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Digital Ocean Kubernetes Challenge - 2021 -Deploying an internal Container registry.

#kubernetes #cloud #digitalocean #opensource

The Problem

As Kubernetes doesn't provide an internal container registry, the DigitalOcean Kubernetes Challenge, challenged us to build one with the help of tools like Trow or Harbor.

Introduction

In this guide:

  1. I will try and explain how to create a Kubernetes Cluster on DigitalOcean using terraform.
  2. Then I will deploy Trow in the same cluster as an internal container registry.
  3. Then I will deploy an Nginx sample application on the pod via trow.

Prerequisites:

As we will be working with

  1. DigitalOcean
  2. Kubernetes
  3. Terraform
  4. Trow it is natural we will have to set them up on our host machine configured to our liking.

Now onto THE CHALLENGE! :

Firstly set up a Personal Access Token on the API Page of DO console, just click on the "Generate New Token" button and voila a token with read and write privileges to your console will be generated! - So simple right!

Export the newly generated token as :

export DigitalOcean_Token=tokenid
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  1. In your project directory(I set it up as do-kubernetes-challenge-2021), make a terraform configuration file as yourfilename.tf 
#Deploy the actual Kubernetes Cluster
    resource "digitalocean_kubernetes_cluster" "kubernetes_cluster" {
    name = "do-kubernetes-challenge"
    region = "blr1"
    version = "1.19.15-do.0"

    tags =["my-tag"]

    #This default node pool configuration is mandatory
    node_pool{
      name      = "default-pool"
      size      = "s-1vcpu-2gb" #minimum size, list available options with 'doctl compute size list'
      auto-scale    = false
      node_count    = 2
      tags      = ["node-pool-tag"]
      labels = {
        "pratiktamgole.xyz"="up"
      }
    }

}
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Make an accompaning file known as provider.tf

terraform{
  reqiured_providers {
    digitalocean = {
        source ="digitalocean/digitalocean"
    version = "~>2.0"
     }
    }
}
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Perform Terraform Deployment :

terraform init

patglitch19@patglitch19-HP:~/do-kubernetes-challenge-2021$ terraform init

Initializing the backend...

Initializing provider plugins...
- Reusing previous version of digitalocean/digitalocean from the dependency lock file
- Using previously-installed digitalocean/digitalocean v2.16.0

Terraform has been successfully initialized!

You may now begin working with Terraform. Try running "terraform plan" to see
any changes that are required for your infrastructure. All Terraform commands
should now work.

If you ever set or change modules or backend configuration for Terraform,
rerun this command to reinitialize your working directory. If you forget, other
commands will detect it and remind you to do so if necessary.
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terraform plan

patglitch19@patglitch19:~/do-kubernetes-challenge-2021$ terraform plan

Terraform used the selected providers to generate the following execution plan. Resource actions are indicated with the following symbols:
  + create

Terraform will perform the following actions:

  # digitalocean_kubernetes_cluster.kubernetes_cluster will be created
  + resource "digitalocean_kubernetes_cluster" "kubernetes_cluster" {
      + cluster_subnet = (known after apply)
      + created_at     = (known after apply)
      + endpoint       = (known after apply)
      + ha             = false
      + id             = (known after apply)
      + ipv4_address   = (known after apply)
      + kube_config    = (sensitive value)
      + name           = "terraform-do-cluster"
      + region         = "blr1"
      + service_subnet = (known after apply)
      + status         = (known after apply)
      + surge_upgrade  = true
      + tags           = [
          + "my-tag",
        ]
      + updated_at     = (known after apply)
      + urn            = (known after apply)
      + version        = "1.19.15-do.0"
      + vpc_uuid       = (known after apply)

      + maintenance_policy {
          + day        = (known after apply)
          + duration   = (known after apply)
          + start_time = (known after apply)
        }

      + node_pool {
          + actual_node_count = (known after apply)
          + auto_scale        = false
          + id                = (known after apply)
          + labels            = {
              + "dev.to/patglitch" = "up"
            }
          + name              = "default-pool"
          + node_count        = 2
          + nodes             = (known after apply)
          + size              = "s-1vcpu-2gb"
          + tags              = [
              + "node-pool-tag",
            ]
        }
    }

Plan: 1 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy.

─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

Note: You didn't use the -out option to save this plan, so Terraform can't guarantee to take exactly these actions if you run "terraform
apply" now.
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terraform apply --auto-approve

patglitch19@patglitch19-HP-Pavilion-15-Notebook-PC:~/do-kubernetes-challenge-2021$ terraform apply --auto-approve

Terraform used the selected providers to generate the following execution plan. Resource actions are indicated with the following symbols:
  + create

Terraform will perform the following actions:

  # digitalocean_kubernetes_cluster.kubernetes_cluster will be created
  + resource "digitalocean_kubernetes_cluster" "kubernetes_cluster" {
      + cluster_subnet = (known after apply)
      + created_at     = (known after apply)
      + endpoint       = (known after apply)
      + ha             = false
      + id             = (known after apply)
      + ipv4_address   = (known after apply)
      + kube_config    = (sensitive value)
      + name           = "terraform-do-cluster"
      + region         = "blr1"
      + service_subnet = (known after apply)
      + status         = (known after apply)
      + surge_upgrade  = true
      + tags           = [
          + "my-tag",
        ]
      + updated_at     = (known after apply)
      + urn            = (known after apply)
      + version        = "1.19.15-do.0"
      + vpc_uuid       = (known after apply)

      + maintenance_policy {
          + day        = (known after apply)
          + duration   = (known after apply)
          + start_time = (known after apply)
        }

      + node_pool {
          + actual_node_count = (known after apply)
          + auto_scale        = false
          + id                = (known after apply)
          + labels            = {
              + "dev.to/patglitch" = "up"
            }
          + name              = "default-pool"
          + node_count        = 2
          + nodes             = (known after apply)
          + size              = "s-1vcpu-2gb"
          + tags              = [
              + "node-pool-tag",
            ]
        }
    }

Plan: 1 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy.
digitalocean_kubernetes_cluster.kubernetes_cluster: Creating...
digitalocean_kubernetes_cluster.kubernetes_cluster: Still creating... [10s elapsed]
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digitalocean_kubernetes_cluster.kubernetes_cluster: Still creating... [4m20s elapsed]
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digitalocean_kubernetes_cluster.kubernetes_cluster: Still creating... [4m40s elapsed]
digitalocean_kubernetes_cluster.kubernetes_cluster: Still creating... [4m50s elapsed]
digitalocean_kubernetes_cluster.kubernetes_cluster: Still creating... [5m0s elapsed]
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digitalocean_kubernetes_cluster.kubernetes_cluster: Still creating... [5m30s elapsed]
digitalocean_kubernetes_cluster.kubernetes_cluster: Still creating... [5m40s elapsed]
digitalocean_kubernetes_cluster.kubernetes_cluster: Still creating... [5m50s elapsed]
digitalocean_kubernetes_cluster.kubernetes_cluster: Still creating... [6m0s elapsed]
digitalocean_kubernetes_cluster.kubernetes_cluster: Still creating... [6m10s elapsed]
digitalocean_kubernetes_cluster.kubernetes_cluster: Still creating... [6m20s elapsed]
digitalocean_kubernetes_cluster.kubernetes_cluster: Still creating... [6m30s elapsed]
digitalocean_kubernetes_cluster.kubernetes_cluster: Still creating... [6m40s elapsed]
digitalocean_kubernetes_cluster.kubernetes_cluster: Creation complete after 6m47s [id=88b84043-6683-4342-b7e2-2d68a2a691d9]

Apply complete! Resources: 1 added, 0 changed, 0 destroyed.
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With the last command, we will be able to see the cluster forming on our DigitalOcean Cloud Console:

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Connect to the Kubernetes Cluster

Now to connect to our newly formed cluster, we need to to download the kubeconfig file but first create an enviroment variable with our clusterID

export CLUSTER_ID= CLUSTERID
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Download the configuration file of the cluster:

curl -X GET -H "Content-Type:application/json" -H "Authorization:Bearer $DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN" "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/  kubernetes/clusters/$CLUSTER_ID/kubeconfig" > config
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Now set the KUBECONFIG enviroment variable to point to the downloaded config file :

export KUBECONFIG=$(pwd)/config
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Hooray! We've got out shiny new Kubernetes Cluster running on our DO Console Account. Now to deploy a registry running with TLS. We can check it with :

patglitch19@patglitch19-HP-Pavilion-15-Notebook-PC:~/do-kubernetes-challenge-2021$ kubectl cluster-info
Kubernetes control plane is running at https://88b84043-6683-4342-b7e2-2d68a2a691d9.k8s.ondigitalocean.com
CoreDNS is running at https://88b84043-6683-4342-b7e2-2d68a2a691d9.k8s.ondigitalocean.com/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/services/kube-dns:dns/proxy

To further debug and diagnose cluster problems, use 'kubectl cluster-info dump'.
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clone the trow project repository :

git clone git@github.com:ContainerSolutions/trow.git
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cd into the cloned folder :

cd trow && cd quick-install
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Install Trow on your Cluster :

./install.sh
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-To check it was properly installed :

kubectl get pod -A
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The above commands will look like this:

patglitch19@patglitch19-HP-Pavilion-15-Notebook-PC:~/do-kubernetes-challenge-2021$ git clone git@github.com:ContainerSolutions/trow.git
Cloning into 'trow'...
Warning: Permanently added the ECDSA host key for IP address '13.234.176.102' to the list of known hosts.
remote: Enumerating objects: 7063, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (923/923), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (492/492), done.
remote: Total 7063 (delta 554), reused 721 (delta 427), pack-reused 6140
Receiving objects: 100% (7063/7063), 2.89 MiB | 1.97 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (4469/4469), done.
patglitch19@patglitch19-HP-Pavilion-15-Notebook-PC:~/do-kubernetes-challenge-2021$ cd trow
patglitch19@patglitch19-HP-Pavilion-15-Notebook-PC:~/do-kubernetes-challenge-2021/trow$ ./install.sh
bash: ./install.sh: No such file or directory
patglitch19@patglitch19-HP-Pavilion-15-Notebook-PC:~/do-kubernetes-challenge-2021/trow$ cd quick-install
patglitch19@patglitch19-HP-Pavilion-15-Notebook-PC:~/do-kubernetes-challenge-2021/trow/quick-install$ ./install.sh
Trow AutoInstaller for Kubernetes
=================================

This installer assumes kubectl is configured to point to the cluster you want to
install Trow on and that your user has cluster-admin rights.

This installer will perform the following steps:

  - Create a ServiceAccount and associated Roles for Trow 
  - Create a Kubernetes Service and Deployment
  - Request and sign a TLS certificate for Trow from the cluster CA
  - Copy the public certificate to all nodes in the cluster
  - Copy the public certificate to this machine (optional)
  - Register a ValidatingAdmissionWebhook (optional) 

If you're running on GKE, you may first need to give your user cluster-admin
rights:

  $ kubectl create clusterrolebinding cluster-admin-binding --clusterrole=cluster-admin --user=$(gcloud config get-value core/account)

Also make sure port 31000 is open on the firewall so clients can connect.
If you're running on the Google cloud, the following should work:

  $ gcloud compute firewall-rules create trow --allow tcp:31000 --project <project name>

This script will install Trow to the kube-public namespace.
To choose a different namespace run:
  $ ./install.sh <my-namespace>

Do you want to continue? (y/n) Y
Installing Trow in namespace: kube-public

Starting Kubernetes Resources
serviceaccount/trow created
role.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/trow created
clusterrole.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/trow created
rolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/trow created
clusterrolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/trow created
deployment.apps/trow-deploy created
service/trow created

Adding entry to /etc/hosts for trow.kube-public

Exposing registry via /etc/hosts
This requires sudo privileges
312
253
206.189.137.94 trow.kube-public # added for trow registry

Successfully configured localhost

Do you want to configure Trow as a validation webhook (NB this will stop external images from being deployed to the cluster)? (y/n) y
Setting up trow as a validating webhook
WARNING: This will limit what images can run in your cluster
By default, only images in Trow and official Kubernetes images will be 
allowed

validatingwebhookconfiguration.admissionregistration.k8s.io/trow-validator created
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The script has set up the domain trow.kube-public to point at your cluster. We can now tag and push our local image with the following three commands:

patglitch19@patglitch19-HP-Pavilion-15-Notebook-PC:~/do-kubernetes-challenge-2021/trow/quick-install$ docker pull nginx:latest
latest: Pulling from library/nginx
Digest: sha256:366e9f1ddebdb844044c2fafd13b75271a9f620819370f8971220c2b330a9254
Status: Image is up to date for nginx:latest
docker.io/library/nginx:latest
patglitch19@patglitch19-HP-Pavilion-15-Notebook-PC:~/do-kubernetes-challenge-2021/trow/quick-install$ docker tag nginx:latest trow.kube-public:31000/nginx:test
patglitch19@patglitch19-HP-Pavilion-15-Notebook-PC:~/do-kubernetes-challenge-2021/trow/quick-install$ docker push trow.kube-public:31000/nginx:test
The push refers to repository [trow.kube-public:31000/nginx]
51a4ac025eb4: Pushed 
4ded77d16e76: Pushed 
32359d2cd6cd: Pushed 
4270b63061e5: Pushed 
5f5f780b24de: Pushed 
2edcec3590a4: Pushed 
test: digest: sha256:8ba07d07b05bf4a026082b484ed143ab335cbe5295e13f567cde3440718dcd93 size: 1570
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And finally run it inside Kubernetes! :

patglitch19@patglitch19-HP-Pavilion-15-Notebook-PC:~/do-kubernetes-challenge-2021/trow/quick-install$ kubectl run trow-test --image=trow.kube-public:31000/nginx:test
pod/trow-test created
patglitch19@patglitch19-HP-Pavilion-15-Notebook-PC:~/do-kubernetes-challenge-2021/trow/quick-install$ kubectl get pods
NAME        READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
trow-test   1/1     Running   0          39s
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Good Lord! I have done it!!
And I hope you could follow this very easily and
successfully deployed Trow onto your cluster and pushed the Nginx image into the registry, after following this post!

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