Cluster

This section describes the vSphere Cluster resource used in Mirantis Container Cloud API. The Cluster resource describes the cluster-level parameters.

For demonstration purposes, the vSphere Cluster custom resource (CR) can be split into the following major sections:

Warning

The fields in this resource are available for viewing only. They are automatically generated by the vSphere cloud provider and must not be modified using the Container Cloud API.

metadata

The Container Cloud Cluster custom resource (CR) contains the following fields:

  • apiVersion

    cluster.k8s.io/v1alpha1

  • kind

    Object type that is Cluster

The metadata object field of the Cluster resource contains the following fields:

  • name

    Cluster name. A managed cluster name is set in the Cluster Name field of the Create Cluster wizard in the Container Cloud web UI. Management and regional cluster names are set in the bootstrap script.

  • namespace

    Namespace in which the Cluster object is created. Management and regional clusters are created in the default namespace. The namespace of a managed cluster matches the selected Project name in the Container Cloud web UI.

  • labels

    Key-value pairs attached to the object:

    • kaas.mirantis.com/provider

      Provider type that is vsphere for the vSphere-based clusters.

    • kaas.mirantis.com/region

      Region name. The default region name for a management cluster is region-one. For regional clusters, it is configurable using the REGION parameter in the bootstrap script.

Configuration example:

apiVersion: cluster.k8s.io/v1alpha1
kind: Cluster
metadata:
  name: demo
  namespace: test
  labels:
    kaas.mirantis.com/provider: vsphere
    kaas.mirantis.com/region: region-one

spec:providerSpec

The providerSpec object field of the Cluster resource contains all required details to create the cluster-level resources. It also contains fields required for LCM deployment and the Container Cloud components integration.

The providerSpec object field is custom for each cloud provider and contains the following generic fields:

  • apiVersion

    vsphere.cluster.k8s.io/v1alpha1

  • kind

    Object type that is VsphereClusterProviderSpec

Configuration example:

spec:
  ...
  providerSpec:
    value:
      apiVersion: vsphere.cluster.k8s.io/v1alpha1
      kind: VsphereClusterProviderSpec

spec:providerSpec common

The common providerSpec object field of the Cluster resource contains the following fields:

  • credentials

    Name of the VsphereCredential object used by the cluster to connect to the provider back end

  • dedicatedControlPlane

    Cluster control plane nodes to be tainted, defaults to true

  • publicKeys

    List of the PublicKey resource references

    • name

      Public key name

  • release

    Name of the ClusterRelease object to install on a cluster

  • helmReleases

    List of enabled Helm releases from the Release object that run on a cluster

  • proxy

    Name of the Proxy object

  • tls

    TLS configuration for endpoints of a cluster

    • keycloak

      KeyCloak endpoint

      • tlsConfigRef

        Reference to the TLSConfig object

    • ui

      Web UI endpoint

      • tlsConfigRef

        Reference to the TLSConfig object

    For more details, see TLSConfig resource.

  • maintenance

    Maintenance mode of a cluster. Prepares a cluster for maintenance and enables the possibility to switch machines into maintenance mode.

  • containerRegistries

    List of the ContainerRegistries resources names.

  • ntpEnabled

    NTP server mode. Boolean, enabled by default.

    Since Container Cloud 2.23.0, you can optionally disable NTP to disable the management of chrony configuration by Container Cloud and use your own system for chrony management. Otherwise, configure the regional NTP server parameters to be applied to all machines of regional and managed clusters in the specified region.

    Before Container Cloud 2.23.0, you can optionally configure NTP parameters if servers from the Ubuntu NTP pool (*.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org) are accessible from the node where a management or regional cluster is being provisioned. Otherwise, this configuration is mandatory.

    NTP configuration

    Configure the regional NTP server parameters to be applied to all machines of regional and managed clusters in the specified region.

    In the Cluster object, add the ntp:servers section with the list of required server names:

    spec:
      ...
      providerSpec:
        value:
          kaas:
          ...
          ntpEnabled: true
            regional:
              - helmReleases:
                - name: <providerName>-provider
                  values:
                    config:
                      lcm:
                        ...
                        ntp:
                          servers:
                          - 0.pool.ntp.org
                          ...
                provider: <providerName>
                ...
    

    To disable NTP:

    spec:
      ...
      providerSpec:
        value:
          ...
          ntpEnabled: false
          ...
    
  • loadBalancerHost

    IP of the built-in load balancer for cluster machines

Configuration example:

spec:
  ...
  providerSpec:
    value:
      credentials: cloud-config
      publicKeys:
        - name: demo-key
      release: release: mke-5-16-0-3-3-6
      helmReleases:
        - name: stacklight
          values:
            ...
      proxy: proxy-object-name-example
      tls:
        keycloak:
          certificate:
            name: keycloak
          hostname: container-cloud-auth.example.com
        ui:
          certificate:
            name: ui
          hostname: container-cloud-ui.example.com
      containerRegistries:
      - demoregistry
      ntpEnabled: false
      ...
      loadBalancerHost: 172.16.1.21

spec:providerSpec for vSphere resources

The vsphere section in spec:providerSpec contains the vSphere resources configuration. For more details about vSphere resources, see Deployment resources requirements.

The vsphere section contains the following fields:

  • vsphere

    vSphere resources configuration:

    • cloudProviderDatastore

      Datastore for Kubernetes volumes.

    • clusterApiDatastore

      Datastore for cluster machines disks.

    • machineFolderPath

      Folder to store cluster machines on vSphere.

    • networkPath

      Path to the vSphere network.

    • resourcePoolPath

      Path to the vSphere resource pool.

    • scsiControllerType

      Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) controller type that is pvscsi. Other types are not supported.

Configuration example:

spec:
  ...
  providerSpec:
    value:
      apiVersion: vsphere.cluster.k8s.io/v1alpha1
      ...
      vsphere:
        cloudProviderDatastore: /DATACENTER/datastore/storage-example
        clusterApiDatastore: /DATACENTER/datastore/storage-example
        machineFolderPath: /DATACENTER/vm/vm-folder
        networkPath: /DATACENTER/network/VMWare_Network
        resourcePoolPath: /DATACENTER/host/ClusterName/Resources/ResPoolName
        scsiControllerType: pvscsi

spec:providerSpec for clusterNetwork

The spec:providerSpec section for clusterNetwork configuration contains the following fields:

  • clusterNetwork

    Cluster network configuration:

    • ipamEnabled

      Option to enable static IP address management. Set to true for networks without DHCP.

      Caution

      The following fields are mandatory only if IPAM is enabled. Otherwise, they do not apply.

      Note

      To obtain IPAM parameters for the selected vSphere network, contact your vSphere administrator who provides you with IP ranges dedicated to your environment only.

    • cidr

      CIDR of the provided vSphere network.

    • gateway

      Gateway of the provided vSphere network.

    • nameservers

      List of nameservers for the network.

    • includeRanges

      IP range for cluster machines. Specify the range of the provided CIDR. For example, 10.20.0.100-10.20.0.200.

    • excludeRanges

      Optional. IP ranges to be excluded from being assigned to the cluster machines. The MetalLB range and loadBalancerHost should not intersect with the addresses for IPAM. For example, 10.20.0.150-10.20.0.170.

Configuration example:

spec:
  ...
  providerSpec:
    value:
      apiVersion: vsphere.cluster.k8s.io/v1alpha1
      ...
      clusterNetwork:
        cidr: 172.16.1.0/24
        gateway: 172.16.1.1
        includeRanges:
        - 172.16.1.10-172.16.1.20
        ipamEnabled: true
        nameservers:
        - 172.16.1.100
        - 172.16.1.200
        ...

spec:providerSpec for Container Cloud configuration

This section represents the Container Cloud components that are enabled on the cluster. It contains the kaas section with the following fields:

  • management

    Configuration for the management cluster components:

    • enabled

      Cluster type:

      • true - management cluster

      • false - regional or managed cluster

    • helmReleases

      List of management cluster Helm releases that will be installed on a cluster. A Helm release includes the name and values fields. Specified values will be merged with relevant management cluster Helm release values in the Release object.

  • regional

    List of regional cluster components for each configured provider available for a specific region:

    • provider

      Provider type vsphere

    • helmReleases

      List of regional Helm releases to be installed. A Helm release includes such fields as name and values. Specified values will be merged with relevant regional Helm release values in the Release object.

  • release

    Name of the Container Cloud Release object.

Configuration example:

spec:
  ...
  providerSpec:
     value:
       kaas:
         management:
           enabled: true
           helmReleases:
             - name: kaas-ui
               values:
                 serviceConfig:
                   server: <service_config>
         regional:
           - helmReleases:
             - name: <provider_name>-provider
               values: {}
             provider: <provider_name>
           - helmReleases:
             - name: byo-provider
               values: {}
             provider: byo
         release: kaas-2-0-0

status:providerStatus common

The common providerStatus object field of the Cluster resource contains the following fields:

  • loadBalancerHost

    Load balancer IP or host name of the cluster

  • loadBalancerStatus

    Load balancer status

    • id

      ID of the load balancer

    • ready

      Readiness flag

    • status

      Status details

  • apiServerCertificate

    Server certificate of Kubernetes API

  • ucpDashboard

    MKE Dashboard URL

  • maintenance

    Maintenance mode of a cluster. Prepares a cluster for maintenance and enables the possibility to switch machines into maintenance mode.

Configuration example:

status:
  ...
  providerStatus:
    loadBalancerHost: 172.16.123.456
    apiServerCertificate: LS0tLS1CRUdJTiBDRVJUSUZJQ0FURS…
    ucpDashboard: https://172.16.123.456:6443
    loadBalancerStatus:
      id: 7851a962-1deb-11eb-8bec-0242ac11
      ready: true
      status: active

status:providerStatus for Cluster readiness

Warning

Do not modify this section using API.

The providerStatus object field of the Cluster resource that reflects cluster readiness contains the following fields:

  • persistentVolumesProviderProvisioned

    Provision status of the provider persistent volumes (PVs). Used to prevent Helm releases that require PVs from being installed until some default StorageClass is present in the cluster.

  • helm

    Status of deployed Helm releases:

    • ready

      If all Helm releases have been deployed successfully, the value switches to true.

    • releases

      List of enabled Helm Releases that run on a cluster:

      • releaseStatuses

        List of Helm releases being deployed. Each release has the success field that switches to true once a release is deployed.

      • stacklight

        Status of the StackLight deployment. Contains URLs of all StackLight components.

      • iam

        Status of the IAM deployment. Contains URLs of the keycloak and api components.

      • decc

        Status of the remaining container cloud components. Contains URLs of the ui, cache, and proxy components.

  • nodes
    • ready

      Number of nodes that completed deployment or update.

    • requested

      Total number of nodes. If the number of ready nodes does not match the number of requested nodes, it means that a cluster is being updated.

  • ceph
    • ready

      Ceph readiness flag.

    • message

      Ceph status details.

  • ready

    Cluster readiness flag. If true, the cluster is deployed successfully and all components are up and running.

  • conditions

    List of objects status condition:

    • type

      Object type

    • ready

      Readiness flag

    • message

      Status details

  • notReadyObjects

    List of Kubernetes objects (Service, Deployment, and StatefulSet) that are not in the Ready state yet:

    • Service is not ready if its external address has not been provisioned yet.

    • Deployment or StatefulSet is not ready if the number of ready replicas is not equal to the number of required replicas.

    Contains the name and namespace of the object and the number of ready and required replicas for controllers. If all objects are ready, the notReadyObjects list is empty.

Configuration example:

status:
  providerStatus:
    persistentVolumesProviderProvisioned: true
    helm:
      ready: true
      releases:
        decc:
          cache:
            url: >-
              https://a618e3d36d7f44f2e8d56bbcc53ffbf7-1765661812.us-east-2.elb.amazonaws.com
          proxy:
            url: >-
              http://a0d8d8966e0d24f50aead0942da92456-2114585625.us-east-2.elb.amazonaws.com:3128
          ui:
            url: >-
              https://a43fe72c644de41ae9db3cc77dd992d5-566275388.us-east-2.elb.amazonaws.com
        iam:
          api:
            url: >-
              https://a08d8bdd8553b49a88ab8e663d384001-1745154108.us-east-2.elb.amazonaws.com
          keycloak:
            url: >-
              https://a2b58b6a3ee3c4884b034fd791ebff6d-1687192379.us-east-2.elb.amazonaws.com
        releaseStatuses:
          admission-controller:
            success: true
          iam:
            success: true
          iam-controller:
            success: true
          kaas-exporter:
            success: true
          kaas-public-api:
            success: true
          kaas-ui:
            success: true
          lcm-controller:
          ...
        stacklight:
          alerta:
            url: http://172.16.248.170
          alertmanager:
            url: http://172.16.247.217
          grafana:
            url: http://172.16.248.49
          kibana:
            url: http://172.16.245.164
          prometheus:
            url: http://172.16.249.211
          success: true
    nodes:
      ready: 3
      requested: 3
    notReadyObjects:
      services:
        - name: testservice
          namespace: default
      deployments:
        - name: <provider_name>-provider
          namespace: kaas
          replicas: 3
          readyReplicas: 2
      statefulsets: {}
    ready: false
    ceph:
      - message: Ceph cluster has been configured successfully
        ready: true
    conditions:
      - message: Helm charts are successfully installed(upgraded).
        ready: true
        type: Helm
      - message: Kubernetes objects are fully up.
        ready: true
        type: Kubernetes
      - message: All requested nodes are ready.
        ready: true
        type: Nodes

status:providerStatus for Open ID Connect

Warning

Do not modify this section using API.

The oidc section of the providerStatus object field of the Cluster resource reflects the Open ID Connect (OIDC) configuration details. It contains the required details to obtain a cluster token and contains the following fields:

  • certificate

    Base64-encoded OIDC certificate.

  • clientId

    Client ID for OIDC requests.

  • groupsClaim

    Name of an OIDC groups claim.

  • issuerUrl

    Isuer URL to get the representation of the realm.

  • ready

    OIDC status relevance. Is true if the status fits the configuration of the LCMCluster OIDC.

Configuration example:

status:
  providerStatus:
    oidc:
      certificate: LS0tLS1CRUdJTiBDRVJUSUZJQ0FURS0tLS0tCk1JSUREekNDQWZ...
      clientId: kaas
      groupsClaim: iam_roles
      issuerUrl: https://172.16.243.211/auth/realms/iam
      ready: true

status:providerStatus for Cluster releases

Warning

Do not modify this section using API.

The releaseRefs section of the providerStatus object field of the Cluster resource provides the current Cluster release version as well as the one available for upgrade. It contains the following fields:

  • current

    Details of the currently installed Cluster release:

    • lcmType

      Type of the Cluster release (mke)

    • name

      Name of the Cluster release resource

    • version

      Release version

    • unsupportedSinceKaaSVersion

      Indicates that a newer Container Cloud release exists and it does not support the current Cluster release

  • available

    List of releases available for upgrade that contains the name and version fields

Configuration example:

status:
  providerStatus:
    releaseRefs:
      available:
        - name: mke-5-15-0-3-4-0-dev
          version: 5.15.0+3.4.0-dev
      current:
        lcmType: mke
        name: mke-5-14-0-3-3-0-beta1
        version: 5.14.0+3.3.0-beta1