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Version: v1.8

Config Template

What is Config Template?​

There are many scenarios to need users to provide structured data which is a config. Config Template could define the schema and the structure of the config data. KubeVela could base the Config Template help users to create a valid config.

The config data save as a Secret default, but you also could generate resources of any type by defining the template. Even, you can define the extend writer to write the config data to the Nacos server.

Config Template Specification​

Config Template defined with the CUE file. The schema of the specification:


metadata: {
    name:         string
    alias?:       string
    description?: string
    scope:        "project" | "system"
    sensitive:    bool
}

template: {
    parameter: {...}
    output?: #Secret
    outputs?: {#AnyResources}
    nacos?: {
        // The endpoint can not references the parameter.
        endpoint: {
            // Users must create a config base the nacos-server template firstly.
            name: string
        }
        format: "json" | "yaml" | "properties" | "toml"
        // could references the parameter
        metadata: {
            dataId:      string
            group:       string
            appName:     string
            namespaceId: string
            tenant:      string
            tag:         string
        }
        content: {...}
    }
}

Metadata​

  • metadata.name This is required. Specify the name of the template.
  • metadata.alias Specify the alias of the template.
  • metadata.description Specify the description of the template.
  • metadata.scope Specify the scope of the config created by this template. In VelaUX, the template belonging to the project scope means this template could be used to create the config in the project. If created in the system, this config could be shared with all projects.
  • metadata.sensitive Is it sensitive the config created by this template? If the config is sensitive, it can not be read directly and could only mount the Secret.

Template​

  • template.parameter Specify the parameters of the config. KubeVela will generate the schema by this definition and validate the user's input.

  • template.output This is not required. You could specify if you want to customize the data structure of the Secret.

  • template.outputs This is not required. You could specify any resources that you want to generate by this config.

  • template.nacos This is not required. You could specify the Nacos config metadata if you want to write the config data to the Nacos server. template.nacos.name This is the name of the config created by the built-in template nacos-server.

Config Template Management​

  • List the Config Templates
vela config-template list
  • Create a Config Template
vela config-template apply -f example.cue
  • Show the schema and document of the Config Template
vela config-template show <Template Name>
  • Delete a Config Template
vela config-template delete <Template Name>

More usages, refer to:

vela config-template --help

Examples​

Image Registry​

import (
    "encoding/base64"
    "encoding/json"
    "strconv"
)

metadata: {
    name:        "image-registry"
    alias:       "Image Registry"
    scope:       "project"
    description: "Config information to authenticate image registry"
    sensitive:   false
}

template: {
    output: {
        apiVersion: "v1"
        kind:       "Secret"
        metadata: {
            name:      context.name
            namespace: context.namespace
            labels: {
                "config.oam.dev/catalog": "velacore-config"
                "config.oam.dev/type":    "image-registry"
            }
        }
        if parameter.auth != _|_ {
            type: "kubernetes.io/dockerconfigjson"
        }
        if parameter.auth == _|_ {
            type: "Opaque"
        }
        stringData: {
            if parameter.auth != _|_ && parameter.auth.username != _|_ {
                ".dockerconfigjson": json.Marshal({
                    "auths": (parameter.registry): {
                        "username": parameter.auth.username
                        "password": parameter.auth.password
                        if parameter.auth.email != _|_ {
                            "email": parameter.auth.email
                        }
                        "auth": base64.Encode(null, (parameter.auth.username + ":" + parameter.auth.password))
                    }
                })
            }
            if parameter.insecure != _|_ {
                "insecure-skip-verify": strconv.FormatBool(parameter.insecure)
            }
            if parameter.useHTTP != _|_ {
                "protocol-use-http": strconv.FormatBool(parameter.useHTTP)
            }
        }
    }

    parameter: {
        // +usage=Image registry FQDN, such as: index.docker.io
        registry: *"index.docker.io" | string
        // +usage=Authenticate the image registry
        auth?: {
            // +usage=Private Image registry username
            username: string
            // +usage=Private Image registry password
            password: string
            // +usage=Private Image registry email
            email?: string
        }
        // +usage=For the registry server that uses the self-signed certificate
        insecure?: bool
        // +usage=For the registry server that uses the HTTP protocol
        useHTTP?: bool
    }
}

Nacos Server​

metadata: {
    name:        "nacos-server"
    alias:       "Nacos Server"
    description: "Config the Nacos server connectors"
    sensitive:   false
    scope:       "system"
}

template: {
    parameter: {
        // +usage=Directly configure the Nacos server address
        servers?: [...{
            // +usage=the nacos server address
            ipAddr: string
            // +usage=nacos server port
            port: *8849 | int
            // +usage=nacos server grpc port, default=server port + 1000, this is not required
            grpcPort?: int
        }]
        // +usage=Discover the Nacos servers by the client.
        client?: {
            // +usage=the endpoint for get Nacos server addresses
            endpoint: string
            // +usage=the AccessKey for kms
            accessKey?: string
            // +usage=the SecretKey for kms
            secretKey?: string
            // +usage=the regionId for kms
            regionId?: string
            // +usage=the username for nacos auth
            username?: string
            // +usage=the password for nacos auth
            password?: string
            // +usage=it's to open kms,default is false. https://help.aliyun.com/product/28933.html
            openKMS?: bool
        }
    }
}

Generic Nacos Config​

metadata: {
    name:        "nacos-config"
    alias:       "Nacos Configuration"
    description: "Write the configuration to the nacos"
    sensitive:   false
    scope:       "system"
}

template: {
    nacos: {
        // The endpoint can not references the parameter.
        endpoint: {
            // Users must create a config base the nacos-server template firstly.
            name: "nacos"
        }
        format: parameter.contentType

        // could references the parameter
        metadata: {
            dataId: parameter.dataId
            group:  parameter.group
            if parameter.appName != _|_ {
                appName: parameter.appName
            }
            if parameter.namespaceId != _|_ {
                namespaceId: parameter.namespaceId
            }
            if parameter.tenant != _|_ {
                tenant: parameter.tenant
            }
            if parameter.tag != _|_ {
                tag: parameter.tag
            }
        }
        content: parameter.content
    }
    parameter: {
        // +usage=Configuration ID
        dataId: string
        // +usage=Configuration group
        group: *"DEFAULT_GROUP" | string
        // +usage=The configuration content.
        content: {
            ...
        }
        contentType: *"json" | "yaml" | "properties" | "toml"
        // +usage=The app name of the configuration
        appName?: string
        // +usage=The namespaceId of the configuration
        namespaceId?: string
        // +usage=The tenant, corresponding to the namespace ID field of Nacos
        tenant?: string
        // +usage=The tag of the configuration
        tag?: string
    }
}

Alibaba Cloud Provider​

import "strings"

metadata: {
    name:        "terraform-alibaba"
    alias:       "Terraform Provider for Alibaba Cloud"
    sensitive:   true
    scope:       "system"
    description: "Terraform Provider for Alibaba Cloud"
}

template: {
    outputs: {
        "provider": {
            apiVersion: "terraform.core.oam.dev/v1beta1"
            kind:       "Provider"
            metadata: {
                name:      parameter.name
                namespace: "default"
                labels:    l
            }
            spec: {
                provider: "alibaba"
                region:   parameter.ALICLOUD_REGION
                credentials: {
                    source: "Secret"
                    secretRef: {
                        namespace: "vela-system"
                        name:      context.name
                        key:       "credentials"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

    output: {
        apiVersion: "v1"
        kind:       "Secret"
        metadata: {
            name:      context.name
            namespace: context.namespace
        }
        type: "Opaque"
        stringData: credentials: strings.Join([creds1, creds2], "\n")
    }

    creds1: "accessKeyID: " + parameter.ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY
    creds2: "accessKeySecret: " + parameter.ALICLOUD_SECRET_KEY

    l: {
        "config.oam.dev/catalog":  "velacore-config"
        "config.oam.dev/type":     "terraform-provider"
        "config.oam.dev/provider": "terraform-alibaba"
    }

    parameter: {
        //+usage=The name of Terraform Provider for Alibaba Cloud, default is `default`
        name: *"default" | string
        //+usage=Get ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY per this guide https://help.aliyun.com/knowledge_detail/38738.html
        ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY: string
        //+usage=Get ALICLOUD_SECRET_KEY per this guide https://help.aliyun.com/knowledge_detail/38738.html
        ALICLOUD_SECRET_KEY: string
        //+usage=Get ALICLOUD_REGION by picking one RegionId from Alibaba Cloud region list https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/doc-detail/72379.htm
        ALICLOUD_REGION: string
    }
}

Share the Template​

The Config Template is part of the Addon. You could get or share the templates via addons.