Deployment

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This declares one Deployment to be managed by Inrun.

Minimal example — static values only:

onCreate:
  deployments:
    - image: nginx:1.25
      replicas: "3"
      port: "8080"
      resources:
        preset: burst      # Use inrun's burst resource configuration

Full example — dynamic values from the CR:

onCreate:
  deployments:
    - name: "{{ .metadata.name }}-app"
      image: "{{ .spec.image }}"
      replicas: "{{ .spec.replicas }}"
      port: "{{ .spec.port }}"
      namespace: "{{ .metadata.namespace }}"
      labels:
        app: "{{ .metadata.name }}"
        managed-by: inrun
      resources:
        requests:
          cpu: 100m
          memory: 128Mi
        limits:
          cpu: 500m
          memory: 512Mi

Lifecycle

Declare this resource under onCreate for an idempotent, one-time create: Inrun creates it on the first reconcile and leaves it untouched afterward. Set reconcile: true on the same entry to also apply it as drift correction on every subsequent reconcile. This is a shorthand for declaring the identical entry under onReconcile as well — there’s no need to do both.

Declare a resource under onDelete to run explicit cleanup before the CR’s finalizer is removed. Most resources need no onDelete entry — they are garbage-collected automatically through owner references when the CR itself is deleted.


Fields

name

Type: string

Name — Deployment and primary container name. Supports template expressions. Default when omitted: “{{ .metadata.name }}-deployment”


image

Type: string

Image — container image. Required (must be declared here or resolvable from CR). Static: “nginx:1.25”. Dynamic: “{{ .spec.image }}”.


imagePullSecrets

Type: list

ImagePullSecrets is an optional list of references to secrets in the same namespace to use for pulling any of the images used by this PodSpec. If specified, these secrets will be passed to individual puller implementations for them to use.


replicas

Type: string

Replicas — number of pod replicas as a string. Static: “3”. Dynamic: “{{ .spec.replicas }}”. Default: “1”.


port

Type: string

Port — primary container port as a string. Static: “8080”. Dynamic: “{{ .spec.port }}”. Omit to expose no port.


protocol

Type: string

Protocol — network protocol for the container port. Accepted values: TCP (default), UDP, SCTP. Omit to use TCP.


namespace

Type: string

Namespace — target namespace for the Deployment. Default when omitted: “{{ .metadata.namespace }}” (same namespace as the CR).


labels

Type: map

Labels — applied to the Deployment ObjectMeta and the pod template. Label values support template expressions. Inrun always adds: managed-by=inrun, inrun-owner=<cr-name>


annotations

Type: map

Annotations — applied to the Deployment ObjectMeta only. Annotation values support template expressions.


resources

Type: object

Resources — CPU and memory requests/limits for the primary container. Set resources.preset for a named preset, or resources.requests/limits for explicit values. Preset and explicit values are mutually exclusive.

resources:
  preset: burst
resources:
  requests:
    cpu: 100m
    memory: 128Mi
  limits:
    cpu: 500m
    memory: 512Mi

env

Type: list

Env — environment variables for the primary container, in Kubernetes-native list format. Each entry has a name and either a value or a valueFrom source. If omitted, no environment variables are added.

env:
  - name: LOG_LEVEL
    value: info
  - name: API_KEY
    valueFrom:
      secretKeyRef:
        name: myapp-secrets
        key: api-key

envFrom

Type: object

EnvFrom — bulk-load environment variables from Secrets and/or ConfigMaps into the primary container, in addition to any individual entries in env. Each secretRef/configMapRef entry names an existing Secret or ConfigMap; every key in it becomes an environment variable.

envFrom:
  secretRef:
    - name: myapp-secrets
  configMapRef:
    - name: myapp-config

nodeSelector

Type: map

NodeSelector is a selector which must be true for the pod to fit on a node. Selector which must match a node’s labels for the pod to be scheduled on that node. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/assign-pod-node/


serviceAccountName

Type: string

ServiceAccountName is the name of the ServiceAccount to use to run this pod. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-service-account/


reconcile

Type: boolean

Reconcile: true — also apply this declaration as drift correction on every reconcile. Equivalent to declaring the same entry under both onCreate and onReconcile. When false (default), only runs on onCreate (idempotent create).


when

Type: list

When lists conditions that must all pass for this entry to be written; see Condition. When an entry kept in sync (onReconcile, or reconcile: true) stops passing, the object it wrote is removed.


forEach

Type: object

ForEach declares dynamic expansion over a list field. When set, one source declaration becomes N declarations — one per list element. .item and .<as> are available in template expressions within this declaration.

forEach:
  field: spec.regions
  as: region
# then, elsewhere in this same declaration:
#   name: "{{ .metadata.name }}-{{ .region }}"

or

Type: list

Or lists conditions of which at least one must pass, alongside When.


probes

Type: object

Probes — startup, liveness, and readiness probe configuration.

probes:
  liveness:
    type: http
    path: /healthz
    preset: standard
  readiness:
    type: tcp
    preset: fast

securityContext

Type: object

SecurityContext — container-level security settings. Set securityContext.preset for a named preset (baseline, restricted, hardened) or declare individual fields. Preset and explicit fields are mutually exclusive.

securityContext:
  preset: restricted
securityContext:
  runAsNonRoot: true
  readOnlyRootFilesystem: true

podSecurity

Type: object

PodSecurity — pod-level security settings applied to the pod spec. Set podSecurity.preset for a named preset or declare individual fields.

podSecurity:
  preset: baseline
podSecurity:
  runAsNonRoot: true
  fsGroup: 1000

rollingUpdate

Type: object

RollingUpdate — rolling update strategy for this Deployment. Set rollingUpdate.preset for a named preset (safe, fast, blue-green), or declare maxSurge/maxUnavailable explicitly. Preset and explicit fields are mutually exclusive.

rollingUpdate:
  preset: safe
rollingUpdate:
  maxSurge: "1"
  maxUnavailable: "0"

command

Type: list

Command overrides the container entrypoint command. Each element is a command token. Supports template expressions.

command: ["sh", "-c", "echo {{ .spec.greeting }}"]

volumes

Type: list

Volumes — pod volumes available for mounting into the container. Supports configMap, secret, emptyDir, persistentVolumeClaim, and hostPath sources. Volume names support template expressions.

volumes:
  - name: config
    configMap:
      name: myapp-config
  - name: cache
    emptyDir: {}

volumeMounts

Type: list

VolumeMounts — mounts for the primary container. Each entry references a volume declared in volumes: by name.

volumeMounts:
  - name: config
    mountPath: /etc/myapp
  - name: cache
    mountPath: /var/cache/myapp

containers

Type: list

Containers — the pod’s containers, when it runs more than one. With containers set, image, command, args, port, probes and resources move into each container, and this entry’s env, envFrom, securityContext and volumeMounts become defaults every container inherits. See Container.


initContainers

Type: list

InitContainers — run in order, each to completion, before the containers start. They inherit the same defaults; probes are not allowed. See Container.


forceConflict

Type: boolean

ForceConflict, when true, sets Force: true when applying this resource, taking ownership of conflicting fields instead of returning a conflict error. Overrides the CRD-level ForceConflict setting.


autoscale

Type: object

Autoscale declares workload autoscaling behaviour for this Deployment. When set, the reconciler evaluates scale-up and scale-down conditions on every reconcile and patches spec.replicas when conditions pass and cooldown has elapsed. No goroutine — the resync period is the evaluation tick.

autoscale:
  min: 2
  max: 10
  cooldown: 2m
  scaleUp:
    conditions:
      when:
        - field: "{{ promAboveThreshold .external.cpu.raw 80 }}"
          equals: "true"
    increment: 1
  scaleDown:
    conditions:
      when:
        - field: "{{ promBelowThreshold .external.cpu.raw 20 }}"
          equals: "true"
    decrement: 1

Quick reference

YAML keyType
namestring
imagestring
imagePullSecretslist
replicasstring
portstring
protocolstring
namespacestring
labelsmap
annotationsmap
resourcesobject
envlist
envFromobject
nodeSelectormap
serviceAccountNamestring
reconcileboolean
whenlist
forEachobject
orlist
probesobject
securityContextobject
podSecurityobject
rollingUpdateobject
commandlist
volumeslist
volumeMountslist
containerslist
initContainerslist
forceConflictboolean
autoscaleobject