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: ""
    
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