Extending Oakestra on Oakestra

Setting Up

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The addons system consists of three subsystems:

The addons engine
The addons dashboard
The addons marketplace

The cluster and root orchestrator each deploy an instance of the:

Installing Addons

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Installation

You can view the available Marketplace Addons in the tab “Marketplace”.

Installing an addon is as simple as pressing the button.

Creating Addons

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To install an addon, it first has to be published to the marketplace. Addons are published as a Dockerfile containing the addon functionality and a configuration file outlining the addons specifications.

Global Marketplace

Setting up Hooks

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Hooks in Oakestra provide a mechanism for listening to and reacting to system lifecycle events. By leveraging hooks, developers can decouple components and enable services to dynamically respond to events like creation, updates, or deletion of system entities.

Why should developers use hooks?

Creating Custom Resources

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Custom resources in Oakestra provide a mechanism to extend the system’s API dynamically by introducing new resource types. Similar to Kubernetes’ Custom Resources, this feature allows developers to define and manage tailored data structures to meet specific needs, enabling Oakestra to adapt to a wide range of scenarios.

Why should developers use custom resources?