Flux CD

Bootstrap Commands

Bootstrap Flux CD on your Kubernetes cluster with GitHub, GitLab, or other Git providers for GitOps continuous delivery.

5 commands

Pro Tips

Use --personal for personal GitHub repos, omit for organization repos

Store bootstrap manifests in a dedicated flux-system directory

Common Mistakes

Bootstrap requires cluster-admin permissions

Commands

Bootstrap GitHub

$ flux bootstrap github --owner=myorg --repository=fleet-infra --path=clusters/prod --personal

Bootstrap Flux on a cluster with a GitHub repository.

Bootstrap GitLab

$ flux bootstrap gitlab --owner=mygroup --repository=fleet-infra --path=clusters/prod

Bootstrap Flux on a cluster with a GitLab repository.

Check prerequisites

$ flux check --pre

Check cluster prerequisites before bootstrap.

Verify installation

$ flux check

Verify Flux components are running correctly.

Uninstall Flux

$ flux uninstall --namespace=flux-system

Remove Flux components from cluster.