Manage Armory Continuous Deployment using the Operator

This guide is for both the Armory Operator and the Spinnaker Operator. Armory Continuous Deployment and Spinnaker configuration is the same except for features only in Armory Continuous Deployment. Those features are marked .

Kubernetes tools

You use kubectl to manage the Armory Continuous Deployment or Spinnaker lifecycle like you do with other applications deployed to Kubernetes. For example:

List instances

kubectl get spinnakerservice --all-namespaces

Describe instances

You can use spinsvc instead of spinnakerservice:

kubectl -n <namespace> describe spinsvc spinnaker

Consult the kubectl docs for a list of commands.

Deploy Armory Continuous Deployment

• Manifest
• Kustomize

kubectl -n <namespace> apply -f <path-to-manifest-file>

kubctl -n <namespace> apply -k <path-to-kustomize-directory>

You can watch the installation progress by executing:

kubectl -n <namespace> get spinsvc spinnaker -w

You can verify pod status by executing:

 kubectl -n <namespace> get pods

Upgrade Armory Continuous Deployment

• Manifest
• Kustomize

kind: SpinnakerService
metadata:
 name: spinnaker
spec:
 spinnakerConfig:
   config:
     version: <version>

kubectl -n <namespace> apply -f <path-to-manifest-file>

kubctl -n <namespace> apply -k <path-to-kustomize-directory>

You can view the upgraded services starting up by executing describe:

kubectl -n <namespace>  describe spinsvc spinnaker

Verify the upgraded version of Spinnaker:

kubectl -n <namespace> get spinsvc

The command returns information similar to the following:

NAME         VERSION
spinnaker    2.20.2

VERSION should reflect the target version for your upgrade.

Rollback Armory Continuous Deployment

• Manifest
• Kustomize

kind: SpinnakerService
metadata:
 name: spinnaker
spec:
 spinnakerConfig:
   config:
     version: <version>

kubectl -n <namespace> apply -f <path-to-manifest-file>

kubctl -n <namespace> apply -k <path-to-kustomize-directory>

You can view the rolled back services starting up by executing describe:

kubectl -n <namespace>  describe spinsvc spinnaker

Verify the rolled back version of Spinnaker:

kubectl -n <namespace> get spinsvc

The command returns information similar to the following:

NAME         VERSION
spinnaker    2.27.2

VERSION should reflect the target version for your rollback.

Delete Armory Continuous Deployment

kubectl -n <namespace> delete spinnakerservice spinnaker

Help resources

• Armory Operator and Armory Continuous Deployment: contact Armory Support or use the Spinnaker Slack #armory channel.
• Spinnaker Operator and Spinnaker: Spinnaker Slack #kubernetes-operator channel.

What’s next

• See the Errors and Troubleshooting guide if you encounter issues.