Prepare the Photon OS 3 VM
Deploy the OVA using this link.
Photon OS 3 does not support Linux guest customization unfortunately, so we will use the links below to manually setup the OS with a hostname and static IP address.
Boot the VM, the default credentials are root with password changeme. Change the default password.
Set host name by changing the /etc/hostname file.
Configure a static IP using this guide.
Add DNS server using this guide.
Reboot.
Photon 3 has the older repositories, so we will need to update to newer repositories as detailed in this KB article. I’ve included this in the instructions below.
Copypasta or use create a bash script.
# Update Photon repositories
cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
sed -i 's/dl.bintray.com\/vmware/packages.vmware.com\/photon\/$releasever/g' photon.repo photon-updates.repo photon-extras.repo photon-debuginfo.repo
# If you get errors with the above command, then copy the command from the KB article.
# Update Photon
tdnf --assumeyes update
# Install dependencies
tdnf --assumeyes install build-essential python3-devel python3-pip git
# Update python3, cse supports python3 version 3.7.3 or greater, it does not support python 3.8 or above.
tdnf --assumeyes update python3
# Prepare cse user and application directories
mkdir -p /opt/vmware/cse
chmod 775 -R /opt
chmod 777 /
groupadd cse
useradd cse -g cse -m -p Vmware1! -d /opt/vmware/cse
chown cse:cse -R /opt
# Run as cse user, add your public ssh key to CSE server
su - cse
mkdir -p ~/.ssh
cat >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys << EOF
ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAQEAhcw67bz3xRjyhPLysMhUHJPhmatJkmPUdMUEZre+MeiDhC602jkRUNVu43Nk8iD/I07kLxdAdVPZNoZuWE7WBjmn13xf0Ki2hSH/47z3ObXrd8Vleq0CXa+qRnCeYM3FiKb4D5IfL4XkHW83qwp8PuX8FHJrXY8RacVaOWXrESCnl3cSC0tA3eVxWoJ1kwHxhSTfJ9xBtKyCqkoulqyqFYU2A1oMazaK9TYWKmtcYRn27CC1Jrwawt2zfbNsQbHx1jlDoIO6FLz8Dfkm0DToanw0GoHs2Q+uXJ8ve/oBs0VJZFYPquBmcyfny4WIh4L0lwzsiAVWJ6PvzF5HMuNcwQ== rsa-key-20210508
EOF
cat >> ~/.bash_profile << EOF
# For Container Service Extension
export CSE_CONFIG=/opt/vmware/cse/config/config.yaml
export CSE_CONFIG_PASSWORD=Vmware1!
source /opt/vmware/cse/python/bin/activate
EOF
# Install CSE in virtual environment
python3 -m venv /opt/vmware/cse/python
source /opt/vmware/cse/python/bin/activate
pip3 install container-service-extension==3.1.1
cse version
source ~/.bash_profile
# Prepare vcd-cli
mkdir -p ~/.vcd-cli
cat > ~/.vcd-cli/profiles.yaml << EOF
extensions:
- container_service_extension.client.cse
EOF
vcd cse version
# Add my Let's Encrypt intermediate and root certs. Use your certificates issued by your CA to enable verify=true with CSE.
cat >> /opt/vmware/cse/python/lib/python3.7/site-packages/certifi/cacert.pem << EOF
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIFFjCCAv6gAwIBAgIRAJErCErPDBinU/bWLiWnX1owDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAw
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-----END CERTIFICATE-----
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIFazCCA1OgAwIBAgIRAIIQz7DSQONZRGPgu2OCiwAwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAw
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emyPxgcYxn/eR44/KJ4EBs+lVDR3veyJm+kXQ99b21/+jh5Xos1AnX5iItreGCc=
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
EOF
# Create service account
vcd login vcd.vmwire.com system administrator -p Vmware1!
cse create-service-role vcd.vmwire.com
# Enter system administrator username and password
# Create VCD service account for CSE
vcd user create --enabled svc-cse Vmware1! "CSE Service Role"
# Create config file
mkdir -p /opt/vmware/cse/config
cat > /opt/vmware/cse/config/config-not-encrypted.conf << EOF
mqtt:
verify_ssl: false
vcd:
host: vcd.vmwire.com
log: true
password: Vmware1!
port: 443
username: administrator
verify: true
vcs:
- name: vcenter.vmwire.com
password: Vmware1!
username: administrator@vsphere.local
verify: true
service:
enforce_authorization: false
legacy_mode: false
log_wire: false
no_vc_communication_mode: false
processors: 15
telemetry:
enable: true
broker:
catalog: cse-catalog
ip_allocation_mode: pool
network: default-organization-network
org: cse
remote_template_cookbook_url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vmware/container-service-extension-templates/master/template_v2.yaml
storage_profile: 'iscsi'
vdc: cse-vdc
EOF
cse encrypt /opt/vmware/cse/config/config-not-encrypted.conf --output /opt/vmware/cse/config/config.yaml
chmod 600 /opt/vmware/cse/config/config.yaml
cse check /opt/vmware/cse/config/config.yaml
cse template list
# Import TKGm ova with this command
# Copy the ova to /tmp/ first, the ova can be obtained from my.vmware.com, ensure that it has chmod 644 permissions.
cse template import -F /tmp/ubuntu-2004-kube-v1.20.5-vmware.2-tkg.1-6700972457122900687.ova
# You may need to enable 644 permissions on the file if cse complains that the file is not readable.
# Install CSE
cse install -k ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
# Or use this if you've already installed and want to skip template creation again
cse upgrade --skip-template-creation -k ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
# Register the cse extension with vcd if it did not already register
vcd system extension create cse cse cse vcdext '/api/cse, /api/cse/.*, /api/cse/.*/.*'
# Setup cse.sh
cat > /opt/vmware/cse/cse.sh << EOF
#!/usr/bin/env bash
source /opt/vmware/cse/python/bin/activate
export CSE_CONFIG=/opt/vmware/cse/config/config.yaml
export CSE_CONFIG_PASSWORD=Vmware1!
cse run
EOF
# Make cse.sh executable
chmod +x /opt/vmware/cse/cse.sh
# Deactivate the python virtual environment and go back to root
deactivate
exit
# Setup cse.service, use MQTT and not RabbitMQ
cat > /etc/systemd/system/cse.service << EOF
[Unit]
Description=Container Service Extension for VMware Cloud Director
[Service]
ExecStart=/opt/vmware/cse/cse.sh
User=cse
WorkingDirectory=/opt/vmware/cse
Type=simple
Restart=always
[Install]
WantedBy=default.target
EOF
systemctl enable cse.service
systemctl start cse.service
systemctl status cse.service
Enable the CSE UI Plugin for VCD
The new CSE UI extension is bundled with VCD 10.3.1.
Enable it for the tenants that you want or for all tenants.
Enable the rights bundles
Follow the instructions in this other post.
For 3.1.1 you will also need to edit the cse:nativeCluster Entitlement Rights Bundle and add the two following rights:
ACCESS CONTROL, User, Manage user’s own API token
COMPUTE, Organization VDC, Create a Shared Disk
Then publish the Rights Bundle to all tenants.
Enable Global Roles to use CSE or Configure Rights Bundles
The quickest way to get CSE working is to add the relevant rights to the Organization Administrator role. You can create a custom rights bundle and create a custom role for the k8s admin tenant persona if you like. I won’t cover that in this post.
Log in as the /Provider and go to the Administration menu and click on Global Roles on the left.
Edit the Organization Administrator role and scroll all the way down to the bottom and click both the View 8/8 and Manage 12/12, then Save.
Setting up VCD CSI and CPI Operators
You may notice that when the cluster is up you might not be able to deploy any pods, this is because the cluster is not ready and is in a tainted state due to the CSI and CPI Operators not having the credentials.
kubectl get pods -A
NAMESPACE NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
kube-system antrea-agent-lhsxv 2/2 Running 0 10h
kube-system antrea-agent-pjwtp 2/2 Running 0 10h
kube-system antrea-controller-5cd95c574d-4qb7p 0/1 Pending 0 10h
kube-system coredns-6598d898cd-9vbzv 0/1 Pending 0 10h
kube-system coredns-6598d898cd-wwpk9 0/1 Pending 0 10h
kube-system csi-vcd-controllerplugin-0 0/3 Pending 0 37s
kube-system etcd-mstr-h8mg 1/1 Running 0 10h
kube-system kube-apiserver-mstr-h8mg 1/1 Running 0 10h
kube-system kube-controller-manager-mstr-h8mg 1/1 Running 0 10h
kube-system kube-proxy-2dzwh 1/1 Running 0 10h
kube-system kube-proxy-wd7tf 1/1 Running 0 10h
kube-system kube-scheduler-mstr-h8mg 1/1 Running 0 10h
kube-system vmware-cloud-director-ccm-5489b6788c-kgtsn 1/1 Running 0 13s
To bring up the pods to a ready state, you will need to follow this previous post.
Useful links
https://vmware.github.io/container-service-extension/cse3_1/RELEASE_NOTES.html
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