Create a GitRepo Resource

Create GitRepo Instance

Git repositories are registered by creating a GitRepo resource in Kubernetes. Refer to the creating a deployment tutorial for examples.

Git Repository Contents has detail about the content of the Git repository.

The available fields of the GitRepo custom resource are documented in the GitRepo resource reference

Proper Namespace

Git repos are added to the Fleet manager using the GitRepo custom resource type. The GitRepo type is namespaced. By default, Rancher will create two Fleet workspaces: fleet-default and fleet-local.

fleet-default will contain all the downstream clusters that are already registered through Rancher.
fleet-local will contain the local cluster by default.

If you are using Fleet in a single cluster style, the namespace will always be fleet-local. Check here for more on the fleet-local namespace.

For a multi-cluster style, please ensure you use the correct repo that will map to the right target clusters.

Override Workload’s Namespace

The targetNamespace field will override any namespace in the bundle. If the deployment contains cluster scoped resources, it will fail.

It takes precendence over all other namespace definitions:

gitRepo.targetNamespace > fleet.yaml namespace > namespace in workload's manifest > fleet.yaml defaultNamespace

Workload namespace definitions can be restricted with allowedTargetNamespaces in the GitRepoRestriction resource.

Adding Private Git Repository

Fleet supports both http and ssh auth key for private repository. To use this you have to create a secret in the same namespace.

For example, to generate a private ssh key

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -m pem -C "[email protected]"

Note: The private key format has to be in EC PRIVATE KEY, RSA PRIVATE KEY or PRIVATE KEY and should not contain a passphase.

Put your private key into secret, use the namespace the GitRepo is in:

kubectl create secret generic ssh-key -n fleet-default --from-file=ssh-privatekey=/file/to/private/key  --type=kubernetes.io/ssh-auth

Now the clientSecretName must be specified in the repo definition:

apiVersion: fleet.cattle.io/v1alpha1
kind: GitRepo
metadata:
  name: sample-ssh
  # This namespace is special and auto-wired to deploy to the local cluster
  namespace: fleet-local
spec:
  # Everything from this repo will be run in this cluster. You trust me right?
  repo: "[email protected]:rancher/fleet-examples"
  # or
  # repo: "ssh://[email protected]/rancher/fleet-examples"
  clientSecretName: ssh-key
  paths:
  - simple

caution

Private key with passphrase is not supported.

caution

The key has to be in PEM format.

Known hosts

danger

If you don’t add one or more public keys into the secret, any server’s public key will be trusted and added. (ssh -o stricthostkeychecking=accept-new will be used)

Fleet supports putting known_hosts into ssh secret. Here is an example of how to add it:

Fetch the public key hash(take github as an example)

ssh-keyscan -H github.com

And add it into secret:

apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: ssh-key
type: kubernetes.io/ssh-auth
stringData:
  ssh-privatekey: <private-key>
  known_hosts: |-
    |1|YJr1VZoi6dM0oE+zkM0do3Z04TQ=|7MclCn1fLROZG+BgR4m1r8TLwWc= ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEAq2A7hRGmdnm9tUDbO9IDSwBK6TbQa+PXYPCPy6rbTrTtw7PHkccKrpp0yVhp5HdEIcKr6pLlVDBfOLX9QUsyCOV0wzfjIJNlGEYsdlLJizHhbn2mUjvSAHQqZETYP81eFzLQNnPHt4EVVUh7VfDESU84KezmD5QlWpXLmvU31/yMf+Se8xhHTvKSCZIFImWwoG6mbUoWf9nzpIoaSjB+weqqUUmpaaasXVal72J+UX2B+2RPW3RcT0eOzQgqlJL3RKrTJvdsjE3JEAvGq3lGHSZXy28G3skua2SmVi/w4yCE6gbODqnTWlg7+wC604ydGXA8VJiS5ap43JXiUFFAaQ==

Using HTTP Auth

Create a secret containing username and password. You can replace the password with a personal access token if necessary. Also see HTTP secrets in Github.

kubectl create secret generic basic-auth-secret -n fleet-default --type=kubernetes.io/basic-auth --from-literal=username=$user --from-literal=password=$pat

Just like with SSH, reference the secret in your GitRepo resource via clientSecretName.

spec:
  repo: https://github.com/fleetrepoci/gitjob-private.git
  branch: main
  clientSecretName: basic-auth-secret

Using Private Helm Repositories

danger

The credentials will be used unconditionally for all Helm repositories referenced by the gitrepo resource. Make sure you don’t leak credentials by mixing public and private repositories. Use different helm credentials for each path, or split them into different gitrepos, or use helmRepoURLRegex to limit the scope of credentials to certain servers.

For a private Helm repo, users can reference a secret with the following keys:

username and password for basic http auth if the Helm HTTP repo is behind basic auth.
cacerts for custom CA bundle if the Helm repo is using a custom CA.
ssh-privatekey for ssh private key if repo is using ssh protocol. Private key with passphase is not supported currently.

For example, to add a secret in kubectl, run

kubectl create secret -n $namespace generic helm --from-literal=username=foo --from-literal=password=bar --from-file=cacerts=/path/to/cacerts --from-file=ssh-privatekey=/path/to/privatekey.pem

After secret is created, specify the secret to gitRepo.spec.helmSecretName. Make sure secret is created under the same namespace with gitrepo.

Use different helm credentials for each path

info

gitRepo.spec.helmSecretName will be ignored if gitRepo.spec.helmSecretNameForPaths is provided

Create a file secrets-path.yaml that contains credentials for each path defined in a GitRepo. Credentials will not be used for paths that are not present in this file. The path is the actual path to the bundle (ie to a folder containing a fleet.yaml file) within the git repository, which might have more segments than the entry under paths:.

Example:

path-one: # path path-one must exist in the repository
  username: user
  password: pass
path-two: # path path-one must exist in the repository
  username: user2
  password: pass2
  caBundle: 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
  sshPrivateKey: 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

Create the secret

kubectl create secret generic path-auth-secret -n fleet-default --from-file=secrets-path.yaml

In the previous example credentials for username user will be used for the path path-one and credentials for username user2 will be used for the path path-two.

caBundle and sshPrivateKey must be base64 encoded.

note

If you are using “rancher-backups” and want this secret to be included the backup, please add the label resources.cattle.io/backup: true to the secret. In that case, make sure to encrypt the backup to protect sensitive credentials.

Storing Credentials in Git

It’s recommended not to store credentials in Git. Even if the repository is properly protected, the secrets are at risk when cloning, etc. As a workaround tools like SOPS can be used to encrypt the credentials.

Instead it is recommended to reference secrets in the downstream cluster. For manifest-style and kustomize-style bundles this must be done in the manifests, e.g. by mounting the secrets or referencing them as environment variables. Helm-style bundles can use valuesFrom to read values from a secret in the downstream cluster.

When using Kubernetes encryption at rest and storing credentials in Git, it is recommended to configure the upstream cluster to include several Fleet CRDs in encryption resource list:

- secrets
- bundles.fleet.cattle.io
- bundledeployments.fleet.cattle.io
- contents.fleet.cattle.io

Troubleshooting

See Fleet Troubleshooting section here.