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- Get started with octavia-ingress-controller for Kubernetes
This guide explains how to deploy and config the octavia-ingress-controller in Kubernetes cluster on top of OpenStack cloud.
NOTE: octavia-ingress-controller is still in Beta, support for the overall feature will not be dropped, though details may change.
In Kubernetes, Ingress allows external users and client applications access to HTTP services. Ingress consists of two components.
- Ingress Resource is a collection of rules for the inbound traffic to reach Services. These are Layer 7 (L7) rules that allow hostnames (and optionally paths) to be directed to specific Services in Kubernetes.
- Ingress Controller which acts upon the rules set by the Ingress Resource, typically via an HTTP or L7 load balancer.
It is vital that both pieces are properly configured to route traffic from an outside client to a Kubernetes Service.
After creating a Kubernetes cluster, the most common way to expose the application to the outside world is to use LoadBalancer type service. In the OpenStack cloud, Octavia(LBaaS v2) is the default implementation of LoadBalancer type service, as a result, for each LoadBalancer type service, there is a load balancer created in the cloud tenant account. We could see some drawbacks of this way:
- The cost of Kubernetes Service is a little bit high if it's one-to-one mapping from the service to Octavia load balancer, the customers have to pay for a load balancer per exposed service, which can get expensive.
- There is no filtering, no routing, etc. for the service. This means you can send almost any kind of traffic to it, like HTTP, TCP, UDP, Websockets, gRPC, or whatever.
- The traditional ingress controllers(such as NGINX ingress controller, HAProxy ingress controller, Traefik ingress controller, etc.) don't make much sense in the cloud environment because they still rely on the cloud load balancing service to expose themselves behind a Service of LoadBalancer type, not to mention the overhead of managing the extra softwares.
The octavia-ingress-controller could solve all the above problems in the OpenStack environment by creating a single load balancer for multiple NodePort type services in an Ingress. In order to use the octavia-ingress-controller in Kubernetes cluster, set the annotation kubernetes.io/ingress.class in the metadata section of the Ingress resource as shown below:
annotations:
kubernetes.io/ingress.class: "openstack"octavia-ingress-controller implementation relies on load balancer management by OpenStack Octavia service, so:
- Communication between octavia-ingress-controller and Octavia is needed.
- Octavia stable/queens or higher version is required because of some needed features such as bulk pool members operation.
- OpenStack Key Manager(Barbican) service is required for TLS Ingress, otherwise Ingress creation will fail.
In the guide, we will deploy octavia-ingress-controller as a StatefulSet(with only one pod) in the kube-system namespace in the cluster. Alternatively, you can also deploy the controller as a static pod by providing a manifest file in the /etc/kubernetes/manifests folder in a typical Kubernetes cluster installed by kubeadm. All the manifest files in this guide are saved in /etc/kubernetes/octavia-ingress-controller folder, so create the folder first.
mkdir -p /etc/kubernetes/octavia-ingress-controllerFor testing purpose, we grant the cluster admin role to the serviceaccount created.
cat <<EOF > /etc/kubernetes/octavia-ingress-controller/serviceaccount.yaml
---
kind: ServiceAccount
apiVersion: v1
metadata:
name: octavia-ingress-controller
namespace: kube-system
---
kind: ClusterRoleBinding
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
metadata:
name: octavia-ingress-controller
roleRef:
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
kind: ClusterRole
name: cluster-admin
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: octavia-ingress-controller
namespace: kube-system
EOF
kubectl apply -f /etc/kubernetes/octavia-ingress-controller/serviceaccount.yamlThe octavia-ingress-controller needs to communicate with OpenStack cloud to create resources corresponding to the Kubernetes Ingress resource, so the credentials of an OpenStack user(doesn't need to be the admin user) need to be provided in openstack section. Additionally, in order to differentiate the Ingresses between kubernetes clusters, cluster-name needs to be unique.
cat <<EOF > /etc/kubernetes/octavia-ingress-controller/config.yaml
---
kind: ConfigMap
apiVersion: v1
metadata:
name: octavia-ingress-controller-config
namespace: kube-system
data:
config: |
cluster-name: ${cluster_name}
openstack:
auth-url: ${auth_url}
domain-name: ${domain-name}
username: ${user_name}
# user-id: ${user_id}
password: ${password}
project-id: ${project_id}
region: ${region}
octavia:
subnet-id: ${subnet_id}
floating-network-id: ${public_net_id}
EOF
kubectl apply -f /etc/kubernetes/octavia-ingress-controller/config.yamlHere are several other config options are not included in the example configuration above:
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Options for connecting to the kubernetes cluster. The configuration above will leverage the service account credential which is going to be injected into the pod automatically(see more details here). However, there may be some reasons to specify the configuration explicitly.
kubernetes: api-host: https://127.0.0.1:6443 kubeconfig: /home/ubuntu/.kube/config
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Options for security group management. The octavia-ingress-controller creates an Octavia load balancer per Ingress and adds the worker nodes as members of the load balancer. In order for the Octavia amphorae talking to the Service NodePort, either the kubernetes cluster administrator manually manages the security group for the worker nodes or leave it to octavia-ingress-controller. For the latter case, you should config:
octavia: manage-security-groups: true
Notes for the security group:
- The security group name is in the format:
k8s_ing_<cluster-name>_<ingress-namespace>_<ingress-name> - The security group description is in the format:
Security group created for Ingress <ingress-namespace>/<ingress-name> from cluster <cluster-name> - The security group has tags:
["octavia.ingress.kubernetes.io", "<ingress-namespace>_<ingress-name>"] - The security group is associated with all the Neutron ports of the Kubernetes worker nodes.
- The security group name is in the format:
image="docker.io/k8scloudprovider/octavia-ingress-controller:latest"
cat <<EOF > /etc/kubernetes/octavia-ingress-controller/deployment.yaml
---
kind: StatefulSet
apiVersion: apps/v1
metadata:
name: octavia-ingress-controller
namespace: kube-system
labels:
k8s-app: octavia-ingress-controller
spec:
replicas: 1
selector:
matchLabels:
k8s-app: octavia-ingress-controller
serviceName: octavia-ingress-controller
template:
metadata:
labels:
k8s-app: octavia-ingress-controller
spec:
serviceAccountName: octavia-ingress-controller
tolerations:
- effect: NoSchedule # Make sure the pod can be scheduled on master kubelet.
operator: Exists
- key: CriticalAddonsOnly # Mark the pod as a critical add-on for rescheduling.
operator: Exists
- effect: NoExecute
operator: Exists
containers:
- name: octavia-ingress-controller
image: ${image}
imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
args:
- /bin/octavia-ingress-controller
- --config=/etc/config/octavia-ingress-controller-config.yaml
volumeMounts:
- mountPath: /etc/kubernetes
name: kubernetes-config
readOnly: true
- name: ingress-config
mountPath: /etc/config
hostNetwork: true
volumes:
- name: kubernetes-config
hostPath:
path: /etc/kubernetes
type: Directory
- name: ingress-config
configMap:
name: octavia-ingress-controller-config
items:
- key: config
path: octavia-ingress-controller-config.yaml
EOF
kubectl apply -f /etc/kubernetes/octavia-ingress-controller/deployment.yamlWait until the StatefulSet is up and running.
Create a simple web service that is listening on a HTTP server on port 8080.
$ cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
name: webserver
namespace: default
labels:
app: webserver
spec:
replicas: 1
selector:
matchLabels:
app: webserver
template:
metadata:
labels:
app: webserver
spec:
containers:
- name: webserver
image: lingxiankong/alpine-test
imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
ports:
- containerPort: 8080
EOF
$ kubectl expose deployment webserver --type=NodePort --target-port=8080
$ kubectl get svc
NAME TYPE CLUSTER-IP EXTERNAL-IP PORT(S) AGE
webserver NodePort 10.105.129.150 <none> 8080:32461/TCP 9hWhen you create a Service of type NodePort, Kubernetes makes your Service available on a randomly selected high port number (e.g. 32461) on all the nodes in your cluster. Generally the Kubernetes nodes are not externally accessible by default, creating this Service does not make your application accessible from the Internet. However, we could verify the service using its CLUSTER-IP on Kubernetes master node:
$ ip=10.105.129.150
$ curl http://$ip:8080
webserver-58fcfb75fb-dz5knNext, we create an Ingress resource to make your HTTP web server application publicly accessible.
The following command defines an Ingress resource that forwards traffic that requests http://foo.bar.com/ping to the webserver:
$ cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
name: test-octavia-ingress
annotations:
kubernetes.io/ingress.class: "openstack"
octavia.ingress.kubernetes.io/internal: "false"
spec:
rules:
- host: foo.bar.com
http:
paths:
- path: /ping
pathType: Exact
backend:
service:
name: webserver
port:
number: 8080
EOFKubernetes creates an Ingress resource on your cluster. The octavia-ingress-controller service running inside the cluster is responsible for creating/maintaining the corresponding resources in Octavia to route all external HTTP traffic (on port 80) to the webserver NodePort Service you exposed.
If you don't want your Ingress to be accessible from the public internet, you should set the annotation
octavia.ingress.kubernetes.io/internalto true.
Verify that Ingress Resource has been created. Please note that the IP address for the Ingress Resource will not be defined right away (wait for the ADDRESS field to get populated):
$ kubectl get ing
NAME CLASS HOSTS ADDRESS PORTS AGE
test-octavia-ingress <none> foo.bar.com 80 12s
$ # Wait until the ingress gets an IP address
$ kubectl get ing
NAME CLASS HOSTS ADDRESS PORTS AGE
test-octavia-ingress <none> foo.bar.com 103.197.62.239 80 25sFor testing purpose, you can log into a host that could connect to the floating IP, you should be able to access the backend service by sending HTTP request to the domain name specified in the Ingress resource:
$ ip=103.197.62.239
$ curl -H "Host: foo.bar.com" http://$ip/ping
webserver-58fcfb75fb-dz5knIn the example below, we are going generate TLS certificates and keys for the Ingress and enable the more secure HTTPS protocol.
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Generate server TLS certificate and key for foo.bar.com using a self-signed CA. When generating certificates using the script, just use simple password e.g. 1234, the passphrase is removed from the private key in the end. In production, it's recommended to use Let's Encrypt or other certificate authorities to generate real server certificates and keys.
$ ll total 0 $ curl -SLO https://gist.github.com/lingxiankong/47aa743de380a1f122a900d39cff02b3/raw/f7886bedeb615bef2964775b7ca67a38552180c3/gen_certs.sh % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0 100 966 100 966 0 0 1588 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 1588 $ bash gen_certs.sh Enter your server domain [foo.bar.com]: Create CA cert(self-signed) and key... Create server key... Enter pass phrase for .key: Verifying - Enter pass phrase for .key: Remove password... Enter pass phrase for .key: Create server certificate signing request... Sign SSL certificate... Succeed! $ ll total 24 -rw-rw-r-- 1 stack stack 1346 Feb 14 15:38 ca.crt -rw------- 1 stack stack 1704 Feb 14 15:38 ca.key -rw-rw-r-- 1 stack stack 966 Feb 14 15:38 gen_certs.sh -rw-rw-r-- 1 stack stack 1038 Feb 14 15:38 foo.bar.com.crt -rw-rw-r-- 1 stack stack 672 Feb 14 15:38 foo.bar.com.csr -rw------- 1 stack stack 887 Feb 14 15:38 foo.bar.com.key -
Create Kubernetes secret using the certificates created.
kubectl create secret tls tls-secret --cert foo.bar.com.crt --key foo.bar.com.key
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Create a default backend service for the ingress. The service type should be NodePort so that it is accessible to the ingress.
$ cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f - apiVersion: apps/v1 kind: Deployment metadata: name: default-http-backend labels: app: default-http-backend namespace: default spec: replicas: 1 selector: matchLabels: app: default-http-backend template: metadata: labels: app: default-http-backend spec: containers: - name: default-http-backend # Any image is permissible as long as: # 1. It serves a 404 page at / # 2. It serves 200 on a /healthz endpoint image: k8s.gcr.io/defaultbackend-amd64:1.5 ports: - containerPort: 8080 --- apiVersion: v1 kind: Service metadata: name: default-http-backend namespace: default labels: app: default-http-backend spec: type: NodePort ports: - port: 80 targetPort: 8080 selector: app: default-http-backend EOF
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Create a TLS Ingress and wait for it's allocated the IP address.
$ cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f - --- apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: Ingress metadata: name: test-octavia-ingress annotations: kubernetes.io/ingress.class: "openstack" octavia.ingress.kubernetes.io/internal: "false" spec: defaultBackend: service: name: default-http-backend port: number: 80 tls: - secretName: tls-secret rules: - host: foo.bar.com http: paths: - path: /ping pathType: Exact backend: service: name: webserver port: number: 8080 EOF $ kubectl get ing NAME HOSTS ADDRESS PORTS AGE test-octavia-ingress foo.bar.com 172.24.5.178 80, 443 2m55s
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Verify we could send HTTPS request to the Ingress address.
$ ip=172.24.5.178 $ curl --cacert ca.crt --resolve foo.bar.com:443:$ip https://foo.bar.com/ping webserver-58fcfb75fb-dz5kn
NOTE: octavia-ingress-controller currently doesn't support to integrate with
cert-managerto create the non-existing secret dynamically. Could be improved in the future.