Install Crossplane

This topic tells you how to install Crossplane from the Tanzu Application Platform (commonly known as TAP) package repository.

Note

Follow the steps in this topic if you do not want to use a profile to install Crossplane. For more information about profiles, see Components and installation profiles.

If installing Tanzu Application Platform to a cluster that already has Crossplane installed, see Use your existing Crossplane installation.

Prerequisites

Before installing Crossplane:

• Complete all prerequisites to install Tanzu Application Platform. For more information, see Prerequisites.

Install Crossplane

To install Crossplane:

1. See what versions of Crossplane are available to install by running:

   tanzu package available list -n tap-install crossplane.tanzu.vmware.com
   

   For example:

   $ tanzu package available list -n tap-install crossplane.tanzu.vmware.com
     NAME                               VERSION           RELEASED-AT
     crossplane.tanzu.vmware.com        0.1.1             2023-03-10 14:24:35 +0000 UTC
   

2. Install Crossplane by running:

   tanzu package install crossplane \
     --package crossplane.tanzu.vmware.com \
     --version VERSION-NUMBER \
     --namespace tap-install
   

   Where VERSION-NUMBER is the Crossplane version you want to install. For example, 0.1.1.

3. Verify that the package installed by running:

   tanzu package installed get crossplane -n tap-install
   

   In the output, confirm that the STATUS value is Reconcile succeeded.

   For example:

   $ tanzu package installed get crossplane -n tap-install
   NAMESPACE:          tap-install
   NAME:               crossplane
   PACKAGE-NAME:       crossplane.tanzu.vmware.com
   PACKAGE-VERSION:    0.1.1
   STATUS:             Reconcile succeeded
   CONDITIONS:         - type: ReconcileSucceeded
     status: "True"
     reason: ""
     message: ""