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.

Prerequisites

Before installing Crossplane:

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

Install Crossplane

To install Crossplane:

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

Install Crossplane by running:
```
tanzu package install crossplane -n tap-install -p crossplane.tanzu.vmware.com -v VERSION-NUMBER
```
Where VERSION-NUMBER is the Crossplane version you want to install. For example, 0.1.1.

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: ""