Bootkube is a helper tool for launching self-hosted Kubernetes clusters.
When launched, bootkube will act as a temporary Kubernetes control-plane (api-server, scheduler, controller-manager), which operates long enough to bootstrap a replacement self-hosted control-plane.
Additionally, bootkube can be used to generate all of the necessary assets for use in bootstrapping a new cluster. These assets can then be modified to support any additional configuration options.
Bootkube has two main commands: render and start
Bootkube can be used to render all of the assets necessary for bootstrapping a self-hosted Kubernetes cluster. This includes generation of TLS assets, Kubernetes object manifests, and a kubeconfig to connect to the bootstrapped cluster.
To see available options, run:
bootkube render --help
Example:
bootkube render --asset-dir=my-cluster
The resulting assets can be inspected / modified in the generated asset-dir.
To start bootkube use the start subcommand.
To see available options, run:
bootkube start --help
Example:
bootkube start --asset-dir=my-cluster
There are currently a few reference implementations to demonstrate bootstrapping a cluster.
The ./hack directory in this repository contains Vagrant examples & quickstart guides, which launch VM(s) then use bootkube to render assets and launch a self-hosted cluster.
The coreos-baremetal repository contains a reference implementation using bootkube with bootcfg and a baremetal cluster.
First, clone the repo into the proper location in your $GOPATH:
go get -u github.com/coreos/bootkube
cd $GOPATH/github.com/coreos/bootkube
Then, to build:
make
And optionally, to install into $GOPATH/bin:
make install
This repository includes scripts for running the Kubernetes conformance tests agains the hack/single-node and hack/multi-node launched clusters.
To run the conformance tests:
make conformance-single
or
make conformance-multi
bootkube is under the Apache 2.0 license. See the LICENSE file for details.