helm · cpanato · Jun 2, 2025 · Mar 14, 2025
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -258,4 +258,23 @@ jobs:
 
             curl -X DELETE $LOCAL_REGISTRY/v2/localbusybox/manifests/$DIGEST
             [[ "$(curl -Ls $LOCAL_REGISTRY/v2/localbusybox/tags/list | jq .tags)" == null ]]
-
+
+  test-with-cloud-provider-enabled:
+      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+      steps:
+        - name: Checkout
+          uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+
+        - name: Create kind cluster with cloud provider
+          uses: ./
+          with:
+            cloud_provider: true
+
+        - name: Test
+          run: |
+            if ps aux | grep -v grep | grep cloud-provider-kind; then
+              echo "Cloud provider is present."
+            else
+              echo "Cloud provider is not present."
+              exit 1
+            fi        
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ For more information on inputs, see the [API Documentation](https://developer.gi
 - `registry_enable_delete`: Enable delete operations on the registry (default: false)
 - `install_only`: Skips cluster creation, only install kind (default: false)
 - `ignore_failed_clean`: Whether to ignore the post delete cluster action failing (default: false)
+- `cloud_provider`: Whether to use cloud provider loadbalancer (default: false)
 
 ### Example Workflow
 

diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ inputs:
     description: "Whether to ignore the post-delete the cluster (default: false)"
     default: "false"
     required: false
+  cloud_provider:
+    description: "Whether to use cloud provider loadbalancer (default: false)"
+    required: false
+    default: "false"
 runs:
   using: "node20"
   main: "main.js"

diff --git a/cleanup.sh b/cleanup.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ main() {
     args=(--name "${INPUT_CLUSTER_NAME:-$DEFAULT_CLUSTER_NAME}")
     registry_args=("${INPUT_REGISTRY_NAME:-$DEFAULT_REGISTRY_NAME}")
 
+    if [[ "${INPUT_CLOUD_PROVIDER:-false}" == true ]]; then
+        rm -f /usr/local/bin/cloud-provider-kind || true
+        rm -rf cloud-provider-kind || true
+        rm -f /tmp/cloud-provider.log || true
+        rm -f cloud-provider-kind_*_checksums.txt || true
+    fi
+
     docker rm -f "${registry_args[@]}" || "${INPUT_IGNORE_FAILED_CLEAN}"
 
     kind delete cluster "${args[@]}" || "${INPUT_IGNORE_FAILED_CLEAN}"

diff --git a/kind.sh b/kind.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ set -o pipefail
 DEFAULT_KIND_VERSION=v0.26.0
 DEFAULT_CLUSTER_NAME=chart-testing
 DEFAULT_KUBECTL_VERSION=v1.31.4
+DEFAULT_CLOUD_PROVIDER_KIND_VERSION=0.6.0
 
 show_help() {
 cat << EOF
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ Usage: $(basename "$0") <options>
     -k, --kubectl-version                   The kubectl version to use (default: $DEFAULT_KUBECTL_VERSION)
     -o, --install-only                      Skips cluster creation, only install kind (default: false)
         --with-registry                     Enables registry config dir for the cluster (default: false)
+        --cloud-provider                    Enables cloud provider for the cluster (default: false)
 
 EOF
 }
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ main() {
     local install_only=false
     local with_registry=false
     local config_with_registry_path="/etc/kind-registry/config.yaml"
+    local cloud_provider=
 
     parse_command_line "$@"
 
@@ -198,6 +201,14 @@ parse_command_line() {
                     with_registry=true
                 fi
                 ;;
+            --cloud-provider)
+                if [[ -n "${2:-}" ]]; then
+                    cloud_provider="$2"
+                    shift
+                else
+                    cloud_provider=true
+                fi
+                ;;
             *)
                 break
                 ;;
@@ -245,6 +256,25 @@ EOF
     sudo chmod a+r "$config_with_registry_path"
 }
 
+install_cloud_provider(){
+    echo "Setting up cloud-provider-kind..."
+    curl -sSLo cloud-provider-kind_${DEFAULT_CLOUD_PROVIDER_KIND_VERSION}_linux_amd64.tar.gz https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cloud-provider-kind/releases/download/v${DEFAULT_CLOUD_PROVIDER_KIND_VERSION}/cloud-provider-kind_${DEFAULT_CLOUD_PROVIDER_KIND_VERSION}_linux_amd64.tar.gz > /dev/null 2>&1
+    curl -sSLo cloud-provider-kind_${DEFAULT_CLOUD_PROVIDER_KIND_VERSION}_checksums.txt https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cloud-provider-kind/releases/download/v${DEFAULT_CLOUD_PROVIDER_KIND_VERSION}/cloud-provider-kind_${DEFAULT_CLOUD_PROVIDER_KIND_VERSION}_checksums.txt
+
+    grep "cloud-provider-kind_${DEFAULT_CLOUD_PROVIDER_KIND_VERSION}_linux_amd64.tar.gz" < "cloud-provider-kind_${DEFAULT_CLOUD_PROVIDER_KIND_VERSION}_checksums.txt" | sha256sum -c
+
+    mkdir -p cloud-provider-kind-tmp
+    tar -xzf cloud-provider-kind_${DEFAULT_CLOUD_PROVIDER_KIND_VERSION}_linux_amd64.tar.gz -C cloud-provider-kind-tmp
+    chmod +x cloud-provider-kind-tmp/cloud-provider-kind
+    sudo mv cloud-provider-kind-tmp/cloud-provider-kind /usr/local/bin/
+    rm -rf cloud-provider-kind-tmp cloud-provider-kind_${DEFAULT_CLOUD_PROVIDER_KIND_VERSION}_linux_amd64.tar.gz
+
+    echo "cloud-provider-kind set up successfully ✅"
+
+    cloud-provider-kind > /tmp/cloud-provider.log 2>&1 &
+    echo "cloud-provider-kind started ✅"
+}
+
 create_kind_cluster() {
     echo 'Creating kind cluster...'
     local args=(create cluster "--name=${cluster_name}" "--wait=${wait}")
@@ -274,6 +304,10 @@ create_kind_cluster() {
         fi
     fi
 
+    if [[ "${cloud_provider}" == true ]]; then
+        install_cloud_provider
+    fi
+
     "${kind_dir}/kind" "${args[@]}"
 }
 

diff --git a/main.sh b/main.sh
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ main() {
         registry_args+=(--enable-delete "${INPUT_REGISTRY_ENABLE_DELETE}")
     fi
 
+    if [[ -n "${INPUT_CLOUD_PROVIDER:-}" ]]; then
+        args+=(--cloud-provider "${INPUT_CLOUD_PROVIDER}")
+    fi
+
     "${SCRIPT_DIR}/kind.sh" ${args[@]+"${args[@]}"}
 
     if [[ "${INPUT_REGISTRY:-}" == true ]]; then