helm based operator for https://github.com/actions-runner-controller/actions-runner-controller

• built with operator-sdk
  • https://sdk.operatorframework.io/docs/building-operators/helm/tutorial/

• cert-manager
  • on openshift, use the cert-manager operator provided by redhat (not the community one)
• olm
  • openshift clusters will have this installed out of the box by default

operator-sdk init --plugins helm --domain example.com --helm-chart actions-runner-controller --helm-chart-repo https://actions-runner-controller.github.io/actions-runner-controller

• run the operator bundle with operator-sdk

  operator-sdk run bundle ghcr.io/boxboat-github-practice/github-arc-operator-bundle:experimental

• create gh api token

• add token to sample controller manifest

• deploy manifests

  make deploy
  kubectl apply -f config/samples/simple-sample.yaml
  kubectl apply -f config/samples/runner-deployment.yaml

• undeploy when finished

  make undeploy
  kubectl destroy -f config/samples/simple-sample.yaml
  kubectl destroy -f config/samples/runner-deployment.yaml

• uninstall operator

  operator-sdk cleanup github-arc-operator

• CRDs created by arc instances are not deleted by the operator-sdk

for i in $(k get customresourcedefinitions.apiextensions.k8s.io | grep ".*actions\.summerwind\.dev" | awk '{print $1}'); do kubectl delete customresourcedefinition $i; done

• if you're testing, and not changing the version between builds, make sure to clear the cache folder or you won't pull new changes on a redeploy

  rm -rf cache/

• codify operator manifest changes
  • manager role
    • add permissions for cert-manager issuers and certificates
    • add permissions for customresourcedefinitions
  • manager deployment
    • increase resource limits
• codify arc helm chart changes
  • manager_role
    • add permissions for apiGroup actions.summerwind.dev horizontalrunnerautoscalers