[maineldc]

For integrating k8s deploy into CI / CD, I really like Krane [0]. It has several key features:

  1. A way to templatize YAML (though it could be used with Tanka too - the render command is split from the deploy command for this reason)
  2. Monitors the rollout of resources - it's possible to detect successful and failed deployments more easily.
  3. A way to run one-off commands during deployment.
  4. Uses kubectl under the hood so easy to add to any workflow.

It has other features that I don't use including secrets management.

Net net - I definitely think it could elegantly replace a bunch of bash scripts that do kubectl things.

[0] https://github.com/Shopify/krane