This is packer configuration to build a vm template to run kubeadm in a vsphere environment, mostly for testing the Cloud Provider Interface (CPI) and Container Storage Interface (CSI). You can use packer to build a template and then use that template to create kubernetetes nodes in vsphere.
This is mostly based on Myles Gray's work as well as the K8S on vSphere with Kubeadm tutorial from the Cloud Provider vSphere SIG
I also borrowed most of the packer config from a github repository that I can no longer find. I'll update this readme when I track it down again. Apologies.
NOTE: You have to use an older version of packer with packer-builder-vsphere-iso.linux.
| Component | Version |
|---|---|
| vSphere | 6.7U3 |
| Docker | 19.03 |
| Kubernetes | 1.17.0 |
| Ubuntu | 18.04 |
| Packer | 1.3.5 |
| vsphere-iso | latest |
| Powershell | 6.2.3 |
| Govc | 0.21.0 |
Install the latest vsphere-iso release and ensure the binary is available on your path.
$ which packer-builder-vsphere-iso.linux
~/bin/packer-builder-vsphere-iso.linux
Use the sample variables file.
NOTE: The ubuntu user and password are hardcoded into the preseed file so don't change those unless you want to also change the preseed file.
cp variables.json.example variables.json
Edit that file and add vcenter information and a public key.
Now build.
packer build --force -var-file variables.json ubuntu-18.json
Once that completes there should be a new template that can be used to build k8s nodes.
Currently it seems we need to run some powershell to get a customized vm spec. We are using this instead of something like cloud-init.
NOTE: This requires powershell installed.
$ pwsh
> Connect-VIServer <vcenter> -User <administrator@vsphere.local> -Password <Admin!23>
> New-OSCustomizationSpec -Name Ubuntu -OSType Linux -DnsServer <dns server> -DnsSuffix <dns suffix> -Domain <dns suffix> -NamingScheme vm
Now we can create vms from that template and spec.
NOTE: This requires govc is installed and configured.
govc vm.clone -vm <template name> -customization=Ubuntu k8s-controller
govc vm.clone -vm <template name> -customization=Ubuntu k8s-node-1
govc vm.clone -vm <template name> -customization=Ubuntu k8s-node-2
Find all all nodes.
$ govc find / -type m -name 'k8s*'
/Datacenter/vm/k8s-controller
/Datacenter/vm/k8s-node-1
/Datacenter/vm/k8s-node-2
Optionally move them into a folder.
govc folder.create /Datacenter/vm/k8s-vcp
govc object.mv /Datacenter/vm/k8s-\* /Datacenter/vm/k8s-vcp
Get the IPs for the nodes.
export K8S_CONTROLLER=`govc vm.ip k8s-controller`
export K8S_NODE_1=`govc vm.ip k8s-node-1`
export K8S_NODE_2=`govc vm.ip k8s-node-2`
echo $K8S_CONTROLLER
echo $K8S_NODE_1
echo $K8S_NODE_2
At this point you should be at the Installing the Kubernetes master node(s) section in this document. There's still a fair bit more to do... :)
Once you complete everything in the above tutorial, you should be able to deploy CNS volumes.
