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Install with Helm

For Helm Versions 2.* and Earlier​

  1. Grant Tiller access to create resources in the kube-system namespace (see Tiller and Role-based Access Control):
# Create a ServiceAccount for Tiller
kubectl create serviceaccount tiller \
	--namespace=kube-system

# Create a ClusterRoleBinding
kubectl create clusterrolebinding tiller-cluster-rule \
	--clusterrole=cluster-admin \
	--serviceaccount=kube-system:tiller

# Patch Tiller's Deployment to use `tiller` service account
kubectl patch deployment tiller-deploy \
	--namespace=kube-system \
	--patch='{"spec":{"template":{"spec":{"serviceAccount":"tiller"}}}}
  1. Proceed with the instructions provided below for newer helm versions.

For Helm Versions 3.0 and Later​

  1. Add Spot's Helm charts repository:
helm repo add spotinst https://spotinst.github.io/spotinst-kubernetes-helm-charts
  1. Update information of available charts:
helm repo update
  1. Install the Spot Kubernetes cluster controller:
helm install spot-controller spotinst/spotinst-kubernetes-cluster-controller \
	--set spotinst.token=[TOKEN] \
	--set spotinst.account=[ACCOUNT_ID] \
	--set spotinst.clusterIdentifier=[IDENTIFIER]

Tip: Configure all chart values using the set command line argument or a values.yaml file.

  1. In case you want to upgrade the Ocean Controller's version:
helm upgrade spot-controller spotinst/spotinst-kubernetes-cluster-controller \
	--reuse-values \
	--version <VERSION>

In order to discover the available Ocean Controller versions, use the following command:

helm search spotinst/spotinst-kubernetes-cluster-controller \
	--versions