Demo of Solo.io's Gloo Platform - v2.5

Demo of Gloo Platform version 2.5 features.

Prerequisites

1. Install tools

   Command	Version	Installation
   helm	latest	brew install helm
   istioctl	1.19.7	asdf install istioctl 1.19.7
   meshctl	2.5.5	curl -sL https://run.solo.io/meshctl/install | GLOO_MESH_VERSION=v2.5.5 sh -
   Vault	latest	brew tap hashicorp/tap && brew install hashicorp/tap/vault
   cfssl	latest	brew install cfssl

2. Dependencies These dependencies are used by the installers.

   Command	Version	Installation
   jq	latest	brew install jq
   kustomize	latest	brew install kustomize
   getopt	latest	brew install gnu-getopt
   htmlq	latest	brew install htmlq

3. Set up environment variables

   export GLOO_PLATFORM_VERSION="2.5.5"
   export GLOO_PLATFORM_HELM_VERSION="v${GLOO_PLATFORM_VERSION}"
   
   export ISTIO_VERSION="1.19.7"
   export ISTIO_HELM_VERSION="${ISTIO_VERSION}"
   export ISTIO_SOLO_VERSION="${ISTIO_VERSION}-solo"
   export ISTIO_SOLO_REPO="us-docker.pkg.dev/gloo-mesh/istio-bf39a24ed9df"
   export REVISION="1-19-7"
   
   export CILIUM_SOLO_REPO="us-docker.pkg.dev/gloo-mesh/cilium-0e863d71dfa5"
   export CILIUM_VERSION="1.14.5"
   
   export CERT_MANAGER_VERSION="v1.14.3"
   export VAULT_VERSION="0.27.0"
   export ARGOCD_VERSION="5.55.0"
   export GITEA_VERSION="10.1.3"
   export KAFKA_VERSION="26.4.2"
   export KEYCLOAK_VERSION="21.3.1"
   

4. Provisioning the clusters

   Use run.sh prov in either cloud-provisioner/ projects or local-provisioner/ to provision a set of clusters.

   For e.g. cloud-provisioner/eks-multicluster/run.sh prov to provision a 3 cluster environment on AWS EKS.

Installation

Deploy Gloo Platform and sub-components using Helm.

./install.sh

install.sh has the following options,

Alias	Long option	Optional	Description
-c	--cilium	Yes	Install CNI (Currently in chain mode only)
-ca	--ca [one of: vault, vault-cm-only, pca]	Yes	Enable Vault integration (uses cert-manager for Relay & uses Root Trust Policy configuration for Istio)
-d	--dns	Yes	In Addition, to core integrations (-i option) add DNS support
-g	--gitops	Yes	In Addition, to core integrations (-i option) install GitOps integrations (such as ArgoCD, Gitea)
-i	--integrations	Yes	Install core integrations (By default ALB & cert-manager will be deployed)
-idp	--idp	Yes	In Addition, to core integrations (-i option) install Keycloak
-l	--lifecycle	Yes	Enable life cycle management of Istio and sub-components instead of installing with Helm

Clean Up

Gloo Platform Components and Integrations

Perform a clean up of all the installed components.

./uninstall.sh

uninstall.sh has the following options,

Alias	Long option	Optional	Description
-c	--crds	Yes	Removes all the CRDs
-i	--integrations	Yes	Removes all the integration components
-h	--help	Yes	Display the help

Clusters

Use run.sh clean script either in cloud-provisioner/ projects or local-provisioner/ to destroy the clusters.