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Generating Kubernetes Configuration Files for Authentication

In this lab you will generate Kubernetes configuration files, also known as kubeconfigs, which enable Kubernetes clients to locate and authenticate to the Kubernetes API Servers.

Client Authentication Configs

In this section you will generate kubeconfig files for the controller manager, kubelet, kube-proxy, and scheduler clients and the admin user.

Kubernetes Public IP Address

Each kubeconfig requires a Kubernetes API Server to connect to. To support high availability the IP address assigned to the external load balancer fronting the Kubernetes API Servers will be used.

Retrieve the kubernetes-the-hard-way static IP address:

  • GCP
KUBERNETES_PUBLIC_ADDRESS=$(gcloud compute addresses describe kubernetes-the-hard-way \
  --region $(gcloud config get-value compute/region) \
  --format 'value(address)')
  • AWS
KUBERNETES_PUBLIC_ADDRESS=$(aws elb describe-load-balancers \
  --query 'LoadBalancerDescriptions[].DNSName' \
  --output text)

The kubelet Kubernetes Configuration File

When generating kubeconfig files for Kubelets the client certificate matching the Kubelet's node name must be used. This will ensure Kubelets are properly authorized by the Kubernetes Node Authorizer.

Generate a kubeconfig file for each worker node:

for instance in worker-0 worker-1 worker-2; do
  kubectl config set-cluster kubernetes-the-hard-way \
    --certificate-authority=ca.pem \
    --embed-certs=true \
    --server=https://${KUBERNETES_PUBLIC_ADDRESS}:6443 \
    --kubeconfig=${instance}.kubeconfig

  kubectl config set-credentials system:node:${instance} \
    --client-certificate=${instance}.pem \
    --client-key=${instance}-key.pem \
    --embed-certs=true \
    --kubeconfig=${instance}.kubeconfig

  kubectl config set-context default \
    --cluster=kubernetes-the-hard-way \
    --user=system:node:${instance} \
    --kubeconfig=${instance}.kubeconfig

  kubectl config use-context default --kubeconfig=${instance}.kubeconfig
done

Results:

worker-0.kubeconfig
worker-1.kubeconfig
worker-2.kubeconfig

The kube-proxy Kubernetes Configuration File

Generate a kubeconfig file for the kube-proxy service:

kubectl config set-cluster kubernetes-the-hard-way \
  --certificate-authority=ca.pem \
  --embed-certs=true \
  --server=https://${KUBERNETES_PUBLIC_ADDRESS}:6443 \
  --kubeconfig=kube-proxy.kubeconfig

kubectl config set-credentials system:kube-proxy \
  --client-certificate=kube-proxy.pem \
  --client-key=kube-proxy-key.pem \
  --embed-certs=true \
  --kubeconfig=kube-proxy.kubeconfig

kubectl config set-context default \
  --cluster=kubernetes-the-hard-way \
  --user=system:kube-proxy \
  --kubeconfig=kube-proxy.kubeconfig

kubectl config use-context default --kubeconfig=kube-proxy.kubeconfig

Results:

kube-proxy.kubeconfig

The kube-controller-manager Kubernetes Configuration File

Generate a kubeconfig file for the kube-controller-manager service:

kubectl config set-cluster kubernetes-the-hard-way \
  --certificate-authority=ca.pem \
  --embed-certs=true \
  --server=https://127.0.0.1:6443 \
  --kubeconfig=kube-controller-manager.kubeconfig

kubectl config set-credentials system:kube-controller-manager \
  --client-certificate=kube-controller-manager.pem \
  --client-key=kube-controller-manager-key.pem \
  --embed-certs=true \
  --kubeconfig=kube-controller-manager.kubeconfig

kubectl config set-context default \
  --cluster=kubernetes-the-hard-way \
  --user=system:kube-controller-manager \
  --kubeconfig=kube-controller-manager.kubeconfig

kubectl config use-context default --kubeconfig=kube-controller-manager.kubeconfig

Results:

kube-controller-manager.kubeconfig

The kube-scheduler Kubernetes Configuration File

Generate a kubeconfig file for the kube-scheduler service:

kubectl config set-cluster kubernetes-the-hard-way \
  --certificate-authority=ca.pem \
  --embed-certs=true \
  --server=https://127.0.0.1:6443 \
  --kubeconfig=kube-scheduler.kubeconfig

kubectl config set-credentials system:kube-scheduler \
  --client-certificate=kube-scheduler.pem \
  --client-key=kube-scheduler-key.pem \
  --embed-certs=true \
  --kubeconfig=kube-scheduler.kubeconfig

kubectl config set-context default \
  --cluster=kubernetes-the-hard-way \
  --user=system:kube-scheduler \
  --kubeconfig=kube-scheduler.kubeconfig

kubectl config use-context default --kubeconfig=kube-scheduler.kubeconfig

Results:

kube-scheduler.kubeconfig

The admin Kubernetes Configuration File

Generate a kubeconfig file for the admin user:

kubectl config set-cluster kubernetes-the-hard-way \
  --certificate-authority=ca.pem \
  --embed-certs=true \
  --server=https://127.0.0.1:6443 \
  --kubeconfig=admin.kubeconfig

kubectl config set-credentials admin \
  --client-certificate=admin.pem \
  --client-key=admin-key.pem \
  --embed-certs=true \
  --kubeconfig=admin.kubeconfig

kubectl config set-context default \
  --cluster=kubernetes-the-hard-way \
  --user=admin \
  --kubeconfig=admin.kubeconfig

kubectl config use-context default --kubeconfig=admin.kubeconfig

Results:

admin.kubeconfig

Distribute the Kubernetes Configuration Files

Copy the appropriate kubelet and kube-proxy kubeconfig files to each worker instance:

  • GCP
for instance in worker-0 worker-1 worker-2; do
  gcloud compute scp ${instance}.kubeconfig kube-proxy.kubeconfig ${instance}:~/
done
  • AWS
for instance in worker-0 worker-1 worker-2; do
  ip=$(echo ${instance} | sed 's/-/_/' | awk '{print "ip_"$1}')
  scp ${instance}.kubeconfig kube-proxy.kubeconfig ubuntu@${!ip}:~/
done

Copy the appropriate kube-controller-manager and kube-scheduler kubeconfig files to each controller instance:

  • GCP
for instance in controller-0 controller-1 controller-2; do
  gcloud compute scp admin.kubeconfig kube-controller-manager.kubeconfig kube-scheduler.kubeconfig ${instance}:~/
done
  • AWS
for instance in controller-0 controller-1 controller-2; do
  ip=$(echo ${instance} | sed 's/-/_/' | awk '{print "ip_"$1}')
  scp admin.kubeconfig kube-controller-manager.kubeconfig  \
    kube-scheduler.kubeconfig ubuntu@${!ip}:~/
done

Next: Generating the Data Encryption Config and Key