Project Config

Overview

The Project Config represents the configuration of a KubeBuilder project. All projects that are scaffolded with the CLI (KB version 3.0 and higher) will generate the PROJECT file in the projects’ root directory. Therefore, it will store all plugins and input data used to generate the project and APIs to better enable plugins to make useful decisions when scaffolding.

Example

Following is an example of a PROJECT config file which is the result of a project generated with two APIs using the Deploy Image Plugin.

# Code generated by tool. DO NOT EDIT.
# This file is used to track the info used to scaffold your project
# and allow the plugins properly work.
# More info: https://book.kubebuilder.io/reference/project-config.html
domain: testproject.org
layout:
  - go.kubebuilder.io/v4
plugins:
  deploy-image.go.kubebuilder.io/v1-alpha:
    resources:
      - domain: testproject.org
        group: example.com
        kind: Memcached
        options:
          containerCommand: memcached,--memory-limit=64,-o,modern,-v
          containerPort: "11211"
          image: memcached:1.4.36-alpine
          runAsUser: "1001"
        version: v1alpha1
      - domain: testproject.org
        group: example.com
        kind: Busybox
        options:
          image: busybox:1.28
        version: v1alpha1
projectName: project-v4-with-deploy-image
repo: sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/testdata/project-v4-with-deploy-image
resources:
  - api:
      crdVersion: v1
      namespaced: true
    controller: true
    domain: testproject.org
    group: example.com
    kind: Memcached
    path: sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/testdata/project-v4-with-deploy-image/api/v1alpha1
    version: v1alpha1
    webhooks:
      validation: true
      webhookVersion: v1
  - api:
      crdVersion: v1
      namespaced: true
    controller: true
    domain: testproject.org
    group: example.com
    kind: Busybox
    path: sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/testdata/project-v4-with-deploy-image/api/v1alpha1
    version: v1alpha1
version: "3"

Why do we need to store the plugins and data used?

Following some examples of motivations to track the input used:

• check if a plugin can or cannot be scaffolded on top of an existing plugin (i.e.) plugin compatibility while chaining multiple of them together.
• what operations can or cannot be done such as verify if the layout allow API(s) for different groups to be scaffolded for the current configuration or not.
• verify what data can or not be used in the CLI operations such as to ensure that WebHooks can only be created for pre-existent API(s)

Note that KubeBuilder is not only a CLI tool but can also be used as a library to allow users to create their plugins/tools, provide helpers and customizations on top of their existing projects - an example of which is Operator-SDK. SDK leverages KubeBuilder to create plugins to allow users to work with other languages and provide helpers for their users to integrate their projects with, for example, the Operator Framework solutions/OLM. You can check the plugin’s documentation to know more about creating custom plugins.

Additionally, another motivation for the PROJECT file is to help us to create a feature that allows users to easily upgrade their projects by providing helpers that automatically re-scaffold the project. By having all the required metadata regarding the APIs, their configurations and versions in the PROJECT file. For example, it can be used to automate the process of re-scaffolding while migrating between plugin versions. (More info).

Versioning

The Project config is versioned according to its layout. For further information see Versioning.

Layout Definition

The PROJECT version 3 layout looks like:

domain: testproject.org
layout:
  - go.kubebuilder.io/v4
plugins:
  deploy-image.go.kubebuilder.io/v1-alpha:
    resources:
      - domain: testproject.org
        group: example.com
        kind: Memcached
        options:
          containerCommand: memcached,--memory-limit=64,-o,modern,-v
          containerPort: "11211"
          image: memcached:memcached:1.6.26-alpine3.19
          runAsUser: "1001"
        version: v1alpha1
      - domain: testproject.org
        group: example.com
        kind: Busybox
        options:
          image: busybox:1.36.1
        version: v1alpha1
projectName: project-v4-with-deploy-image
repo: sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/testdata/project-v4-with-deploy-image
resources:
  - api:
      crdVersion: v1
      namespaced: true
    controller: true
    domain: testproject.org
    group: example.com
    kind: Memcached
    path: sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/testdata/project-v4-with-deploy-image/api/v1alpha1
    version: v1alpha1
    webhooks:
      validation: true
      webhookVersion: v1
  - api:
      crdVersion: v1
      namespaced: true
    controller: true
    domain: testproject.org
    group: example.com
    kind: Busybox
    path: sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/testdata/project-v4-with-deploy-image/api/v1alpha1
    version: v1alpha1
version: "3"

Now let’s check its layout fields definition: