# Keel - automated Kubernetes deployments for the rest of us * Website [https://keel.sh](https://keel.sh) * Slack - [kubernetes.slack.com](https://kubernetes.slack.com) look for channel #keel Keel is a tool for automating [Kubernetes](https://kubernetes.io/) deployment updates. Keel is stateless, robust and lightweight. Keel provides several key features: * __[Kubernetes](https://kubernetes.io/) and [Helm](https://helm.sh) providers__ - Keel has direct integrations with Kubernetes and Helm. * __No CLI/API__ - tired of `f***ctl` for everything? Keel doesn't have one. Gets job done through labels, annotations, charts. * __Semver policies__ - specify update policy for each deployment/Helm release individually. * __Automatic [Google Container Registry](https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/) configuration__ - Keel automatically sets up topic and subscriptions for your deployment images by periodically scanning your environment. * __[Native, DockerHub, Quay and Azure container registry webhooks](https://keel.sh/v1/guide/documentation.html#Triggers) support__ - once webhook is received impacted deployments will be identified and updated. * __[Polling](https://keel.sh/v1/guide/documentation.html#Polling)__ - when webhooks and pubsub aren't available - Keel can still be useful by checking Docker Registry for new tags (if current tag is semver) or same tag SHA digest change (ie: `latest`). * __Notifications__ - out of the box Keel has Slack, Hipchat, Mattermost and standard webhook notifications, more info [here](https://keel.sh/v1/guide/documentation.html#Notifications)

### Support Support Keel's development by: * [Patreon](https://patreon.com/keel) * [Paypal](https://www.paypal.me/keelhq) * Star this repository * [Follow on Twitter](https://twitter.com/keel_hq) ### Lightning quick start Prerequisites: * [Helm](https://docs.helm.sh/using_helm/#installing-helm) * Kubernetes Clone this repo (you will need the chart): ``` git clone https://github.com/keel-hq/keel.git && cd keel ``` Install through Helm (with Helm provider enabled): ```bash helm upgrade --install keel --namespace=kube-system ./chart/keel/ --set helmProvider.enabled="true" --set rbac.enabled="true" ``` If you work mostly with regular Kubernetes manifests, you can install Keel without Helm provider support: ```bash helm upgrade --install keel --namespace=keel ./chart/keel/ --set helmProvider.enabled="false" --set rbac.enabled="true" ``` That's it, see [Configuration](https://github.com/keel-hq/keel#configuration) section now. ### Quick Start

A step-by-step guide to install Keel on your Kubernetes cluster is viewable on the Keel website: [https://keel.sh/v1/guide/quick-start.html](https://keel.sh/v1/guide/quick-start.html) ### Configuration Once Keel is deployed, you only need to specify update policy on your deployment file or Helm chart:

No additional configuration is required. Enabling continuous delivery for your workloads has never been this easy! ### Documentation Documentation is viewable on the Keel Website: [https://keel.sh/v1/guide/documentation](https://keel.sh/v1/guide/documentation) ### Contributing Before starting to work on some big or medium features - raise an issue [here](https://github.com/keel-hq/keel/issues) so we can coordinate our efforts. ### Developing Keel If you wish to work on Keel itself, you will need Go 1.9+ installed. Make sure you put Keel into correct Gopath and `go build` (dependency management is done through [dep](https://github.com/golang/dep)). To test Keel while developing: 1. Launch a Kubernetes cluster like Minikube or Docker for Mac with Kubernetes. 2. Change config to use it: `kubectl config use-context docker-for-desktop` 3. Build Keel from `cmd/keel` directory. 4. Start Keel with: `keel --no-incluster`. This will use Kubeconfig from your home.