SKE Operator

The SKE Operator provides full lifecycle support for Syntasso Kratix Enterprise (SKE) and is the recommended approach for installing and managing your SKE installation.

The operator has its own releases and it manages instances of SKE as defined by a Kratix Custom Resource.

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While SKE is can be installed directly via the released SKE distribution manifests, we highly recommend that you use the SKE Operator.

Using the Operator will reduce the workload of maintaining SKE, and all future operational features will only be available via the Operator.

Features

The SKE Operator will:

• Install a Kratix instance into your cluster, including dependencies
• Prevent drift of Kratix resources by continuously reconciling them against the declared SKE distribution
• Validate SKE is in a healthy state before upgrading with pre-upgrade checks
• Roll out an upgrade to the next minor version at the latest patch
• Provide information about the status of the upgrade

The Kratix CRD

The Kratix CRD is the resource definition corresponding to a Kratix installation. This resource is managed by the SKE Operator.

apiVersion: platform.syntasso.io/v1alpha1
kind: Kratix
metadata:
  name: my-kratix
spec:
  version: vX.Y.Z # The desired version of SKE, can be set to latest
  deploymentConfig:
    resources: # set to customize resource requests&limits for kratix deployment
      # limits and requests must be valid Kubernetes resource quantities
      limits:
        memory: 500Mi
        cpu: 300Mi
      requests:
        memory: 500Mi
        cpu: 300Mi

The Kratix resource is the owner of all resources installed as part of the SKE distribution, and ensures that their state always matches the definition in the distribution manifest.