Octopus Deploy Documentation

Create Kubernetes Target Command

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Kubernetes

Command: New-OctopusKubernetesTarget

Parameter Value
-name Name for the Octopus deployment target.
-clusterUrl The Kubernetes cluster URL. This must be a complete URL such as https://mycluster.org.
-octopusServerCertificateIdOrName The name of the Octopus certificate to use as the cluster CA.
-octopusRoles Comma separated list of Roles to assign.
-octopusAccountIdOrName The name of the Octopus account used for authentication with the cluster. This or the -octopusClientCertificateIdOrName option must be defined.
-octopusClientCertificateIdOrName The name of the Octopus certificate used for authentication with the cluster. This or the -octopusAccountIdOrName option must be defined.
-clusterResourceGroup When using an Azure account, this defines the name of the resource group that holds the AKS cluster.
-clusterAdminLogin Set to $True when building an AKS target to use the admin login.
-clusterName When using a AWS or Azure account, this defines the name of the EKS or AKS cluster.
-namespace The default kubectl namespace.
-updateIfExisting Will update an existing Kubernetes target with the same name, create if it doesn't exist.
-skipTlsVerification The server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure.
-octopusDefaultWorkerPoolIdOrName Name or Id of the Worker Pool for the deployment target to use. (Optional). Added in 2020.6.
-healthCheckContainerImageFeedIdOrName Name or Id of the feed that contains the health check container image. Added in 2021.2.
-healthCheckContainerImage The name of the health check container image. Added in 2021.2.
-clusterProject The ID of the GCE project containing the GKE cluster to connect to.
-clusterRegion The name of the GKE cluster region (for regional clusters).
-clusterZone The name of the GKE cluster zone (for zonal clusters).
-clusterImpersonateServiceAccount Set to $True to impersonate service accounts when defining a GKE cluster.
-clusterServiceAccountEmails Defines the service account emails to assume when defining a GKE cluster.
-clusterUseVmServiceAccount Set to $True to use the service account assigned to the virtual machine hosting the GKE target worker.

Examples

Create a target with a username/password or token account.

New-OctopusKubernetesTarget `
    -name "The name of the target" `
    -clusterUrl "https://k8scluster" `
    -octopusRoles "The target role" `
    -octopusAccountIdOrName "The name of an account" `
    -namespace "kubernetes-namespace" `
    -updateIfExisting `
    -skipTlsVerification True

When creating a target with a client certificate, the name of the certificate is required.

New-OctopusKubernetesTarget `
    -name "The name of the target" `
    -clusterUrl "https://k8scluster" `
    -octopusRoles "The target role" `
    -octopusClientCertificateIdOrName "The name of a certificate" `
    -namespace "kubernetes-namespace" `
    -updateIfExisting `
    -skipTlsVerification True

When creating a target using an Azure account, the cluster URL and certificates are not required. The Azure resource group and AKS name are required.

New-OctopusKubernetesTarget `
    -name "The name of the target" `
    -octopusRoles "The target role" `
    -octopusAccountIdOrName "The name of an azure account" `
    -clusterResourceGroup "AzureResourceGroupName" `
    -clusterName "AzureAKSClusterName" `
    -namespace "kubernetes-namespace" `
    -updateIfExisting `
    -skipTlsVerification True

When creating a target using an AWS account, the EKS cluster name is required.

New-OctopusKubernetesTarget `
    -name "The name of the target" `
    -octopusRoles "The target role" `
    -clusterUrl "https://k8scluster" `
    -octopusAccountIdOrName "The name of an aws account" `
    -clusterName "AwsEKSClusterName" `
    -namespace "kubernetes-namespace" `
    -updateIfExisting `
    -skipTlsVerification True

When creating a GKE target, the GCE project, region or zone, and cluster names are required:

New-OctopusKubernetesTarget `
    -name dynamicGKE `
    -octopusRoles gke `
    -environment Development `
    -octopusAccountIdOrName Google `
    -clusterProject kubernetes-demo-198002 `
    -clusterRegion australia-southeast1 `
    -clusterName mattc-test `
    -updateIfExisting

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