site/content/docs/contributing/getting-started.md
Make sure to read you read the Kubernetes community guidelines. In specific, read through the Kubernetes contributor guidelines.
Additionally, note that
Kubernetes and kind are developed on GitHub and will require an account to contribute.
The Kubernetes project requires the CNCF CLA be signed against your GitHub account for all contributions in all subprojects.
You'll need to get the CLA signed to contribute.
You may come back to this later, but we highly recommend reading these:
Our source code is managed with git, to develop locally you
will need to install git.
You can check if git is already on your system and properly installed with
the following command:
git --version
Currently, to create clusters you will need to install Docker.
If you haven't already, install Docker, following the official instructions. If you have an existing installation, check your version and make sure you have the latest Docker.
To check if docker has been installed:
docker --version
This documentation is written using Docker version 18.09.2.
KIND is written in Go, however our makefiles automatically ensure the correct version of go when building or testing.
You may still wish to install go on your machine to make it easier to integrate
into your editor etc. You can find the version of go we're currently using to develop kind in the .go-version file in the kind repo.
Install or upgrade Go using the instructions for your operating system. You can check if Go is in your system with the following command:
The design principles, 1.0 roadmap, and initial design may be helpful to review before contributing. These docs cover some of the project philosophy and direction.
Issues are tracked on GitHub. Please check the issue tracker to see if there is any existing discussion or work related to your interests.
In particular, if you're just getting started, you may want to look for issues labeled <a href="https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/labels/good%20first%20issue" class="gh-label" style="background: #7057ff; color: white">good first issue</a> or <a href="https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/labels/help%20wanted" class="gh-label" style="background: #006b75; color: white">help wanted</a> which are standard labels in the Kubernetes project. The <a href="https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/labels/help%20wanted" class="gh-label" style="background: #006b75; color: white">help wanted</a> label marks issues we're actively seeking help with while <a href="https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/labels/good%20first%20issue" class="gh-label" style="background: #7057ff; color: white">good first issue</a> is additionally applied to a subset of issues we think will be particularly good for newcomers.
If you're interested in working on any of these, leave a comment to let us know!
If you do not see anything, please file a new issue.
NOTE: Please file an enhancement / feature request issue to discuss features before filing a PR (ideally even before writing any code), we have a lot to consider with respect to our existing users and future support when accepting any new feature.
To streamline the process, please reach out and discuss the concept and design / approach ASAP so the maintainers and community can get involved early.
Also -- Please reach out in general for bugs, feature requests, and other issues!
The maintainers of this project are reachable via:
Current maintainers are @aojea and @BenTheElder -- feel free to reach out directly if you have any questions!
See also: the Kubernetes community page.
Okay, so you've gotten your development environment setup, you've read all the contributor guides, signed the CLA ... now what?
If you're planning to contribute code changes, you'll want to read the development guide next.
If you're looking to contribute documentation improvements, first: Thank you! 🎉🤗 You'll specifically want to see the documentation section of the development guide.