda Container Platform Builds

Prerequisites

Alauda Container Platform Builds is a container tool offered by that integrates building (capable of Source to Image) and create application.

  1. Download the latest version package of Alauda Container Platform Builds that matches your platform. If the Tekton operator has not been installed on the Kubernetes cluster, it is recommended to download it together.
  2. Utilize the violet CLI tool to upload Alauda Container Platform Builds and Tekton packages to your target cluster. For detailed instructions on using violet, please refer to the CLI.

Procedure

Install the Alauda Container Platform Builds Operator

  1. Log in, and navigate to the Platform Management page.
  2. Click Marketplace > OperatorHub.
  3. Find the Alauda Container Platform Builds operator, click Install, and enter the Install page.

Configuration Parameters:

ParameterRecommended Configuration
ChannelAlpha: The default Channel is set to alpha.
VersionPlease select the latest version.
Installation ModeCluster: A single Operator is shared across all namespaces in the cluster for instance creation and management, resulting in lower resource usage.
NamespaceRecommended: It is recommended to use the shipyard-operator namespace; it will be created automatically if it does not exist.
Upgrade StrategyPlease select the Manual.
  • Manual: When a new version is available in the OperatorHub
  • the Upgrade action will not be executed automatically.
  1. On the Install page, select default configuration, click Install, and complete the installation of the Alauda Container Platform Builds Operator.

Install the Shipyard instance

  1. Click on Marketplace > OperatorHub.

  2. Find the installed Alauda Container Platform Builds operator, navigate to All Instances.

  3. Click Create Instance button, and click Shipyard card in the resource area.

  4. On the parameter configuration page for the instance, you may use the default configuration unless there are specific requirements.

  5. Click Create.

Verification

  • After the instance is successfully creted, wait approximately "20 mins" before switching to Container Platform > Applications > Applications and click on Create.
  • You should see the entry for Create from Code. At this time, the installation of Alauda Container Platform Builds is successful, and you can start your S2I journey with the Creating an application from Code.
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