linkerd-buoyant

linkerd-buoyant

The Linkerd Buoyant extension connects your Linkerd-enabled Kubernetes cluster to Buoyant Cloud, the global platform health dashboard for Linkerd.

This repo consists of two components:

• agent: Runs on your Kubernetes cluster.
• cli: Runs locally or wherever you install the Linkerd CLI.

Install CLI

To install the CLI, run:

curl -sL https://buoyant.cloud/install | sh

Alternatively, you can download the CLI directly via the releases page.

Usage

$ linkerd-buoyant
linkerd-buoyant manages the Buoyant Cloud agent.

It enables operational control over the Buoyant Cloud agent, providing install,
upgrade, and delete functionality.

Usage:
  linkerd-buoyant [command]

Available Commands:
  check       Check the Buoyant Cloud agent installation for potential problems
  help        Help about any command
  install     Output Buoyant Cloud agent manifest for installation
  uninstall   Output Kubernetes manifest to uninstall the Buoyant Cloud agent
  version     Print the CLI and agent version information

Flags:
      --context string      The name of the kubeconfig context to use
  -h, --help                help for linkerd-buoyant
      --kubeconfig string   Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests (default "/home/sig/.kube/config")
  -v, --verbose             Turn on debug logging

Use "linkerd-buoyant [command] --help" for more information about a command.

Development

Agent

Build and run:

bin/go-run agent

Docker build:

docker buildx build -f agent/Dockerfile -t ghcr.io/buoyantio/linkerd-buoyant:latest .

CLI

Build and run:

bin/go-run cli

Run with a version number:

go run -ldflags "-s -w -X github.com/buoyantio/linkerd-buoyant/cli/pkg/version.Version=vX.Y.Z" cli/main.go version

Test against a local server:

bin/go-run cli --bcloud-server http://localhost:8084 check

Protobuf

The generated protobuf bindings in gen come from the proto directory in this repo. If you make changes there, re-generate them with:

bin/gen-proto

Testing

go test -race -cover ./...
bin/lint

Release

Note the latest release: https://github.com/BuoyantIO/linkerd-buoyant/releases

TAG=v0.0.XX
git tag $TAG
git push origin $TAG

License

Copyright 2021 Buoyant, Inc. All rights reserved.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use these files except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.