Azure Bootstrap

Prepare to deploy Kubernetes clusters

To create Kubernetes clusters, Konvoy uses Cluster API (CAPI) controllers. These controllers run on a Kubernetes cluster. To get started, you need a bootstrap cluster. By default, Konvoy creates a bootstrap cluster for you in a Docker container using the Kubernetes-in-Docker (KIND) tool.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, you must:

Complete the steps in Prerequisites.
Ensure the dkp binary can be found in your $PATH.

Bootstrap Cluster Lifecycle Services

Review Universal Configurations for all Infrastructure Providers regarding settings, flags and other choices and then begin bootstrapping.
Create a bootstrap cluster:
YAML
```
dkp create bootstrap --kubeconfig $HOME/.kube/config
```
- Configuring an HTTP/HTTPS Proxy use --http-proxy, --https-proxy, and --no-proxy and their related values in this command for it to be successful.

HTTP Flags if needed:

To create a bootstrap cluster in a proxied environment use this command syntax, in addition to any other flags you may need:

CODE

dkp create bootstrap --kubeconfig $HOME/.kube/config \
  --http-proxy <string> \
  --https-proxy <string> \
  --no-proxy <string>

Konvoy creates a bootstrap cluster using KIND as a library. Konvoy then deploys the following Cluster API providers on the cluster:

Konvoy waits until the controller-manager and webhook deployments of these providers are ready. List these deployments using this command:

CODE

kubectl get --all-namespaces deployments -l=clusterctl.cluster.x-k8s.io

CODE

NAMESPACE                           NAME                                            READY   UP-TO-DATE   AVAILABLE   AGE
capa-system                         capa-controller-manager                         1/1     1            1           69s
capi-kubeadm-bootstrap-system       capi-kubeadm-bootstrap-controller-manager       1/1     1            1           71s
capi-kubeadm-control-plane-system   capi-kubeadm-control-plane-controller-manager   1/1     1            1           70s
capi-system                         capi-controller-manager                         1/1     1            1           73s
cappp-system                        cappp-controller-manager                        1/1     1            1           66s
capv-system                         capv-controller-manager                         1/1     1            1           65s
capz-system                         capz-controller-manager                         1/1     1            1           67s
cert-manager                        cert-manager                                    1/1     1            1           16m
cert-manager                        cert-manager-cainjector                         1/1     1            1           16m
cert-manager                        cert-manager-webhook                            1/1     1            1           16m

(Optional) Create Identity Secret for Azure

If your bootstrap cluster resides on a Virtual machine inside Azure, create an identity secret that uses the cappz-controller:

CODE

export AZURE_CLUSTER_IDENTITY_SECRET_NAME="cluster-identity-secret"
export CLUSTER_IDENTITY_NAME="cluster-identity"
export AZURE_CLUSTER_IDENTITY_SECRET_NAMESPACE="default"

kubectl create secret generic ${AZURE_CLUSTER_IDENTITY_SECRET_NAME} --from-literal=clientSecret=${AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET}

Next Step

Azure Create a New Cluster