Install, Upgrade and Uninstall on Crossplane

Install Crossplane

Crossplane installs into an existing Kubernetes cluster, creating the Crossplane pod, enabling the installation of Crossplane Provider resources.

Tip

If you don’t have a Kubernetes cluster create one locally with Kind.

Install Crossplane using the Crossplane published Helm chart.

Add the Crossplane repository with the helm repo add command.

The recommended upgrade method for an existing Crossplane install is to use Helm.

Verify Helm has the Crossplane repository.

1helm repo add crossplane-stable https://charts.crossplane.io/stable

Update the local Crossplane Helm chart with helm repo update.

Warning

Resources created by Crossplane aren’t deleted if Crossplane isn’t uninstalled in order.

This can leave cloud resources running, requiring manual deletion.

Most Crossplane resources have dependencies on other Crossplane resources.

For example, a managed resource is dependent on the provider.

Failure to delete Crossplane resources in order may prevent Crossplane from deleting provisioned external resources.