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It is an open-source Kubernetes add-on that extends Kubernetes to manage and provision cloud infrastructure resources using Kubernetes-style configurations. Arguably I'd say it's the best cloud-native way to do IaC and GitOps for infrastructure!\n\nHowever, it has one tiny challenge given it only works on Kubernetes ... that it needs a working Kubernetes cluster! That means it needs some manual work at the beginning to start the automation.\n\nHere comes Crossplane Bootstrapper which utilizes [K3d](https://github.com/k3d-io/k3d) capabilities to automate that bootstrapping step.\n\n## What?\n\nUsing Helm Controller in K3d/K3s you can set up Crossplane automatically in IaC style via a local cluster with minimal manual ad-hoc work which will build your main management cluster on the cloud.\n\nHere is an overview of the flow:\n\n```mermaid\nflowchart TB\n  %% Cluster 1 - Bootstrap.\n  style k8sBoostrap stroke-dasharray: 2 2\n  subgraph k8sBoostrap[\"Kubernetes Cluster - Local\"]\n    %% Initial bootstrap.\n    K3D[\"K3d/K3s\\nHelm Controller\"] --\u003e k8sBoostrap.GitOps\n\n    %% Management components.\n    subgraph k8sBoostrap.GitOps[\"Bootstrap\"]\n      direction TB\n      k8sBoostrap.Crossplane[Crossplane]\n    end\n  end\n\n  %% Cluster 2 - Management.\n  style k8sManagement stroke-dasharray: 2 2\n  subgraph k8sManagement[\"Kubernetes Cluster - Cloud\"]\n    subgraph k8sManagement.InfraManagement[Management]\n      k8sManagement.InfraManagement.Crossplane[Crossplane]\n    end\n  end\n\n  %% Bootstrap connections.\n  k8sBoostrap.Crossplane --\"Build Management Cluster\"--\u003e k8sManagement\n```\n\n## How?\n\nBy just running one command, you will have a local cluster with an up-and-running Crossplane which will build your cloud management cluster. You can customize the bootstrapped resources.\n\n1. Prerequisites:\n- [K3d](https://k3d.io/) CLI.\n- Clone this repo (Crossplane Bootstrapper).\n- Edit the config based on your needs [manifest-crossplane-bootstrapper.yaml](manifest-crossplane-bootstrapper.yaml)\n\n2. Run:\n\n```shell\nk3d cluster create --config k3d-crossplane-bootstrapper.yaml\n```\n\n3. Ensure that everything works as expected:\n\n```shell\nkubectl get pod -n crossplane-system\n```\n\n4. You can customize the bootstrapping process as you like using [Crossplane Helm values](https://artifacthub.io/packages/helm/crossplane/crossplane/) or any extra Kubernetes objects you need (for example, you will need to deploy the [ProviderConfig](https://docs.crossplane.io/latest/concepts/providers/#provider-configuration)).\n\n## License\n\nThis project is open-source by [DevOps Hive](https://devopshive.net/) and licensed under Apache License 2.0. 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