How to Set Up Renovate Bot for Kubernetes Automated Updates

steps

1. Log in to your GitHub account.
2. Navigate to your profile and click on Repositories → New.
3. Enter a repository name, configure visibility (public or private), and create it.
4. Clone the repository to your local machine using the following command:

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/your-repository-name.git

5. Open the repository in your preferred text editor.

6. Add Kubernetes manifest files such as deployment.yaml and service.yaml. For example:

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   # deployment.yaml
   apiVersion: apps/v1
   kind: Deployment
   metadata:
     name: nginx-deployment
   spec:
     replicas: 1
     template:
       spec:
         containers:
         - name: nginx
           image: nginx:1.20

7. Commit and push these files to your GitHub repository.

   git add .
   git commit -m "Add initial Kubernetes manifests"
   git push origin main

steps

1. Navigate to the Renovate Bot GitHub App page.
2. Click Authorize and grant Renovate access to your organization or repositories.
3. Select the repository created earlier and install the app.
4. Wait for Renovate Bot to create an onboarding pull request.
5. Go to the repository, review the pull request, and merge it. This applies Renovate's default configuration.

steps

1. Pull the latest changes from the repository:

   git pull origin main

2. Open the .renovaterc.json or renovate.json file created by the bot.

3. Add or modify the fileMatch property to include YAML/K8s-specific extensions:

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   {
     "fileMatch": ["^.*\\.yaml$", "^.*\\.yml$"],
     "enabledManagers": ["docker-compose", "kubernetes"]
   }

4. Commit and push the changes back to GitHub.

   git add .renovaterc.json
   git commit -m "Configure Renovate for Kubernetes resources"
   git push origin main

5. After the update, Renovate will log Kubernetes dependencies and create update pull requests as needed.

steps

1. Find the digest for the container image by inspecting it on Docker Hub. Example digest string:

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   sha256:7f5b6b54f2a0b38ad4b75df89c5bdad547eaae1b95154142e5b7f43bc3e1b2fd

2. Update your deployment file to pin the image using its digest:

   yamlCopy

   # Updated deployment.yaml
   image: nginx@sha256:7f5b6b54f2a0b38ad4b75df89c5bdad547eaae1b95154142e5b7f43bc3e1b2fd

3. Commit and push the changes.

   git add deployment.yaml
   git commit -m "Pin image to digest"
   git push origin main

4. Force Renovate to rescan the repository using the dependency dashboard issue or wait for periodic detection.
5. Verify that PRs are created when the image digest changes.

steps

1. Add the Helm scaffold or values file specifying the chart version and repository URL:

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   # values.yaml
   mysql:
     image:
       repository: bitnami/mysql
       tag: 8.0

2. Commit values files to the repository.

   git add values.yaml
   git commit -m "Add Helm values for MySQL"
   git push origin main

3. Ensure Renovate identifies Helm dependencies and creates pull requests for version updates.