Additional Configurations

For a full list of variables you can configure, please read Configurable Parameters in Kubespray.

Creating a single node cluster

By default, Kubespray will setup Kubernetes to create two replicas of CoreDNS, which is impossible on single-node clusters. While it doesn’t break anything or cause any critical errors, it can create noise in your logs and we recommend adding the following:

In your inventory/<CLUSTER_NAME>/hosts.yaml add the dns_min_replicas variable like so:

k8s-cluster:
  vars:
    dns_min_replicas: 1

Set specific Kubernetes versions

In inventory/<CLUSTER_NAME>/group_vars/k8s-cluster/k8s-cluster.yml set

kube_version: v1.18.10

Set specific Docker and Calico versions

In your inventory/<CLUSTER_NAME>/hosts.yaml add the docker_version and calico_version variables like so:

k8s-cluster:
  vars:
    docker_version: latest
    calico_version: "v3.16.4"

Disable MetalLB

• Skip steps 1 and 2 in Kubernetes Cluster Creation / Configure.
• Add flag -e 'slate_enable_ingress=false' to your ansible-playbook command in SLATE Cluster Registration.

Enable Cert Manager

In inventory/<CLUSTER_NAME>/group_vars/k8s-cluster/addons.yml set

cert_manager_enabled: false

to

cert_manager_enabled: true

Setup Calico on a multi-homed box

If your box has multiple NICs, you will want to specify which NIC Calico uses for BGP peering with other nodes (else will run into Calico wedging itself on cluster reboots). For more information, read IP autodetection methods.

In inventory/<CLUSTER_NAME>/group_vars/k8s-cluster/k8s-net-calico.yml set

calico_ip_auto_method: "cidr={{ ip }}/32" # Defaults to the address specified in `ip:` in hosts.yaml

Use IPTables instead of IPVS

Kubespray defaults to configuring kube-proxy with IPVS instead of IPTables as it is more performant. If you would like to use IPTables instead, in inventory/<CLUSTER_NAME>/group_vars/k8s-cluster/k8s-cluster.yml set:

kube_proxy_mode: ipvs

to

kube_proxy_mode: iptables

Setup cluster behind a NAT

These setups are quite complex and we recommend pinging #installation on the SLATE Slack before proceeding. Both of these require disabling MetalLB.

For one-to-one NATs (e.g. AWS EC2 instances)

In your inventory/<CLUSTER_NAME>/hosts.yaml add the access_ip variable so your node block(s) look like the following:

hosts:
  node1:
    access_ip: <HOST_IP> # the internal IP bound to _this_ host
    ansible_host: <ACCESS_IP> # the IP on which the host is accessible via SSH
    ip: <HOST_IP> # the internal IP of the host to bind Kubernetes cluster services to

For port forward NATs

You will have to manually port-forward every service running on your cluster for them to be publicly accessible. To start, port 6443 must be port-forwarded for kubectl access.

In your inventory/<CLUSTER_NAME>/hosts.yaml add the supplementary_addresses_in_ssl_keys variable like so:

k8s-cluster:
  vars:
    supplementary_addresses_in_ssl_keys: ['<NAT_IP>']

And add the following flag to your SLATE registration playbook command: -e 'cluster_access_ip=<NAT_IP>:6443'.