Operator can't deploy ValkeyCluster

[alexvzin]

Hello!
I'm successfully build and deploy valkey-operator, following the instruction

https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey-operator/blob/main/README.md

Then I try to deploy simple ValkeyCluster instance:

apiVersion: valkey.io/v1alpha1
kind: ValkeyCluster
metadata:
  labels:
    app.kubernetes.io/name: valkey-operator
    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: kustomize
  name: valkeycluster
spec:
  image: <path to valkey image>
  replicas: 1
  shards: 1
  resources:
    requests:
      memory: "100Mi"
      cpu: "100m"
    limits:
      memory: "2Gi"
      cpu: "500m"

But, as far as I see, the operator does not see the ValkeyCluster instance

Operator pod logs:

2025-11-20T13:09:13Z	INFO	setup	starting manager
2025-11-20T13:09:13Z	INFO	controller-runtime.metrics	Starting metrics server
2025-11-20T13:09:13Z	INFO	setup	disabling http/2
2025-11-20T13:09:13Z	INFO	starting server	{"name": "health probe", "addr": "[::]:8081"}
I1120 13:09:13.053086       1 leaderelection.go:257] attempting to acquire leader lease ecpk-operators-common-valkey-original/73d40801.valkey.io...
I1120 13:09:13.169172       1 leaderelection.go:271] successfully acquired lease ecpk-operators-common-valkey-original/73d40801.valkey.io
2025-11-20T13:09:13Z	DEBUG	events	valkey-operator-controller-manager-74d5c67c5-mcjsk_8354d73e-6ffd-4a36-bd19-2a9cb1ffea46 became leader	{"type": "Normal", "object": {"kind":"Lease","namespace":"ecpk-operators-common-valkey-original","name":"73d40801.valkey.io","uid":"be6a9c88-aef8-4715-8701-782294105cb3","apiVersion":"coordination.k8s.io/v1","resourceVersion":"2080237384"}, "reason": "LeaderElection"}
2025-11-20T13:09:13Z	INFO	Starting EventSource	{"controller": "valkeycluster", "controllerGroup": "valkey.io", "controllerKind": "ValkeyCluster", "source": "kind source: *v1alpha1.ValkeyCluster"}
2025-11-20T13:09:13Z	INFO	Starting Controller	{"controller": "valkeycluster", "controllerGroup": "valkey.io", "controllerKind": "ValkeyCluster"}
2025-11-20T13:09:13Z	INFO	Starting workers	{"controller": "valkeycluster", "controllerGroup": "valkey.io", "controllerKind": "ValkeyCluster", "worker count": 1}
2025-11-20T13:09:16Z	INFO	controller-runtime.metrics	Serving metrics server	{"bindAddress": ":8443", "secure": true}

$ kubectl describe valkeycluster valkeycluster
Name:         valkeycluster
Namespace:    default
Labels:       app.kubernetes.io/managed-by=kustomize
              app.kubernetes.io/name=valkey-operator
Annotations:  <none>
API Version:  valkey.io/v1alpha1
Kind:         ValkeyCluster
Metadata:
  Creation Timestamp:  2025-11-19T17:33:26Z
  Generation:          1
  Resource Version:    2073347246
  UID:                 9b9270c3-6a98-4625-8bd0-e9dd797813e9
Spec:
  Image:     <path to valkey image>
  Replicas:  1
  Resources:
    Limits:
      Cpu:     500m
      Memory:  2Gi
    Requests:
      Cpu:     100m
      Memory:  100Mi
  Shards:      1
Events:        <none>

Whats I'm doing wrong?

As I can see, CRD, ServiceAccount, ClusterRoles, bindings - all installed correctly.

[sandeepkunusoth]

its still under development #10

[alexvzin]

Great thanks!