sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api@v1.7.1/docs/book/src/developer/providers/implementers-guide/overview.md (about) 1 # Overview 2 3 In order to demonstrate how to develop a new Cluster API provider we will use 4 `kubebuilder` to create an example provider. For more information on `kubebuilder` 5 and CRDs in general we highly recommend reading the [Kubebuilder Book][kubebuilder-book]. 6 Much of the information here was adapted directly from it. 7 8 This is an _infrastructure_ provider - tasked with managing provider-specific resources for clusters and machines. 9 There are also [bootstrap providers][bootstrap], which turn machines into Kubernetes nodes. 10 11 [bootstrap]: ../../../reference/providers.md#bootstrap 12 13 ## Prerequisites 14 15 - Install [`kubectl`][kubectl-install] 16 - Install [`kustomize`][install-kustomize] 17 - Install [`kubebuilder`][install-kubebuilder] 18 19 ### tl;dr 20 21 {{#tabs name:"kubectl and kustomize" tabs:"MacOS,Linux"}} 22 {{#tab MacOS}} 23 24 ```bash 25 # Install kubectl 26 brew install kubernetes-cli 27 28 # Install kustomize 29 brew install kustomize 30 31 # Install Kubebuilder 32 brew install kubebuilder 33 ``` 34 {{#/tab }} 35 {{#tab Linux}} 36 37 ```bash 38 # Install kubectl 39 KUBECTL_VERSION=$(curl -sfL https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt) 40 curl -fLO https://dl.k8s.io/release/${KUBECTL_VERSION}/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl 41 42 # Install kustomize 43 curl -s "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/master/hack/install_kustomize.sh" | bash 44 chmod +x ./kustomize && sudo mv ./kustomize /usr/local/bin/kustomize 45 46 # Install Kubebuilder 47 curl -sLo kubebuilder https://go.kubebuilder.io/dl/latest/$(go env GOOS)/$(go env GOARCH) 48 chmod +x ./kubebuilder && sudo mv ./kubebuilder /usr/local/bin/kubebuilder 49 ``` 50 51 {{#/tab }} 52 {{#/tabs }} 53 54 [kubebuilder-book]: https://book.kubebuilder.io/ 55 [kubectl-install]: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/#kubectl 56 [install-kustomize]: https://kubectl.docs.kubernetes.io/installation/kustomize/ 57 [install-kubebuilder]: https://book.kubebuilder.io/quick-start.html#installation