Kube-Builder

kube-builder is a utility image that includes several tools useful in Drone pipelines for building Docker images and deploying them to Kubernetes.

Requirements

• Docker
• Drone CI (for pipeline usage)

Installation

Pull the image from Docker Hub:

docker pull supporttools/kube-builder

Included Tools

• curl - Command line tool for transferring data
• wget - File retrieval utility
• openssh-client - SSH connectivity tools
• git - Version control system
• zip/unzip - Compression utilities
• awscli - AWS command line interface
• rsync - Fast file transfer utility
• jq - JSON processor
• ca-certificates - Common CA certificates
• make - Build automation tool
• build-essential - C/C++ compiler and development tools
• gnupg - OpenPGP encryption and signing tool
• lsb-release - Linux Standard Base version reporting
• kubectl - Kubernetes command-line tool
• kustomize - Kubernetes configuration management
• helm - Kubernetes package manager
• gh - GitHub CLI tool
• kube-linter - Static analysis tool for Kubernetes
• Go - Programming language
• rancher-projects - Rancher CLI tool
• Docker - Container platform
• Docker Buildx - Docker CLI plugin for extended build capabilities

Usage

To use the kube-builder image in your Drone pipelines, specify supporttools/kube-builder as the image name in your .drone.yml file:

pipeline:
  build:
    image: supporttools/kube-builder
    commands:
      - make build
      - make push
      - kubectl apply -f deployment.yaml

This example pipeline runs a make command to build a Docker image, then pushes the image to a Docker registry, and finally deploys the Kubernetes manifest in deployment.yaml using kubectl apply.

You can also use the included tools directly in your pipeline commands:

pipeline:
  build:
    image: supporttools/kube-builder
    commands:
      - kubectl version --client
      - kustomize build overlays/dev | kubectl apply -f -
      - helm upgrade --install my-app chart/

Local Development

You can run the container locally for testing:

docker run -it --rm supporttools/kube-builder /bin/bash

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please follow these steps:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Commit your changes
4. Push to your branch
5. Create a Pull Request

License

kube-builder is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See the LICENSE file for details.