Kaniko Task for Tekton

This repository contains the kaniko Task and StepAction for Tekton Pipelines, providing container image building capabilities using kaniko.

Note: This uses the community-maintained fork of kaniko (osscontainertools/kaniko) since the original Google repository was archived.

Installation

Install the Task directly:

kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tektoncd-catalog/kaniko/main/task/kaniko/kaniko.yaml

Or use a Tekton Bundle with the bundle resolver:

taskRef:
  resolver: bundles
  params:
    - name: bundle
      value: ghcr.io/tektoncd-catalog/kaniko/bundle:v1.0.0
    - name: name
      value: kaniko
    - name: kind
      value: task

Quick Start

apiVersion: tekton.dev/v1
kind: TaskRun
metadata:
  generateName: kaniko-build-
spec:
  taskRef:
    name: kaniko
  workspaces:
    - name: source
      persistentVolumeClaim:
        claimName: my-source
  params:
    - name: IMAGE
      value: registry.example.com/my-image:latest

Documentation

• Task reference — full parameter, workspace, and authentication docs
• StepAction reference — composable step version
• DEVELOPMENT.md — architecture, generation, testing, and release process
• CONTRIBUTING.md — contribution workflow and CI expectations