Upbound Official Providers and some other packages define KCL-compatible resource schemas. Make sure you have the KCL Language Server and KCL Visual Studio Code extension on your machine for richer code editing. These schemas and the KCL Visual Studio Code extension provide in-line definitions, linting, autocomplete, and more.

The up dep add command unpacks dependencies that contain resource schemas in the .up/kcl folder at your project root directory.

Make sure you have the necessary tools fully installed on your machine.

Import a resource schema to a function

When you generate a function for your project with up function generate from a composition, the command automatically imports the schemas into your KCL function file:

import models.v1beta1 as v1beta1
import models.v1beta2 as v1beta2
import models.k8s.apimachinery.pkg.apis.meta.v1 as metav1

_metadata = lambda name: str -> any {
    { annotations = { "krm.kcl.dev/composition-resource-name" = name }}
}
oxr = option("params").oxr

# Compose resources here
_items = []

items = _items

The import stanza in your function allows you to manually import schemas. The KCL Visual Studio Code extension can also parse the imported schemas for the same benefits.

Schema-powered experiences in an IDE

To take full advantage of the KCL IDE experience with resource schemas, you need to declare the resource type. Here’s an example:

To use the KCL Visual Studio Code extension with resource schemas, you must declare a resource type.

In the example below, adding the v1beta1.Instance resource enables code completion, context hints, and resource specific information.

import models.v1beta1 as v1beta1

_metadata = lambda name: str -> any {
    { annotations = { "krm.kcl.dev/composition-resource-name" = name }}
}
oxr = option("params").oxr

_items = [
    v1beta1.Instance {
        spec.forProvider = {
            associatePublicIpAddress: True
            ipv6Addresses: ["192.168.1.1"]
            availabilityZone: oxr.spec.parameters.locaton
            cpuCoreCount: 10
        }
    }
]
items = _items

When your cursor is inside the stanza of the v1beta1.Instance, your IDE provides code completion, context hints, and more tailored to that resource type.

Supported packages

All Upbound Official Providers use KCL-compatible resource schemas.

When you build your project with up project build, the generated artifact contains the generated resource schemas for your XRDs. You can build a project and then import that project as a dependency for the resources you define.