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<h1 id="using-config-files">Using Config Files<a class="headerlink" href="#using-config-files" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h1>
<p>The config file feature is <strong>available as of k3d v4.0.0</strong></p>
<h2 id="introduction">Introduction<a class="headerlink" href="#introduction" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<div class="admonition info">
<p class="admonition-title">Syntax &amp; Semantics</p>
<p>The options defined in the config file are not 100% the same as the CLI flags.<br />
This concerns naming and style/usage/structure, e.g.</p>
<ul>
<li><code>--api-port</code> is split up into a field named <code>kubeAPI</code> that has 3 different &ldquo;child fields&rdquo; (<code>host</code>, <code>hostIP</code> and <code>hostPort</code>)</li>
<li>k3d options are bundled in a scope named <code>options.k3d</code>, where <code>--no-rollback</code> is defined as <code>options.k3d.disableRollback</code></li>
<li>repeatable flags (like <code>--port</code>) are reflected as YAML lists</li>
</ul>
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<h2 id="usage">Usage<a class="headerlink" href="#usage" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<p>Using a config file is as easy as putting it in a well-known place in your file system and then referencing it via flag:</p>
<ul>
<li>All options in config file: <code>k3d cluster create --config /home/me/my-awesome-config.yaml</code> (must be <code>.yaml</code>/<code>.yml</code>)</li>
<li>With CLI override (name): <code>k3d cluster create somename --config /home/me/my-awesome-config.yaml</code></li>
<li>With CLI override (extra volume): <code>k3d cluster create --config /home/me/my-awesome-config.yaml --volume '/some/path:/some:path@server:0'</code></li>
</ul>
<h2 id="required-fields">Required Fields<a class="headerlink" href="#required-fields" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<p>As of the time of writing this documentation, the config file only <strong>requires</strong> you to define two fields:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>apiVersion</code> to match the version of the config file that you want to use (at this time it would be <code>apiVersion: k3d.io/v1alpha4</code>)</li>
<li><code>kind</code> to define the kind of config file that you want to use (currently we only have the <code>Simple</code> config)</li>
</ul>
<p>So this would be the minimal config file, which configures absolutely nothing:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nt">apiVersion</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">k3d.io/v1alpha4</span>
<span class="nt">kind</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">Simple</span>
</code></pre></div>
<h2 id="config-options">Config Options<a class="headerlink" href="#config-options" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<p>The configuration options for k3d are continuously evolving and so is the config file (syntax) itself.<br />
Currently, the config file is still in an Alpha-State, meaning, that it is subject to change anytime (though we try to keep breaking changes low).</p>
<div class="admonition info">
<p class="admonition-title">Validation via JSON-Schema</p>
<p>k3d uses a <a href="https://json-schema.org/">JSON-Schema</a> to describe the expected format and fields of the configuration file.<br />
This schema is also used to <a href="https://github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema#validation">validate</a> a user-given config file.<br />
This JSON-Schema can be found in the specific config version sub-directory in the repository (e.g. <a href="https://github.com/k3d-io/k3d/blob/main/pkg/config/v1alpha4/schema.json">here for <code>v1alpha4</code></a>) and could be used to lookup supported fields or by linters to validate the config file, e.g. in your code editor. </p>
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<h3 id="all-options-example">All Options: Example<a class="headerlink" href="#all-options-example" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>Since the config options and the config file are changing quite a bit, it&rsquo;s hard to keep track of all the supported config file settings, so here&rsquo;s an example showing all of them as of the time of writing:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="c1"># k3d configuration file, saved as e.g. /home/me/myk3dcluster.yaml</span>
<span class="nt">apiVersion</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">k3d.io/v1alpha4</span> <span class="c1"># this will change in the future as we make everything more stable</span>
<span class="nt">kind</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">Simple</span> <span class="c1"># internally, we also have a Cluster config, which is not yet available externally</span>
<span class="nt">metadata</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="nt">name</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">mycluster</span> <span class="c1"># name that you want to give to your cluster (will still be prefixed with `k3d-`)</span>
<span class="nt">servers</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">1</span> <span class="c1"># same as `--servers 1`</span>
<span class="nt">agents</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">2</span> <span class="c1"># same as `--agents 2`</span>
<span class="nt">kubeAPI</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="c1"># same as `--api-port myhost.my.domain:6445` (where the name would resolve to 127.0.0.1)</span>
<span class="nt">host</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">&quot;myhost.my.domain&quot;</span> <span class="c1"># important for the `server` setting in the kubeconfig</span>
<span class="nt">hostIP</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">&quot;127.0.0.1&quot;</span> <span class="c1"># where the Kubernetes API will be listening on</span>
<span class="nt">hostPort</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">&quot;6445&quot;</span> <span class="c1"># where the Kubernetes API listening port will be mapped to on your host system</span>
<span class="nt">image</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">rancher/k3s:v1.20.4-k3s1</span> <span class="c1"># same as `--image rancher/k3s:v1.20.4-k3s1`</span>
<span class="nt">network</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">my-custom-net</span> <span class="c1"># same as `--network my-custom-net`</span>
<span class="nt">subnet</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">&quot;172.28.0.0/16&quot;</span> <span class="c1"># same as `--subnet 172.28.0.0/16`</span>
<span class="nt">token</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">superSecretToken</span> <span class="c1"># same as `--token superSecretToken`</span>
<span class="nt">volumes</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="c1"># repeatable flags are represented as YAML lists</span>
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="nt">volume</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">/my/host/path:/path/in/node</span> <span class="c1"># same as `--volume &#39;/my/host/path:/path/in/node@server:0;agent:*&#39;`</span>
<span class="nt">nodeFilters</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">server:0</span>
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">agent:*</span>
<span class="nt">ports</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="nt">port</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">8080:80</span> <span class="c1"># same as `--port &#39;8080:80@loadbalancer&#39;`</span>
<span class="nt">nodeFilters</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">loadbalancer</span>
<span class="nt">env</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="nt">envVar</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">bar=baz</span> <span class="c1"># same as `--env &#39;bar=baz@server:0&#39;`</span>
<span class="nt">nodeFilters</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">server:0</span>
<span class="nt">registries</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="c1"># define how registries should be created or used</span>
<span class="nt">create</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="c1"># creates a default registry to be used with the cluster; same as `--registry-create registry.localhost`</span>
<span class="nt">name</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">registry.localhost</span>
<span class="nt">host</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">&quot;0.0.0.0&quot;</span>
<span class="nt">hostPort</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">&quot;5000&quot;</span>
<span class="nt">use</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">k3d-myotherregistry:5000</span> <span class="c1"># some other k3d-managed registry; same as `--registry-use &#39;k3d-myotherregistry:5000&#39;`</span>
<span class="nt">config</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="p p-Indicator">|</span> <span class="c1"># define contents of the `registries.yaml` file (or reference a file); same as `--registry-config /path/to/config.yaml`</span>
<span class="no">mirrors:</span>
<span class="no">&quot;my.company.registry&quot;:</span>
<span class="no">endpoint:</span>
<span class="no">- http://my.company.registry:5000</span>
<span class="nt">options</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="nt">k3d</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="c1"># k3d runtime settings</span>
<span class="nt">wait</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">true</span> <span class="c1"># wait for cluster to be usable before returining; same as `--wait` (default: true)</span>
<span class="nt">timeout</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">&quot;60s&quot;</span> <span class="c1"># wait timeout before aborting; same as `--timeout 60s`</span>
<span class="nt">disableLoadbalancer</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">false</span> <span class="c1"># same as `--no-lb`</span>
<span class="nt">disableImageVolume</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">false</span> <span class="c1"># same as `--no-image-volume`</span>
<span class="nt">disableRollback</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">false</span> <span class="c1"># same as `--no-Rollback`</span>
<span class="nt">loadbalancer</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="nt">configOverrides</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">settings.workerConnections=2048</span>
<span class="nt">k3s</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="c1"># options passed on to K3s itself</span>
<span class="nt">extraArgs</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="c1"># additional arguments passed to the `k3s server|agent` command; same as `--k3s-arg`</span>
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="nt">arg</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">--tls-san=my.host.domain</span>
<span class="nt">nodeFilters</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">server:*</span>
<span class="nt">nodeLabels</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="nt">label</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">foo=bar</span> <span class="c1"># same as `--k3s-node-label &#39;foo=bar@agent:1&#39;` -&gt; this results in a Kubernetes node label</span>
<span class="nt">nodeFilters</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">agent:1</span>
<span class="nt">kubeconfig</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="nt">updateDefaultKubeconfig</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">true</span> <span class="c1"># add new cluster to your default Kubeconfig; same as `--kubeconfig-update-default` (default: true)</span>
<span class="nt">switchCurrentContext</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">true</span> <span class="c1"># also set current-context to the new cluster&#39;s context; same as `--kubeconfig-switch-context` (default: true)</span>
<span class="nt">runtime</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="c1"># runtime (docker) specific options</span>
<span class="nt">gpuRequest</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">all</span> <span class="c1"># same as `--gpus all`</span>
<span class="nt">labels</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="nt">label</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">bar=baz</span> <span class="c1"># same as `--runtime-label &#39;bar=baz@agent:1&#39;` -&gt; this results in a runtime (docker) container label</span>
<span class="nt">nodeFilters</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">agent:1</span>
</code></pre></div>
<h2 id="tips">Tips<a class="headerlink" href="#tips" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
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<li>k3d <a href="https://pkg.go.dev/os#ExpandEnv">expands environment variables</a> (<code>$VAR</code> or <code>${VAR}</code>) unconditionally in the config file, even before processing it in any way. </li>
</ul>
<h2 id="config-file-vs-cli-flags">Config File vs. CLI Flags<a class="headerlink" href="#config-file-vs-cli-flags" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<p>k3d uses <a href="https://github.com/spf13/cobra"><code>Cobra</code></a> and <a href="https://github.com/spf13/viper"><code>Viper</code></a> for CLI and general config handling respectively.<br />
This automatically introduces a &ldquo;config option order of priority&rdquo; (<a href="https://github.com/spf13/viper#why-viper">precedence order</a>):</p>
<div class="admonition info">
<p class="admonition-title">Config Precedence Order</p>
<p>Source: <a href="https://github.com/spf13/viper#why-viper">spf13/viper#why-viper</a> </p>
<blockquote>
<p>Internal Setting &gt; <strong>CLI Flag</strong> &gt; Environment Variable &gt; <strong>Config File</strong> &gt; (k/v store &gt;) Defaults</p>
</blockquote>
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<p>This means, that you can define e.g. a &ldquo;base configuration file&rdquo; with settings that you share across different clusters and override only the fields that differ between those clusters in your CLI flags/arguments.<br />
For example, you use the same config file to create three clusters which only have different names and <code>kubeAPI</code> (<code>--api-port</code>) settings.</p>
<h2 id="references">References<a class="headerlink" href="#references" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<ul>
<li>k3d demo repository: <a href="https://github.com/iwilltry42/k3d-demo/blob/main/README.md#config-file-support">https://github.com/iwilltry42/k3d-demo/blob/main/README.md#config-file-support</a></li>
<li>SUSE Blog: <a href="https://www.suse.com/c/introduction-k3d-run-k3s-docker-src/">https://www.suse.com/c/introduction-k3d-run-k3s-docker-src/</a> (Search for <code>The “Configuration as Code” Way</code>)</li>
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