# Install cloud-provider-kind with Homebrew, Nix Cloud provider for KIND clusters. Version 0.11.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-26. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:cloud-provider-kind ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install cloud-provider-kind ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#cloud-provider-kind ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cl/cloud-provider-kind/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:cloud-provider-kind - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.11.1 - **Source summary:** Cloud provider for KIND clusters - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-26T13:38:33Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - cloud-provider-kind (cli) - cloud-provider-kind (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.11.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-26 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cloud-provider-kind - Upstream latest detected: v0.11.1 (current) ## Project history and usage cloud-provider-kind is a Kubernetes SIGs project that gives kind clusters a local cloud-provider-style LoadBalancer experience. It is newer and narrower than kind itself, but its official docs provide enough source-backed context for package history. ### Project history The kubernetes-sigs/cloud-provider-kind repository was created in 2023 to fill a specific gap in kind-based testing: kind is useful for cheap local Kubernetes clusters, but does not itself provide all behavior that depends on cloud providers, especially LoadBalancer services. The README documents the provider as a local controller that watches kind clusters and LoadBalancer Services, then creates corresponding containers to expose those Services. It also added a published controller-manager image starting with v0.4.0. ### Adoption history Official installation paths include `go install`, building from source, Docker, and community-supported Homebrew packaging. The README explicitly says package-manager builds are community supported and not produced by the maintainers. The project gained visible Kubernetes community attention through a KubeCon EU 2024 talk linked from the README, which is meaningful adoption evidence for a Kubernetes SIG utility. ### How it is used Users create a kind cluster, run `cloud-provider-kind` in a terminal, and then create LoadBalancer Services or Gateway API resources that the provider exposes through local containers. The provider also supports Gateway API behavior and a registry override environment variable for mirroring its proxy image. ### Why package nerds care For package maintainers, cloud-provider-kind is interesting because upstream treats Homebrew as a community package while Go install and container images remain closer to the project. That split matters for users who expect Kubernetes SIG artifacts to be canonical. It is also a small but useful example of packaging local Kubernetes infrastructure behavior as a single CLI. ### Timeline - 2023: kubernetes-sigs/cloud-provider-kind GitHub repository metadata was created. - v0.4.0: The README records availability of the registry.k8s.io controller-manager image. - 2024: The README links a KubeCon EU talk about load balancing on kind. ### Related projects - kind is the local Kubernetes cluster tool that cloud-provider-kind extends. - Kubernetes Gateway API is supported by cloud-provider-kind. - Kubernetes cloud-provider implementations are the broader family of projects whose behavior this tool emulates locally. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal. - **Geiger risk:** orange / medium - infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** cloud-provider-kind - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - cloud-provider-kind: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cl/cloud-provider-kind/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family. - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ctlptl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ctlptl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kind, kubernetes, local-clusters. - [gwctl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gwctl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, gateway-api, kubernetes. - [ingress2gateway](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ingress2gateway/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, gateway-api, kubernetes. - [cdk8s](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cdk8s/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes. - [chaoskube](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/chaoskube/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes. - [click](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/click/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes. - [clusterawsadm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clusterawsadm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes. - [clusterctl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clusterctl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/cloud-provider-kind.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/cloud-provider-kind.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph