Run Declarative Kubernetes Test Suites Against Clusters Before Operator Or Manifest Changes Merge With Kuttl

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name: "Run declarative Kubernetes test suites against clusters before operator or manifest changes merge with KUTTL"
slug: "run-declarative-kubernetes-test-suites-against-clusters-before-operator-or-manifest-changes-merge-with-kuttl"
description: "Express Kubernetes test steps and assertions in YAML, then execute them against a real cluster before shipping controller or manifest changes."
github_stars: 804
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/kudobuilder/kuttl"
author: "kudobuilder"
publisher_type: "organization"
category: "CI/CD Integrations"
framework: "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "kudobuilder/kuttl"
  github_stars: 804
---

# Run declarative Kubernetes test suites against clusters before operator or manifest changes merge with KUTTL

Express Kubernetes test steps and assertions in YAML, then execute them against a real cluster before shipping controller or manifest changes.

## Prerequisites

KUTTL CLI or kubectl-kuttl plugin, access to a Kubernetes test cluster, declarative test step YAML files, and the manifests or operators under test

## Installation

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- Please refer to the [getting started guide](docs/README.md) documentation.
- ## Resources
- Initially Built under the KUDO project, we continue to use that channel for KUTTL.

- Source: https://github.com/kudobuilder/kuttl
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kudobuilder/kuttl/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

- https://github.com/kudobuilder/kuttl

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/run-declarative-kubernetes-test-suites-against-clusters-before-operator-or-manifest-changes-merge-with-kuttl/)