VMware/TKGm

Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (Multi-Cloud)

Prep TKGm Install

cd /data
curl --insecure https://ders-gitlab.dersllc.com/ders/ders-proxy/-/raw/master/STAR_dersllc_com.crt > /data/ders-star-chain.crt
curl --insecure https://ders-gitlab.dersllc.com/ders/ders-proxy/-/raw/master/AddTrustExternalCARoot.crt >> /data/ders-star-chain.crt
curl --insecure https://ders-gitlab.dersllc.com/ders/vmware-se/-/raw/main/HomeLab/DERS-CA-CERT/ders-ca.cer > /data/ders-priv-ca.crt
curl --insecure https://ders-gitlab.dersllc.com/ders/ders-proxy/-/raw/master/AddTrustExternalCARoot.crt > /data/ders-ca.crt
curl --insecure https://ders-gitlab.dersllc.com/ders/ders-proxy/-/raw/master/dersllc-new.key > /data/ders-star.key
cat ders-priv-ca.crt >> ders-star-chain.crt
cat /data/ders-priv-ca.crt >> /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt
cp /data/ders-star-chain.crt /data/ders-star-chain.pem
cat /data/ders-ca.crt >> /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt

systemctl docker restart

docker login harbor.dersllc.com 

#arcas --load_tanzu_image_to_harbor --repo_name tanzu_210 --tkg_binaries_path /opt/vmware/arcas/tools/tanzu21.tar

Installing TKGm

curl https://ders-gitlab.dersllc.com/ders/vmware-se/-/raw/main/HomeLab/tkgm-on-vlan-87.json > /data/tkgm-on-vlan-87.json
arcas --env vsphere --file /data/tkgm-on-vlan-87.json --verbose --avi_configuration
arcas --env vsphere --file /data/tkgm-on-vlan-87.json --verbose --skip_precheck --tkg_mgmt_configuration --shared_service_configuration --workload_preconfig --workload_deploy --deploy_extensions

#curl https://ders-gitlab.dersllc.com/ders/vmware-se/-/raw/main/HomeLab/tkgm-on-vlan-87-2.json > /data/tkgm-on-vlan-87-2.json
#arcas --env vsphere --file /data/tkgm-on-vlan-87-2.json --verbose --avi_configuration
#arcas --env vsphere --file /data/tkgm-on-vlan-87-2.json --verbose --skip_precheck --tkg_mgmt_configuration --shared_service_configuration --workload_preconfig --workload_deploy --deploy_extensions

Installing Tanzu Package Applications

tanzu package install cert-manager -n tanzu-package-repo-global -p cert-manager.tanzu.vmware.com -v 1.7.2+vmware.1-tkg.1
tanzu package install contour -n tanzu-package-repo-global -p contour.tanzu.vmware.com -v 1.20.2+vmware.1-tkg.1 -f /data/contour-default-values.yaml
tanzu package install prometheus -n tanzu-package-repo-global -p prometheus.tanzu.vmware.com -v 2.36.2+vmware.1-tkg.1
tanzu package install grafana -n tanzu-package-repo-global -p grafana.tanzu.vmware.com -v 7.5.16+vmware.1-tkg.1

Setup Pinniped for Key Cloak Authentication

Setup KeyCloak

1. Apache Proxy Configured as SSO.DERSLLC.COM

<VirtualHost *:443>
  ServerName sso.dersllc.com
  RequestHeader set X-Forwarded-Proto "https"
  RemoteIPHeader X-Forwarded-For
  ProxyPass / http://172.16.87.22:8080/
  ProxyPassReverse / http://172.16.87.22:8080/
</VirtualHost>

2. Run Container

docker stop keycloak
docker rm keycloak
docker run -d --name keycloak -p 8080:8080 -e KEYCLOAK_ADMIN=admin -e KEYCLOAK_ADMIN_PASSWORD=admin quay.io/keycloak/keycloak:20.0.2 start --proxy edge --hostname-strict=false

3. Update the Admin Password 4. Create a Client Connection

Open the Keycloak Admin Console
Click 'Clients'
Click 'Create client'
Fill in the form with the following values:
Client type: OpenID Connect
Client ID: tkgm
Name: TKGm 
Click 'Next'
Check 'Client authentication'
Check 'Authorization'
Make sure 'Standard flow' is enabled
Click 'Save'

References:

https://www.keycloak.org/getting-started/getting-started-docker

Default Pods that have CURL

kube-system

1. vsphere-csi-node - vsphere-csi-node

kubectl exec -it -n kube-system vsphere-csi-node-4bf25 -c vsphere-csi-node -- bash

2. vsphere-csi-controller -c vsphere-csi-controller

kubectl exec -it -n kube-system vsphere-csi-controller-74f44b74c5-2t2zh -c vsphere-csi-controller -- bash

Upgrade vSphere Cluster Hardware

Frank Escaros-Buechsel
    easiest would be to enable EVC on the cluster now
    then add the new hosts to said cluster and migrate over with vmotion
    depending on rack space and network layout of course
    this way you dont need to update any references and you still have a more or less seamless migration (edited)

Change TKGm node Resources (CPU / Memory / Datastore)

TKG 1.x

References: 
  https://veducate.co.uk/tkg-kubectl-scale-vertically/
  https://vmwire.com/2021/11/22/scaling-tkgm-control-plane-nodes-vertically/

TKG 2.x

kubectl config use-context mgmt-admin@mgmt
kubectl edit Kubeadmconfigtemplates -n tkg-system tanzu-mgmt-md-0-bootstrap-72bfm

Add Trusted CA to TKG Management Cluster

TKG 1.x

kubectl config use-context mgmt-admin@mgmt
kubectl edit Kubeadmconfigtemplates -n tkg-system tanzu-mgmt-md-0-bootstrap-72bfm
          
spec:
 template:
   spec:
     files:
     - content: |
         -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
         MIIFmjCCA4KgAwIBAgIJAKVK2W1HOS0NMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAMGsxCzAJBgNV
         ......
         l2D4kF501KKaU73yqWjgom7C12yxow+ev+to51byrvLjKzg6CYG1a4XXvi3tPxq3
         smPi9WIsgtRqAEFQ8TmDn5XpNpaYbg==
         -----END CERTIFICATE-----
       owner: root:root
       path: /etc/ssl/certs/tkg-custom-ca.pem
       permissions: "0644"

TKG 2.x

kubectl config use-context mgmt-admin@mgmt
kubectl edit clusters shared -n default

spec:
  ..........
  topology:
    .......... 
    variables:
      ..........
    - name: trust
      value:
        additionalTrustedCAs:
        - data: <BASE64 ENCODED PEM OF CA>
          name: imageRepository
        - data: <BASE64 ENCODED PEM OF CA>
          name: proxy                   # <---This is very important to have the name set to proxy

Once this is saved, Tanzu will rebuild the cluster nodes with the new CA. This will be a rolling update so there will be no down time.

References: 
    https://vrabbi.cloud/post/trusting-private-cas-in-tkg-2-1-clusters/
    https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Tanzu-Kubernetes-Grid/2.3/using-tkg/workload-clusters-secret.html

Add another workload cluster after using SIVT to deploy TKGm

cp .config/tanzu/tkg/clusterconfigs/work.yaml test.yaml

# Change the name of the cluster throughout the file. 
vi test.yaml

cp ~/.config/tanzu/tkg/clusterconfigs/work.yaml ~/tmc.yaml
sed -i 's/work1/tmc/g' ~/tmc.yaml                            #<-- Only run SED cmd if you have a unique cluster name, if not edit file manually! 

tanzu cluster create -f ~/tmc.yaml

tanzu cluster kubeconfig get tmc --admin
kubectl config use-context tmc-admin@tmc

Set NTP server for Cluster Nodes

kubectl config use-context mgmt-admin@mgmt
kubectl edit clusters.cluster.x-k8s.io shared -n default

spec:  
  topology:
    variables:
    - name: ntpServers
      value:
      - 172.16.84.21

 This will rebuild all of the nodes with the NTP servers in the Chronyd.conf file. This preform a rolling update so there is not down time.

REFERENCES

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Tanzu-Kubernetes-Grid/1.6/vmware-tanzu-kubernetes-grid-16/GUID-mgmt-clusters-airgapped-environments.html