[release-1.8] 🌱 Add vultr infrastructure provider

cmd/clusterctl/client/config/providers_client.go

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ const (
 	ProxmoxProviderName        = "proxmox"
 	K0smotronProviderName      = "k0sproject-k0smotron"
 	IonosCloudProviderName     = "ionoscloud-ionoscloud"
+	VultrProviderName          = "vultr-vultr"
 )
 
 // Bootstrap providers.
@@ -313,6 +314,11 @@ func (p *providersClient) defaults() []Provider {
 			url:          "https://github.com/ionos-cloud/cluster-api-provider-ionoscloud/releases/latest/infrastructure-components.yaml",
 			providerType: clusterctlv1.InfrastructureProviderType,
 		},
+		&provider{
+			name:         VultrProviderName,
+			url:          "https://github.com/vultr/cluster-api-provider-vultr/releases/latest/infrastructure-components.yaml",
+			providerType: clusterctlv1.InfrastructureProviderType,
+		},
 
 		// Bootstrap providers
 		&provider{

cmd/clusterctl/client/config_test.go

@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ func Test_clusterctlClient_GetProvidersConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				config.VclusterProviderName,
 				config.VirtinkProviderName,
 				config.VSphereProviderName,
+				config.VultrProviderName,
 				config.InClusterIPAMProviderName,
 				config.HelmAddonProviderName,
 			},
@@ -167,6 +168,7 @@ func Test_clusterctlClient_GetProvidersConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				config.VclusterProviderName,
 				config.VirtinkProviderName,
 				config.VSphereProviderName,
+				config.VultrProviderName,
 				config.InClusterIPAMProviderName,
 				config.HelmAddonProviderName,
 			},

cmd/clusterctl/cmd/config_repositories_test.go

@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ vcd                     InfrastructureProvider   https://github.com/vmware/clust
 vcluster                InfrastructureProvider   https://github.com/loft-sh/cluster-api-provider-vcluster/releases/latest/                   infrastructure-components.yaml
 virtink                 InfrastructureProvider   https://github.com/smartxworks/cluster-api-provider-virtink/releases/latest/                infrastructure-components.yaml
 vsphere                 InfrastructureProvider   https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-vsphere/releases/latest/            infrastructure-components.yaml
+vultr-vultr             InfrastructureProvider   https://github.com/vultr/cluster-api-provider-vultr/releases/latest/                        infrastructure-components.yaml
 in-cluster              IPAMProvider             https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-ipam-provider-in-cluster/releases/latest/    ipam-components.yaml
 helm                    AddonProvider            https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-addon-provider-helm/releases/latest/         addon-components.yaml
 `
@@ -362,6 +363,10 @@ var expectedOutputYaml = `- File: core_components.yaml
   Name: vsphere
   ProviderType: InfrastructureProvider
   URL: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-vsphere/releases/latest/
+- File: infrastructure-components.yaml
+  Name: vultr-vultr
+  ProviderType: InfrastructureProvider
+  URL: https://github.com/vultr/cluster-api-provider-vultr/releases/latest/
 - File: ipam-components.yaml
   Name: in-cluster
   ProviderType: IPAMProvider

docs/book/src/reference/providers.md

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ updated info about which API version they are supporting.
 - [Virtink](https://github.com/smartxworks/cluster-api-provider-virtink)
 - [VMware Cloud Director](https://github.com/vmware/cluster-api-provider-cloud-director)  
 - [vSphere](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-vsphere)
+- [Vultr](https://github.com/vultr/cluster-api-provider-vultr)
 - [k0smotron RemoteMachine (SSH)](https://github.com/k0sproject/k0smotron)
 
 ## IP Address Management (IPAM)

docs/book/src/user/quick-start.md

@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ Additional documentation about experimental features can be found in [Experiment
 Depending on the infrastructure provider you are planning to use, some additional prerequisites should be satisfied
 before getting started with Cluster API. See below for the expected settings for common providers.
 
-{{#tabs name:"tab-installation-infrastructure" tabs:"Akamai (Linode),AWS,Azure,CloudStack,DigitalOcean,Docker,Equinix Metal,GCP,Hetzner,Hivelocity,IBM Cloud,IONOS Cloud,K0smotron,KubeKey,KubeVirt,Metal3,Nutanix,OCI,OpenStack,Outscale,Proxmox,VCD,vcluster,Virtink,vSphere"}}
+{{#tabs name:"tab-installation-infrastructure" tabs:"Akamai (Linode),AWS,Azure,CloudStack,DigitalOcean,Docker,Equinix Metal,GCP,Hetzner,Hivelocity,IBM Cloud,IONOS Cloud,K0smotron,KubeKey,KubeVirt,Metal3,Nutanix,OCI,OpenStack,Outscale,Proxmox,VCD,vcluster,Virtink,vSphere,Vultr"}}
 {{#tab Akamai (Linode)}}
 
 ```bash
@@ -793,6 +793,15 @@ clusterctl init --infrastructure vsphere
 For more information about prerequisites, credentials management, or permissions for vSphere, see the [vSphere
 project][vSphere getting started guide].
 
+{{#/tab }}
+{{#tab Vultr}}
+
+```bash
+export VULTR_API_KEY=<your_api_key>
+
+# initialize the management cluster
+clusterctl init --infrastructure vultr
+```
 {{#/tab }}
 {{#/tabs }}
 
@@ -862,7 +871,7 @@ before configuring a cluster with Cluster API. Instructions are provided for com
 Otherwise, you can look at the `clusterctl generate cluster` [command][clusterctl generate cluster] documentation for details about how to
 discover the list of variables required by a cluster templates.
 
-{{#tabs name:"tab-configuration-infrastructure" tabs:"Akamai (Linode),AWS,Azure,CloudStack,DigitalOcean,Docker,Equinix Metal,GCP,IBM Cloud,IONOS Cloud,K0smotron,KubeKey,KubeVirt,Metal3,Nutanix,OpenStack,Outscale,Proxmox,Tinkerbell,VCD,vcluster,Virtink,vSphere"}}
+{{#tabs name:"tab-configuration-infrastructure" tabs:"Akamai (Linode),AWS,Azure,CloudStack,DigitalOcean,Docker,Equinix Metal,GCP,IBM Cloud,IONOS Cloud,K0smotron,KubeKey,KubeVirt,Metal3,Nutanix,OpenStack,Outscale,Proxmox,Tinkerbell,VCD,vcluster,Virtink,vSphere,Vultr"}}
 {{#tab Akamai (Linode)}}
 
 ```bash
@@ -1339,6 +1348,25 @@ export CONTROL_PLANE_ENDPOINT_IP="1.2.3.4"
 
 For more information about prerequisites, credentials management, or permissions for vSphere, see the [vSphere getting started guide].
 
+{{#/tab }}
+{{#tab Vultr}}
+
+A Cluster API compatible image must be available in your Vultr account. For instructions on how to build a compatible image see image-builder for [Vultr](https://github.com/vultr/cluster-api-provider-vultr/blob/main/docs/getting-started.md)
+
+```bash
+export CLUSTER_NAME=<clustername>
+export KUBERNETES_VERSION=v1.28.9
+export CONTROL_PLANE_MACHINE_COUNT=1
+export CONTROL_PLANE_PLANID=<plan_id>
+export WORKER_MACHINE_COUNT=1
+export WORKER_PLANID=<plan_id>
+export MACHINE_IMAGE=<snapshot_id>  
+export REGION=<region>
+export PLANID=<plan_id>
+export VPCID=<vpc_id> 
+export SSHKEY_ID=<sshKey_id>
+```
+
 {{#/tab }}
 {{#/tabs }}