Civo Setup

0b - Civo Setup

If you're constrained on resources for a local install, Kubernetes provider Civo is a great alternative since they provide free credits. The following steps are required to setup the Civo. Kubernetes cluster.

✅ Step 1:

• Create an account on Civo and obtain a login

✅ Step 2:

• Obtain the API Key (login again if prompted) at Civo security to be able use the civo CLI. Lets call this <YOUR-API-KEY> and looks like below

XXXXXcJdm6e4pGH10YYYYYYUwKtLjZz0gS2RxNsn7V3ZZZZZ

✅ Step 3:

• Install Civo CLI

✅ Step 4:

• Add the API Key as below.

civo apikey add <ANY-NAME> <YOUR-API-KEY> 

✅ Step 5:

• Make this key current and verify that it was indeed current.

civo apikey current <ANY-NAME>
civo apikey ls

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Set the default API Key to be rags +------+---------+ | Name | Default | +------+---------+ | rags | <===== | +------+---------+

✅ Step 6:

• Create a cluster called k8ssandra, without Traefik where we will install Trafeik and k8ssandra later. Use the following command.

civo kubernetes create k8ssandra --size=g3.k3s.large --nodes=3 --wait -r Traefik

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The cluster k8ssandra (XX1c2fd7-7ee4-YY84-8fde-703a4853d5ZZ) has been created in 2 min 10 sec

✅ Step 7:

• Merge the configuration file with the following command

civo kubernetes config k8ssandra --save --merge

✅ Step 8:

• Verify your context with the following command and the output should highlight k8ssandra as the current context.

kubectx

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docker-desktop
k8ssandra
minikube

• Get information on the cluster you just created with the following command.

✅ Step 9:

civo kubernetes show k8ssandra

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          ID : <DELETED>
        Name : k8ssandra
      Region : FRA1
       Nodes : 3
        Size : g3.k3s.medium
      Status : ACTIVE
     Version : 1.20.0-k3s1
API Endpoint : https://<DELETED>:6443
 External IP : <DELETED>
DNS A record : <DELETED>.k8s.civo.com

Pool (f6b710):
+---------------------------------------+----+--------+------+-----------+------+----------+
| Name                                  | IP | Status | Size | Cpu Cores | Ram  | SSD disk |
+---------------------------------------+----+--------+------+-----------+------+----------+
| k3s-k8ssandra-ccc5423b-node-pool-0d5c |    | ACTIVE |      |         2 | 4096 |       15 |
| k3s-k8ssandra-ccc5423b-node-pool-bb09 |    | ACTIVE |      |         2 | 4096 |       15 |
| k3s-k8ssandra-ccc5423b-node-pool-c07a |    | ACTIVE |      |         2 | 4096 |       15 |
+---------------------------------------+----+--------+------+-----------+------+----------+
Labels:
kubernetes.civo.com/node-pool=<DELETED>
kubernetes.civo.com/node-size=g3.k3s.medium

Next Step

Ready? Now that you have an accessible Kubernetes cluster with the appropriate resources, let's move on! Proceed to the Step I