Install Devtron on Minikube, Microk8s, K3s, Kind, Cloud VMs

You can install and try Devtron on a high-end machine or a Cloud VM. If you install it on a laptop/PC, it may start to respond slowly.

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Prerequisites

1. 2 vCPUs

2. 4GB+ of free memory

3. 20GB+ free disk space

Before you get started, finish the following actions:

• Create a cluster using Minikube or MicroK8s or Kind or K3s.

• Install Helm3.

• Install kubectl.

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Tutorial

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For Minikube, MicroK8s, Kind, K3s

Minikube/MicroK8s/Kind Cluster

To install Devtron on Minikube/MicroK8s/Kind cluster, run the following command:

helm repo add devtron https://helm.devtron.ai

helm repo update devtron

helm install devtron devtron/devtron-operator \
--create-namespace --namespace devtroncd \
--set components.devtron.service.type=NodePort

K3s Cluster

To install Devtron on K3s cluster, run the following command:

kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rancher/local-path-provisioner/master/deploy/local-path-storage.yaml

helm repo add devtron https://helm.devtron.ai

helm repo update devtron

helm install devtron devtron/devtron-operator \
--create-namespace --namespace devtroncd \
--set components.devtron.service.type=NodePort

Access Devtron Dashboard

Minikube

To access the dashboard on Minikube cluster, run the following command:

minikube service devtron-service --namespace devtroncd

This will directly open the dashboard URL in your browser

MicroK8s/Kind/K3s Cluster

To access the dashboard on MicroK8s/Kind/K3s cluster, run the following command to port-forward the devtron service to port 8000:

kubectl -n devtroncd port-forward service/devtron-service 8000:80

After port-forwarding, you can access the dashboard at this URL: http://127.0.0.1:8000

Get Admin Credentials

When you install Devtron for the first time, it creates a default admin user and password (with unrestricted access to Devtron). You can use those credentials to log in as an administrator.

After the initial login, we recommend you set up any SSO service like Google, GitHub, etc., and then add other users (including yourself). Subsequently, all the users can use the same SSO (let's say, GitHub) to log in to Devtron's dashboard.

The section below will help you understand the process of getting the administrator credentials.

For Devtron version v0.6.0 and higher

Username: admin Password: Run the following command to get the admin password:

kubectl -n devtroncd get secret devtron-secret \
-o jsonpath='{.data.ADMIN_PASSWORD}' | base64 -d

For Devtron version less than v0.6.0

Username: admin Password: Run the following command to get the admin password:

kubectl -n devtroncd get secret devtron-secret \
-o jsonpath='{.data.ACD_PASSWORD}' | base64 -d

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For Cloud VM (AWS EC2, Azure VM, GCP VM)

It is recommended to use Cloud VM with 2vCPU+, 4GB+ free memory, 20GB+ storage, Compute Optimized VM type & Ubuntu Flavoured OS.

Create MicroK8s Cluster

sudo snap install microk8s --classic 
sudo usermod -a -G microk8s $USER
sudo chown -f -R $USER ~/.kube
newgrp microk8s
microk8s enable dns storage helm3
echo "alias kubectl='microk8s kubectl '" >> .bashrc
echo "alias helm='microk8s helm3 '" >> .bashrc
source .bashrc

Install Devtron

helm repo add devtron https://helm.devtron.ai

helm repo update devtron

helm install devtron devtron/devtron-operator \
--create-namespace --namespace devtroncd \
--set components.devtron.service.type=NodePort 

Get devtron-service Port Number

kubectl get svc -n devtroncd devtron-service -o jsonpath='{.spec.ports[0].nodePort}'

Make sure that the port used by the devtron-service remain open in the VM's security group or network security group.

If you want to uninstall Devtron or clean up the Devtron Helm installer, refer uninstall Devtron.

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