kapitan-docs

kapitan-docs

kapitan-docs is a tool to automatically generate documentation for a Kapitan project.

The markdown generation is managed by go text/template package. kapitan-docs parses metadata from a Kapitan project and generates a number of sub-templates that can be referenced in a template file (by default README.md.gotmpl). If no template file is provided, the tool has a default internal template that will generate a reasonably formatted README.

Currently only class documentation is supported !

The most useful aspect of this tool is the auto-detection of field descriptions from comments, e.g for a class ./foo/bar.yaml:

# -- Foo is a test class, used to display an example.
#
# Class comment support **markdown** in comments.

classes:
  - bar.baz

parameters:
  foo:
    # -- A `number`
    number: 2
    # -- A `string`
    string: "foo"
    # -- An `object`
    object:
      bar: baz
    # -- A `list`
    list:
      - myvalue1
      - myvalue2
      - myvalue3

Resulting in a resulting README section like so:

foo.bar

Foo is a test class, used to display an example.

Class comment support markdown in comments.

Uses

• bar.baz

Parameters

2

A number

"foo"

A string

bar: baz

An object

- myvalue1
- myvalue2
- myvalue3

A list

Usage

To generate documentation in README for a Kapitan project, run kapitan-docs . at the root of that project.

Usage:
  kapitan-docs [OPTIONS] [Directory]

Application Options:
  -d, --dry-run        Don't render any markdown file, just print in the console.
  -l, --log-level=     Level of logs that should printed, one of (panic, fatal, error, warning, info, debug, trace). (default: error)
  -t, --template-file= gotemplate file path from which documentation will be generated. (default: README.md.gotmpl)

Help Options:
  -h, --help           Show this help message

Arguments:
  Directory:           Kapitan project directory.

Using docker

You can mount a Kapitan project under /kapitan-docs within the container.

Then run:

docker run --rm --volume "$(pwd):/kapitan-docs" -u $(id -u) kapitan-docs:latest