Easiest way to self host? #247

airtonix · 2025-09-22T10:08:17Z

airtonix
Sep 22, 2025

I started with a ubuntu server
I just used k3sup to get k3s running
I just followed the FluxCD2 tutorial to get fluxcd installed and running
I added Capacitor from here https://fluxcd.io/blog/2024/02/introducing-capacitor/ by simply adding ./clusters/darkside/capacitor.yaml with 👇🏻

---
apiVersion: source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1beta2
kind: OCIRepository
metadata:
  name: capacitor
  namespace: flux-system
spec:
  interval: 12h
  url: oci://ghcr.io/gimlet-io/capacitor-manifests
  ref:
    semver: ">=0.1.0"
---
apiVersion: kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
kind: Kustomization
metadata:
  name: capacitor
  namespace: flux-system
spec:
  targetNamespace: flux-system
  interval: 1h
  retryInterval: 2m
  timeout: 5m
  wait: true
  prune: true
  path: "./"
  sourceRef:
    kind: OCIRepository
    name: capacitor

but it looks nothing like what i see when running

wget -qO- https://gimlet.io/install-capacitor | bash
KUBECONFIG=~/.trolololololol \
  next --port 3333

how I can get newer?

I replaced above ./clusters/darkside/capacitor.yaml with

---
apiVersion: source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
kind: GitRepository
metadata:
  name: capacitor-next<
8000
/span>
  namespace: flux-system
spec:
  interval: 1m
  url: https://github.com/gimlet-io/capacitor
  ref:
    branch: main
---
apiVersion: kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
kind: Kustomization
metadata:
  name: capacitor-next
  namespace: flux-system
spec:
  interval: 1m
  path: "./self-host/yaml"
  prune: true
  sourceRef:
    kind: GitRepository
    name: capacitor-next
  targetNamespace: flux-system

But after resolving stage in flux, i run

KUBECONFIG=~/.trolololololol \
  kubectl port-forward -n flux-system svc/capacitor-next 10081:80

nothing happens and it eventually just exits citing

error: timed out waiting for the condition

laszlocph · 2025-09-22T11:00:02Z

laszlocph
Sep 22, 2025
Maintainer

Hello, check these:

The blog post content is outdated.

0 replies

charles-zeromatter · 2026-04-03T20:47:05Z

charles-zeromatter
Apr 3, 2026

I sent an email to laszlo@gimlet.io. Is there a waitlist for the beta?

0 replies

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