Quick Start

Learn how to get Keptn running in five minutes.

1. Setup your platform

Note: For running the tutorials with Keptn 0.5 and newer we recommend having at least 6 vCPUs and 12 GB memory.

• Preparing Azure Kubernetes Engine (AKS)
• Preparing Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
• Preparing Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
• Preparing OpenShift
• Preparing Pivotal Container Service (PKS)

2. Install Keptn

The following instructions will install the latest stable Keptn version (0.5.2) in a quick way.

• If you want to follow the detailed install instructions, please go to Keptn 0.5.2 installation.
• If you want to try out Keptn 0.6.0.beta2, please go to Keptn 0.6.0.beta2 installation

2.1 Install the Keptn CLI

The Keptn CLI is the one-stop-shop for all operations related to Keptn.

2.1.1 Automatic install of the Keptn CLI (Linux and Mac)

This will download the latest stable Keptn version, unpack it and move it to /usr/local/bin/keptn.

curl -sL https://get.keptn.sh | sudo -E bash

2.1.2 Manual install of the Keptn CLI

1. Download a release for your platform from the release page
2. Unpack it
3. Run keptn version

3. Run the Keptn installer

Depending on the platform, Keptn install will prompt you different information needed to perform the installation.

keptn install --platform=[aks|eks|gke|openshift|pks|kubernetes]

Keptn is now ready to be used.

4. Explore the use cases

With Keptn installed, have a look at the different use cases like

• Onboarding a new Service
• Using Quality Gates for Deployments
• Self-healing with Keptn
• Runbook Automation

5. Learn how Keptn works under the hood and how it can be adapted to your use cases

Review the reference documentation for a full reference on all components of Keptn and how they can be combined and extended to your needs.

6. In case you need help

Join our slack channel for any questions that may arise.

7. Uninstalling Keptn

keptn uninstall