Import existing Kubernetes Clusters (GKE) and Webhooks Support

[eandre]

Encore now supports deploying to existing Kubernetes clusters on Google Cloud Platform. 🎉
This means, if you have a pre-existing Kubernetes cluster, it is now much easier to adopt Encore. You can simply deploy your Encore application to your pre-existing cluster alongside your other applications.

To import a cluster: Go to Create Environment in the Cloud Dashboard, select Kubernetes: Existing GKE Cluster as the compute platform, and finally specify your cluster's Project ID, Region, and Cluster Name.

Webhooks Support

We've finally added support for receiving webhooks from the Encore Platform!
Admins can manage webhooks by going to: Settings > Integrations > Webhooks in the Cloud Dashboard.

The initial set of webhooks center around rollouts, providing notifications related to builds, infra provisioning, and deployments. Use cases for these events include:

• Setting up alerts for build/deploy failures
• Notifications for when a deploy is awaiting infrastructure approval
• Seeding Preview Environments with test data

To make it easier to consume webhooks, we've published a Go module (go.encore.dev/webhooks) that provides type definitions and documentation of the various events. We'll keep this updated over time as we add support for additional webhook events. For security reasons, Encore provisions a dedicated secret key for every webhook and signs every webhook request with said key. The provided webhooks.ParseEvent validates the webhook signature as part of its processing, ensuring the webhooks are coming from Encore and not elsewhere.

Learn more in the docs

Thanks to all contributors!

We rely on the community to improve Encore, and we continue to be overwhelmed by your support and encouragement.
Thank you Juan Álvarez, Will Demaine, Jakob Nordfeldt, MaxD, and Jamie MacLeod for your ideas in the new #suggestions Slack channel! ✨

What’s next

Right now we're working on adding support for deploying to Kubernetes on AWS, gRPC, and much more. Remember to vote on your favorite feature on the roadmap!

As always, if you have questions or feedback, tell us on Slack or just email us at [email protected].
We’re excited to hear your feedback! ❤️

Catch you in the cloud,
The Encore team

Full Changelog: v1.21.2...v1.22.0

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