alt Hacker NewsI'm struggling to see how this operator helps-- is there some scenario that I cannot imagine that others are dealing with where this operator is useful? Specifically, what problems does this solve?
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There's several benefits we had in mind when building this (after using self-hosted Renovate ourselves): k8s-native approach: It uses CRDs, so that Renovate configs are Kubernetes resources. You can manage them more easily/granular with Argo/Flux/kubectl as part of existing workflows instead of a Cronjob. Job isolation: The operator spawns individual jobs per repo instead of one run. If a repo is stuck it doesn't block everything else. Webhook support: repos get updated immediately, not just on the next cron cycle. Visibility: There's a light-weight, built-in UI showing repos, job status, and progress.
There's more on the Github repo, we added a full list of features and benefits to the readme.
Of course, in the end it comes down to individual preferences :) Not saying one way is better than the other. We just felt that for us, the operator-based approach would work better and we're happy if the project is benefitial for others as well!
Renovate lets you configure most things in each repos individual config file.
I can only imagine a set of intersecting edge cases where operator pattern is the most logical solution…
Edit: good answers here. https://old.reddit.com/r/kubernetes/comments/1r1u7um/renovat...