The self-hosted Kubernetes example shows how to use matchbox to network boot and provision a 3 node "self-hosted" Kubernetes v1.6.4 cluster. bootkube is run once on a controller node to bootstrap Kubernetes control plane components as pods before exiting.
Follow the getting started tutorial to learn about matchbox and set up an environment that meets the requirements:
- Matchbox v0.6+ installation with gRPC API enabled
- Matchbox provider credentials
client.crt,client.key, andca.crt - PXE network boot environment
- Terraform v0.9+ and terraform-provider-matchbox installed locally on your system
- Machines with known DNS names and MAC addresses
If you prefer to provision QEMU/KVM VMs on your local Linux machine, set up the matchbox development environment.
sudo ./scripts/devnet createClone the matchbox project and take a look at the cluster examples.
$ git clone https://github.com/coreos/matchbox.git
$ cd matchbox/examples/terraform/bootkube-installCopy the terraform.tfvars.example file to terraform.tfvars. Ensure provider.tf references your matchbox credentials.
matchbox_http_endpoint = "http://matchbox.example.com:8080"
matchbox_rpc_endpoint = "matchbox.example.com:8081"
ssh_authorized_key = "ADD ME"
cluster_name = "demo"
container_linux_version = "1353.7.0"
container_linux_channel = "stable"Provide an ordered list of controller names, MAC addresses, and domain names. Provide an ordered list of worker names, MAC addresses, and domain names.
controller_names = ["node1"]
controller_macs = ["52:54:00:a1:9c:ae"]
controller_domains = ["node1.example.com"]
worker_names = ["node2", "node3"]
worker_macs = ["52:54:00:b2:2f:86", "52:54:00:c3:61:77"]
worker_domains = ["node2.example.com", "node3.example.com"]Provide an assets_dir for generated manifests and a DNS name which you've setup to resolves to controller(s) (e.g. round-robin). Worker nodes and your kubeconfig will communicate via this endpoint.
k8s_domain_name = "cluster.example.com"
asset_dir = "assets"Note: The cached-container-linux-install profile will PXE boot and install Container Linux from matchbox assets. If you have not populated the assets cache, use the container-linux-install profile to use public images (slower).
You may set certain optional variables to override defaults. Set experimental_self_hosted_etcd = "true" to deploy "self-hosted" etcd atop Kubernetes instead of running etcd on hosts directly.
# install_disk = "/dev/sda"
# container_linux_oem = ""
# experimental_self_hosted_etcd = "true"The default is to create a Kubernetes cluster with 1 controller and 2 workers as an example, but check multi-controller.tfvars.example for an example which defines 3 controllers and 1 worker.
Fetch the bootkube Terraform module for bare-metal, which is maintained in the in the matchbox repo.
$ terraform getPlan and apply to create the resources on Matchbox.
$ terraform plan
Plan: 37 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy.Terraform will configure matchbox with profiles (e.g. cached-container-linux-install, bootkube-controller, bootkube-worker) and add groups to match machines by MAC address to a profile. These resources declare that each machine should PXE boot and install Container Linux to disk. node1 will provision itself as a controller, while node2 and noe3 provision themselves as workers.
The module referenced in cluster.tf will also generate bootkube assets to assets_dir (exactly like the bootkube binary would). These assets include Kubernetes bootstrapping and control plane manifests as well as a kubeconfig you can use to access the cluster.
$ terraform apply
module.cluster.null_resource.copy-kubeconfig.0: Still creating... (5m0s elapsed)
module.cluster.null_resource.copy-kubeconfig.1: Still creating... (5m0s elapsed)
module.cluster.null_resource.copy-kubeconfig.2: Still creating... (5m0s elapsed)
...
module.cluster.null_resource.bootkube-start: Still creating... (8m40s elapsed)
...
Apply complete! Resources: 37 added, 0 changed, 0 destroyed.You can now move on to the "Machines" section. Apply will loop until it can successfully copy the kubeconfig to each node and start the one-time Kubernetes bootstrapping process on a controller. In practice, you may see apply fail if it connects before the disk install has completed. Run terraform apply until it reconciles successfully.
Power on each machine (with PXE boot device on next boot). Machines should network boot, install Container Linux to disk, reboot, and provision themselves as bootkube controllers or workers.
$ ipmitool -H node1.example.com -U USER -P PASS chassis bootdev pxe
$ ipmitool -H node1.example.com -U USER -P PASS power onFor local QEMU/KVM development, create the QEMU/KVM VMs.
$ sudo ./scripts/libvirt create
$ sudo ./scripts/libvirt [start|reboot|shutdown|poweroff|destroy]Install kubectl on your laptop. Use the generated kubeconfig to access the Kubernetes cluster. Verify that the cluster is accessible and that the apiserver, scheduler, and controller-manager are running as pods.
$ KUBECONFIG=assets/auth/kubeconfig
$ kubectl get nodes
NAME STATUS AGE
node1.example.com Ready 3m
node2.example.com Ready 3m
node3.example.com Ready 3m
$ kubectl get pods --all-namespaces
NAMESPACE NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
kube-system checkpoint-installer-p8g8r 1/1 Running 1 13m
kube-system kube-apiserver-s5gnx 1/1 Running 1 41s
kube-system kube-controller-manager-3438979800-jrlnd 1/1 Running 1 13m
kube-system kube-controller-manager-3438979800-tkjx7 1/1 Running 1 13m
kube-system kube-dns-4101612645-xt55f 4/4 Running 4 13m
kube-system kube-flannel-pl5c2 2/2 Running 0 13m
kube-system kube-flannel-r9t5r 2/2 Running 3 13m
kube-system kube-flannel-vfb0s 2/2 Running 4 13m
kube-system kube-proxy-cvhmj 1/1 Running 0 13m
kube-system kube-proxy-hf9mh 1/1 Running 1 13m
kube-system kube-proxy-kpl73 1/1 Running 1 13m
kube-system kube-scheduler-694795526-1l23b 1/1 Running 1 13m
kube-system kube-scheduler-694795526-fks0b 1/1 Running 1 13m
kube-system pod-checkpointer-node1.example.com 1/1 Running 2 10mTry restarting machines or deleting pods to see that the cluster is resilient to failures.
Learn more about matchbox or explore the other example clusters.