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Brigade: Event-driven scripting for Kubernetes.

Brigade Overview

Brigade is an event-driven scripting tool that runs on Kubernetes. Here’s what that means:

  • Brigade is for running scriptable automated tasks in the cloud.
  • Brigade does not require you to manage host servers.
  • Brigade is particularly well suited for CI and CD workloads such as:
    • Automated testing
    • GitHub hook integration
    • Building artifacts and releases
    • Managing deployments
  • Brigade ships with its own API server
    • Interactions occur through Brigade directly, via the brig CLI or an SDK
    • Operators managing a Brigade installation can still drop down to the K8s API to investigate Brigade resources.
    • The Brigade server is deployed and managed with Helm, thus hosting can occur on any stock Kubernetes system, from Azure to Minikube.
  • Brigade handles authn/authz concerns
    • Third-party authentication options include GitHub’s OAuth2 identity provider and OIDC-compliant solutions like Azure Active Directory and Google Identity Platform.
    • Administrators of the Brigade system have full control over authorization, including Service Account, Role and User management.
  • Brigade uses familiar technologies to make handling events easy:
    • Project developers write scripts in basic JavaScript or TypeScript (no need to learn Node.js)
    • Utilize OCI/Docker images to handle event workloads
    • Project configuration is written in YAML and easily persisted via your preferred VCS

Brigade is designed for teams. It is not a SaaS, nor does it require a legion of domain experts to configure and run it. Instead, it should be easy to install, configure, and maintain.