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Reloader Installation

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Reloader is a Secret Re-injection into Pods Utility

Reloader can have multiple instances dedicated to each of Workload Type Kubernetes Cluster.

Pre-Installation

Section titled “Pre-Installation”

Reloader Preparation

Section titled “Reloader Preparation”

  1. Create Helm Value Configurations

    Terminal window
    cat <<EOF > $BASE_WORKING_DIR/helm-values/reloader-full-values.yaml
    reloader:
      deployment:
        # Kubernetes Security Context
        securityContext:
          runAsNonRoot: true
          runAsUser: 65534
          seccompProfile:
            type: RuntimeDefault
        containerSecurityContext:
          allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
          seccompProfile:
            type: RuntimeDefault
          capabilities:
            drop: ["ALL"]
    EOF

Complete Prerequisites

Section titled “Complete Prerequisites”

Kubernetes Cluster

Section titled “Kubernetes Cluster”

  1. Export Required Shell Variables

    Section titled “Export Required Shell Variables”

    Before connect please load variables based on cluster.

    Terminal window
    source $BASE_WORKING_DIR/shell-values/kubernetes/CHANGEME_cluster.vars.sh

Installation

Section titled “Installation”

  1. Add Reloader Helm Repository.

    Terminal window
    # Add Helm Repository
    helm repo add stakater https://stakater.github.io/stakater-charts
    helm repo update

  2. Install Reloader on Kubernetes Cluster.

    • Install a Helm Release with specific Helm Chart Version --version 2.1.3 (App Version: v1.4.2)

      Terminal window
      # Install Reloader Helm Release
      helm upgrade --install reloader stakater/reloader --version 2.1.3 \
        --namespace devsecops-system \
        -f $BASE_WORKING_DIR/helm-values/reloader-full-values.yaml

Post-Installation

Section titled “Post-Installation”

Reloader Testing

Section titled “Reloader Testing”

  1. Connect to Kubernetes Cluster ; i.e w/ Kubeconfig File

    Terminal window
    source $BASE_WORKING_DIR/shell-values/kubernetes/CHANGEME_cluster.vars.sh

  2. Get Pod Status - Reloader

    Terminal window
    kubectl get pods -n devsecops-system

    Reloader should be `Running

    NAME                   READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
    ... (deducted)
    reloader-reloader-XXXXXXX-YYYY            1/1     Running   0          XdXh

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