Manage artifacts programmatically

[estahn]

We're currently evaluating apicurio-registry-operator. One of the missing features we are interested in is to programmatically manage the artifacts in Apicurio Registry. Is this something that was already discussed or taken into consideration?

If we would contribute such a feature would this be accepted?

[jsenko]

Hello @estahn ,
We have discussed a similar topic before ( Apicurio/apicurio-registry#1215 ), and have created a repository ( https://github.com/Apicurio/apicurio-registry-content-sync-operator ) to explore this feature.
There are currently two PRs we are evaluating, one is a community contribution and the other is an alternative implementation by the Apicurio team. Both are operators that aim to synchronize artifacts defined using a CRD with the Registry.
Please take a look at that repository and provide us with feedback and if your specific use-cases would fit with that project.

[estahn]

@jsenko Thanks. Just out of curiosity, why does this need a second operator? Will this be merged into the main operator once completed?

[jsenko]

The idea is to define artifacts (artifact versions) using CRDs, and for the content-sync operator to synchronize them with a Registry (and possibly vice-versa). There's no plan to merge the operators yet. If you have a different use-case in mind, please let us know.