# Setup cluster with kubeadm Disable swap for kubelet to work properly ```shell swapoff -a ``` ## Install prerequisites ```shell sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl sudo curl -fsSLo /usr/share/keyrings/kubernetes-archive-keyring.gpg https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/kubernetes-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.kubernetes.io/ kubernetes-xenial main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubernetes.list sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install -y containerd conntrack socat kubelet kubeadm kubectl ``` cri-ctl: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools TODO: nerdctl? We are going to use Cilium kube-proxy (TODO) ## Initialise cluster ```shell sudo kubeadm init ``` ## Set up kubectl https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/ ```shell mkdir -p $HOME/.kube sudo cp -i /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf $HOME/.kube/config && sudo chown $(id -u):$(id -g) $HOME/.kube/config ``` For remote kubectl copy the config file to local machine ```shell scp veh@192.168.1.12:/home/veh/.kube/config ~/.kube/config ``` ## (Optional) Remove taint for single node use Get taints on nodes ```shell kubectl get nodes -o json | jq '.items[].spec.taints' ``` Remove taint on master node to allow scheduling of all deployments ```shell kubectl taint nodes --all node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane- ``` ## Install Cilium as Container Network Interface (CNI) https://docs.cilium.io/en/stable/gettingstarted/k8s-install-default/ Install Cilium CLI ```shell CILIUM_CLI_VERSION=$(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cilium/cilium-cli/master/stable.txt) CLI_ARCH=amd64 if [ "$(uname -m)" = "aarch64" ]; then CLI_ARCH=arm64; fi curl -L --fail --remote-name-all https://github.com/cilium/cilium-cli/releases/download/${CILIUM_CLI_VERSION}/cilium-linux-${CLI_ARCH}.tar.gz{,.sha256sum} sha256sum --check cilium-linux-${CLI_ARCH}.tar.gz.sha256sum sudo tar xzvfC cilium-linux-${CLI_ARCH}.tar.gz /usr/local/bin rm cilium-linux-${CLI_ARCH}.tar.gz{,.sha256sum} ``` Install Cilium ```shell cilium install ``` // TODO: Directly by Helm chart ```shell helm template --namespace kube-system cilium cilium/cilium --version 1.12.1 --set cluster.id=0,cluster.name=kubernetes,encryption.nodeEncryption=false,kubeProxyReplacement=disabled,operator.replicas=1,serviceAccounts.cilium.name=cilium,serviceAccounts.operator.name=cilium-operator,tunnel=vxlan ``` Validate install ```shell cilium status ``` ### (Optional) Replace kube-proxy with Cilium [TODO] https://docs.cilium.io/en/v1.12/gettingstarted/kubeproxy-free/ *NB* Cluster should be initialised with ```shell sudo kubeadm init --skip-phases=addon/kube-proxy ``` ## MetalLB For load balancing https://metallb.universe.tf/installation/ Installation https://raw.githubusercontent.com/metallb/metallb/v0.13.5/config/manifests/metallb-native.yaml ```shell kubectl apply -f infra/metallb/00-manifest.yml ``` Configure IP-pool and advertise as Level 2 https://metallb.universe.tf/configuration/ ```yaml kubectl apply -f infra/metallb/01-configuration.yml ``` # Traefik Configure `helm/traefik-values.ymal` and run ```shell terraform init terraform plan terraform apply ``` to deploy Traefik using Helm **NB:** It appears we need the "volume-permissions" init container for Traefik if using `StorageClass` with provisioner `kubernetes.io/no-provisioner` ## Port forward Traefik Port forward Traefik ports in router from 8000 to 80 for http and 4443 to 443 for https. IP can be found with `kubectl get svc`. # Test-application Deploy a test-application by running ```shell kubectl apply -k apps/whoami ``` An unsecured test-application `whoami` should be available at [https://test.${DOMAIN}](https://test.${DOMAIN}). If you configured `apps/whoami/traefik-forward-auth` correctly a secured version should be available at [https://whoami.${DOMAIN}](https://whoami.${DOMAIN}) # Kubernetes Dashboard An OIDC (treaefik-forward-auth) protected [Kubernetes Dashboard](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/access-application-cluster/web-ui-dashboard/) can be deployed using ```shell kubectl apply -k infra/dashboard ``` # Cleanup ```shell kubectl drain gauss --delete-emptydir-data --force --ignore-daemonsets sudo kubeadm reset sudo iptables -F && sudo iptables -t nat -F && sudo iptables -t mangle -F && sudo iptables -X sudo ipvsadm -C ```