Skupper v2

Skupper v2 is the next generation of Skupper.

• V2 overview

Installation

Installing Skupper on Kubernetes

To install Skupper v2 on Kubernetes, use kubectl apply with the installation YAML. It contains the v2 CRDs and controller.

kubectl apply -f https://skupper.io/v2/install.yaml

Additional Kubernetes installation methods are available in the release artifacts.

Installing the CLI

curl https://skupper.io/v2/install.sh | sh

V2 CLI install script

Examples

• Hello World using the CLI
• Hello World using YAML
• Hello World using Podman
• Patient Portal

The v2 examples are available on the "v2" branch of the Skupper example repos.

Documentation

• V2 documentation
• V2 concepts
• V2 API reference
• V2 CLI reference

Releases

• 2.0.0 - 7 March 2025

Upgrades

V2 is not backward compatible with v1. We are developing tooling to convert v1 configuration to v2 custom resources. Those upgrading from v1 to v2 will have a small period of downtime while the v1 components shut down and the v2 components start up.