Available on GitHub at https://github.com/box/kube-applier, kube-applier enables automated deployment and declarative configuration for your Kubernetes cluster. It runs as a Kubernetes service, takes a set of declarative configuration files hosted in a Git repository, and applies them for a Kubernetes cluster.
The kube-applier runs itself as a Pod in your cluster and continuously watches the Git repository to ensure that the cluster objects are up to date with their associated spec files (JSON or YAML) in the repository. The tool also contains a status page and provides metrics for monitoring. I find it extremely useful in the daily development, where your deployment, services, or pod definition change often.
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