Bootstrap a management cluster¶

Caution

The public networking mode for the Equinix Metal based clusters is deprecated for the sake of the private networking mode. Deployments with public networks will become unsupported in one of the following Container Cloud releases.

After you complete the prerequisite steps described in Prerequisites, proceed with bootstrapping your Mirantis Container Cloud management cluster based on the Equinix Metal provider with public networking.

To bootstrap an Equinix Metal based management cluster with public networking:

Log in to the bootstrap node running Ubuntu 20.04 that is configured as described in Prerequisites.
Prepare the bootstrap script:
1. Download and run the Container Cloud bootstrap script:
```
apt install wget
wget https://binary.mirantis.com/releases/get_container_cloud.sh
chmod 0755 get_container_cloud.sh
./get_container_cloud.sh
```
2. Change the directory to the kaas-bootstrap folder created by the script.
Obtain your license file that will be required during the bootstrap:
1. Create a user account at www.mirantis.com.
2. Log in to your account and download the mirantis.lic license file.
3. Save the license file as mirantis.lic under the kaas-bootstrap directory on the bootstrap node.
4. Verify that mirantis.lic contains the exact Container Cloud license previously downloaded from www.mirantis.com by decoding the license JWT token, for example, using jwt.io.
  
  Example of a valid decoded Container Cloud license data with the mandatory license field:
```
{
    "exp": 1652304773,
    "iat": 1636669973,
    "sub": "demo",
    "license": {
        "dev": false,
        "limits": {
            "clusters": 10,
            "workers_per_cluster": 10
        },
        "openstack": null
    }
}
```
  Warning
  
  The MKE license does not apply to mirantis.lic. For details about MKE license, see MKE documentation.
Using the Equinix Metal console, obtain the project ID and the user-level API Key of the Equinix Metal project to be used for the Container Cloud deployment:
1. Log in to the Equinix Metal console.
2. Select the project that you want to use for the Container Cloud deployment.
3. In Project Settings > General, capture your Project ID.
4. In Profile Settings > Personal API Keys, capture the existing user-level API Key or create a new one:
  1. In Profile Settings > Personal API Keys, click Add New Key.
  2. Fill in the Description and select the Read/Write permissions.
  3. Click Add Key.
Prepare the Equinix Metal configuration:
1. Change the directory to kaas-bootstrap.
2. In templates/equinix/equinix-config.yaml.template, modify spec:projectID and spec:apiToken:value using the values obtained in the previous steps. For example:
```
spec:
  projectID: g98sd6f8-dc7s-8273-v8s7-d9v7395nd91
  apiToken:
    value: Bi3m9c7qjYBD3UgsnSCSsqs2bYkbK
```
3. In templates/equinix/cluster.yaml.template, modify the default configuration of the Equinix Metal facility depending on the previously prepared capacity settings:
```
providerSpec:
  value:
  ...
    facility: am6
```
  Also, modify other parameters as required.
4. Optional. In templates/equinix/machines.yaml.template, modify the default configuration of the Equinix Metal machine type. The minimal required type is c3.small.x86.
```
providerSpec:
  value:
  ...
    machineType: c3.small.x86
```
  Also, modify other parameters as required.
Configure NTP server.

Before Container Cloud 2.23.0, optional if servers from the Ubuntu NTP pool (*.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org) are accessible from the node where the management cluster is being provisioned. Otherwise, configure the regional NTP server parameters as described below.

Since Container Cloud 2.23.0, optionally disable NTP that is enabled by default. This option disables the management of chrony configuration by Container Cloud to use your own system for chrony management. Otherwise, configure the regional NTP server parameters as described below.
NTP configuration
Configure the regional NTP server parameters to be applied to all machines of regional and managed clusters in the specified region.

In templates/equinix/cluster.yaml.template, 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 ...
Export the following parameter:
```
export KAAS_EQUINIX_ENABLED=true
```

If you require all Internet access to go through a proxy server, in bootstrap.env, add the following environment variables to bootstrap the management and regional cluster using proxy:

HTTP_PROXY
HTTPS_PROXY
NO_PROXY

Example snippet:

export HTTP_PROXY=http://proxy.example.com:3128
export HTTPS_PROXY=http://user:pass@proxy.example.com:3128
export NO_PROXY=172.18.10.0,registry.internal.lan

The following formats of variables are accepted:

Proxy configuration data¶
Variable	Format
`HTTP_PROXY` `HTTPS_PROXY`	`http://proxy.example.com:port` - for anonymous access `http://user:password@proxy.example.com:port` - for restricted access
`NO_PROXY`	Comma-separated list of IP addresses or domain names

For implementation details, see Proxy and cache support.

For the list of Mirantis resources and IP addresses to be accessible from the Container Cloud clusters, see Requirements for an Equinix Metal based cluster.

Optional. Configure external identity provider for IAM.
Re-verify that the selected Equinix Metal facility for the management cluster bootstrap is still available and has enough capacity:
```
metal capacity check -f $EQUINIX_FACILITY -P $EQUINIX_MACHINE_TYPE -q $MACHINES_AMOUNT
```
In the system response, if the value in the AVAILABILITY section has changed from true to false, find an available facility and update the previously configured facility field in cluster.yaml.template.

For details about the verification procedure, see Verify the capacity of the Equinix Metal facility.
Optional. Enable infinite timeout for all bootstrap stages by exporting the following environment variable or adding it to bootstrap.env:
```
export KAAS_BOOTSTRAP_INFINITE_TIMEOUT=true
```
Infinite timeout prevents the bootstrap failure due to timeout. This option is useful in the following cases:
- The network speed is slow for artifacts downloading
- An infrastructure configuration does not allow booting fast
- A bare-metal node inspecting presupposes more than two HDDSATA disks to attach to a machine
Optional. Available since Container Cloud 2.23.0. Customize the cluster and region name by exporting the following environment variables or adding them to bootstrap.env:
```
export REGION=<customRegionName>
export CLUSTER_NAME=<customClusterName>
```
By default, the system uses region-one for the region name and kaas-mgmt for the management cluster name.
Run the bootstrap script:
```
./bootstrap.sh all
```
- In case of deployment issues, refer to Troubleshooting and inspect logs.
- If the script fails for an unknown reason:
  1. Run the cleanup script:
    ./bootstrap.sh cleanup
  2. Rerun the bootstrap script.
When the bootstrap is complete, collect and save the following management cluster details in a secure location:
- The kubeconfig file located in the same directory as the bootstrap script. This file contains the admin credentials for the management cluster.
- The private ssh_key for access to the management cluster nodes that is located in the same directory as the bootstrap script.
  
  Note
  
  If the initial version of your Container Cloud management cluster was earlier than 2.6.0, ssh_key is named openstack_tmp and is located at ~/.ssh/.
- The URL for the Container Cloud web UI.
  
  To create users with permissions required for accessing the Container Cloud web UI, see Create initial users after a management cluster bootstrap.
- The StackLight endpoints. For details, see Access StackLight web UIs.
- The Keycloak URL that the system outputs when the bootstrap completes. The admin password for Keycloak is located in kaas-bootstrap/passwords.yml along with other IAM passwords.
Note

The Container Cloud web UI and StackLight endpoints are available through Transport Layer Security (TLS) and communicate with Keycloak to authenticate users. Keycloak is exposed using HTTPS and self-signed TLS certificates that are not trusted by web browsers.

To use your own TLS certificates for Keycloak, refer to Configure TLS certificates for cluster applications.

Note

When the bootstrap is complete, the bootstrap cluster resources are freed up.
Optional. Deploy an additional regional cluster of a different provider type or configuration as described in Deploy an additional regional cluster (optional).

Now, you can proceed with operating your management cluster using the Container Cloud web UI and deploying managed clusters as described in Create and operate an Equinix Metal based managed cluster with public networking.