Running kubernetes with Vagrant (and VirtualBox) is an easy way to run/test/develop on your local machine (Linux, Mac OS X).
By default, the Vagrant setup will create a single master VM (called kubernetes-master) and one node (called kubernetes-minion-1). Each VM will take 1 GB, so make sure you have at least 2GB to 4GB of free memory (plus appropriate free disk space). To start your local cluster, open a shell and run:
cd kubernetes
export KUBERNETES_PROVIDER=vagrant
./cluster/kube-up.shThe KUBERNETES_PROVIDER environment variable tells all of the various cluster management scripts which variant to use. If you forget to set this, the assumption is you are running on Google Compute Engine.
If you installed more than one Vagrant provider, Kubernetes will usually pick the appropriate one. However, you can override which one Kubernetes will use by setting the VAGRANT_DEFAULT_PROVIDER environment variable:
export VAGRANT_DEFAULT_PROVIDER=parallels
export KUBERNETES_PROVIDER=vagrant
./cluster/kube-up.shVagrant will provision each machine in the cluster with all the necessary components to run Kubernetes. The initial setup can take a few minutes to complete on each machine.
By default, each VM in the cluster is running Fedora, and all of the Kubernetes services are installed into systemd.
To access the master or any node:
vagrant ssh master
vagrant ssh minion-1If you are running more than one nodes, you can access the others by:
vagrant ssh minion-2
vagrant ssh minion-3To view the service status and/or logs on the kubernetes-master:
$ vagrant ssh master
[vagrant@kubernetes-master ~] $ sudo systemctl status kube-apiserver
[vagrant@kubernetes-master ~] $ sudo journalctl -r -u kube-apiserver
[vagrant@kubernetes-master ~] $ sudo systemctl status kube-controller-manager
[vagrant@kubernetes-master ~] $ sudo journalctl -r -u kube-controller-manager
[vagrant@kubernetes-master ~] $ sudo systemctl status etcd
[vagrant@kubernetes-master ~] $ sudo systemctl status nginxTo view the services on any of the nodes:
$ vagrant ssh minion-1
[vagrant@kubernetes-minion-1] $ sudo systemctl status docker
[vagrant@kubernetes-minion-1] $ sudo journalctl -r -u docker
[vagrant@kubernetes-minion-1] $ sudo systemctl status kubelet
[vagrant@kubernetes-minion-1] $ sudo journalctl -r -u kubeletWith your Kubernetes cluster up, you can manage the nodes in your cluster with the regular Vagrant commands.
To push updates to new Kubernetes code after making source changes:
./cluster/kube-push.shTo stop and then restart the cluster:
vagrant halt
./cluster/kube-up.shTo destroy the cluster:
vagrant destroyOnce your Vagrant machines are up and provisioned, the first thing to do is to check that you can use the kubectl.sh script.
You may need to build the binaries first, you can do this with make
$ ./cluster/kubectl.sh get nodes
NAME LABELS STATUS
kubernetes-minion-0whl kubernetes.io/hostname=kubernetes-minion-0whl Ready
kubernetes-minion-4jdf kubernetes.io/hostname=kubernetes-minion-4jdf Ready
kubernetes-minion-epbe kubernetes.io/hostname=kubernetes-minion-epbe Readykube-* scripts.Alternatively to using the vagrant commands, you can also use the cluster/kube-*.sh scripts to interact with the vagrant based provider just like any other hosting platform for kubernetes.
All of these commands assume you have set KUBERNETES_PROVIDER appropriately:
export KUBERNETES_PROVIDER=vagrantBring up a vagrant cluster
./cluster/kube-up.shDestroy the vagrant cluster
./cluster/kube-down.shUpdate the vagrant cluster after you make changes (only works when building your own releases locally):
./cluster/kube-push.shInteract with the cluster
./cluster/kubectl.shWhen using the vagrant provider in Kubernetes, the cluster/kubectl.sh script will cache your credentials in a ~/.kubernetes_vagrant_auth file so you will not be prompted for them in the future.
$ cat ~/.kubernetes_vagrant_auth
{ "User": "vagrant",
"Password": "vagrant"
"CAFile": "/home/k8s_user/.kubernetes.vagrant.ca.crt",
"CertFile": "/home/k8s_user/.kubecfg.vagrant.crt",
"KeyFile": "/home/k8s_user/.kubecfg.vagrant.key"
}You should now be set to use the cluster/kubectl.sh script. For example try to list the nodes that you have started with:
./cluster/kubectl.sh get nodesYour cluster is running, you can list the nodes in your cluster:
$ ./cluster/kubectl.sh get nodes
NAME LABELS STATUS
kubernetes-minion-0whl kubernetes.io/hostname=kubernetes-minion-0whl Ready
kubernetes-minion-4jdf kubernetes.io/hostname=kubernetes-minion-4jdf Ready
kubernetes-minion-epbe kubernetes.io/hostname=kubernetes-minion-epbe ReadyNow start running some containers!
You can now use any of the cluster/kube-*.sh commands to interact with your VM machines. Before starting a container there will be no pods, services and replication controllers.
$ cluster/kubectl.sh get pods
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
$ cluster/kubectl.sh get services
NAME LABELS SELECTOR IP(S) PORT(S)
$ cluster/kubectl.sh get rc
CONTROLLER CONTAINER(S) IMAGE(S) SELECTOR REPLICASStart a container running nginx with a replication controller and three replicas
$ cluster/kubectl.sh run my-nginx --image=nginx --replicas=3 --port=80
CONTROLLER CONTAINER(S) IMAGE(S) SELECTOR REPLICAS
my-nginx my-nginx nginx run=my-nginx 3When listing the pods, you will see that three containers have been started and are in Waiting state:
$ cluster/kubectl.sh get pods
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
my-nginx-389da 1/1 Waiting 0 33s
my-nginx-kqdjk 1/1 Waiting 0 33s
my-nginx-nyj3x 1/1 Waiting 0 33sYou need to wait for the provisioning to complete, you can monitor the minions by doing:
$ sudo salt '*minion-1' cmd.run 'docker images'
kubernetes-minion-1:
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED VIRTUAL SIZE
<none> <none> 96864a7d2df3 26 hours ago 204.4 MB
kubernetes/pause latest 6c4579af347b 8 weeks ago 239.8 kBOnce the docker image for nginx has been downloaded, the container will start and you can list it:
$ sudo salt '*minion-1' cmd.run 'docker ps'
kubernetes-minion-1:
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
dbe79bf6e25b nginx:latest "nginx" 21 seconds ago Up 19 seconds k8s--mynginx.8c5b8a3a--7813c8bd_-_3ffe_-_11e4_-_9036_-_0800279696e1.etcd--7813c8bd_-_3ffe_-_11e4_-_9036_-_0800279696e1--fcfa837f
fa0e29c94501 kubernetes/pause:latest "/pause" 8 minutes ago Up 8 minutes 0.0.0.0:8080->80/tcp k8s--net.a90e7ce4--7813c8bd_-_3ffe_-_11e4_-_9036_-_0800279696e1.etcd--7813c8bd_-_3ffe_-_11e4_-_9036_-_0800279696e1--baf5b21bGoing back to listing the pods, services and replicationcontrollers, you now have:
$ cluster/kubectl.sh get pods
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
my-nginx-389da 1/1 Running 0 33s
my-nginx-kqdjk 1/1 Running 0 33s
my-nginx-nyj3x 1/1 Running 0 33s
$ cluster/kubectl.sh get services
NAME LABELS SELECTOR IP(S) PORT(S)
$ cluster/kubectl.sh get rc
NAME IMAGE(S) SELECTOR REPLICAS
my-nginx nginx run=my-nginx 3We did not start any services, hence there are none listed. But we see three replicas displayed properly. Check the guestbook application to learn how to create a service. You can already play with scaling the replicas with:
$ ./cluster/kubectl.sh scale rc my-nginx --replicas=2
$ ./cluster/kubectl.sh get pods
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
my-nginx-kqdjk 1/1 Running 0 13m
my-nginx-nyj3x 1/1 Running 0 13mCongratulations!
The following will run all of the end-to-end testing scenarios assuming you set your environment in cluster/kube-env.sh:
NUM_MINIONS=3 hack/e2e-test.shBy default the Vagrantfile will download the box from S3. You can change this (and cache the box locally) by providing a name and an alternate URL when calling kube-up.sh
export KUBERNETES_BOX_NAME=choose_your_own_name_for_your_kuber_box
export KUBERNETES_BOX_URL=path_of_your_kuber_box
export KUBERNETES_PROVIDER=vagrant
./cluster/kube-up.shYou probably have an incorrect ~/.kubernetes_vagrant_auth file for the cluster you are attempting to contact.
rm ~/.kubernetes_vagrant_authAfter using kubectl.sh make sure that the correct credentials are set:
$ cat ~/.kubernetes_vagrant_auth
{
"User": "vagrant",
"Password": "vagrant"
}If this is your first time creating the cluster, the kubelet on each node schedules a number of docker pull requests to fetch prerequisite images. This can take some time and as a result may delay your initial pod getting provisioned.
Are you sure there was no build error? After running $ vagrant provision, scroll up and ensure that each Salt state was completed successfully on each box in the cluster.
It's very likely you see a build error due to an error in your source files!
Are you sure you built a release first? Did you install net-tools? For more clues, login to one of the nodes (vagrant ssh minion-1) and inspect the salt minion log (sudo cat /var/log/salt/minion).
You can control the number of nodes that are instantiated via the environment variable NUM_MINIONS on your host machine. If you plan to work with replicas, we strongly encourage you to work with enough nodes to satisfy your largest intended replica size. If you do not plan to work with replicas, you can save some system resources by running with a single node. You do this, by setting NUM_MINIONS to 1 like so:
export NUM_MINIONS=1You can control the memory allotted to virtual machines with the KUBERNETES_MEMORY environment variable.
Just set it to the number of megabytes you would like the machines to have. For example:
export KUBERNETES_MEMORY=2048If you need more granular control, you can set the amount of memory for the master and nodes independently. For example:
export KUBERNETES_MASTER_MEMORY=1536
export KUBERNETES_MINION_MEMORY=2048vagrant suspend seems to mess up the network. It's not supported at this time.