Create an L2 template for a Kubernetes manager node

Note

Mirantis does not recommend modifying L2 templates in use to prevent accidental cluster failures due to unsafe changes.

The list of risks posed by modifying L2 templates includes:

  • Services running on hosts cannot reconfigure automatically to switch to the new IP addresses and/or interfaces.

  • Connections between services are interrupted unexpectedly, which can cause data loss.

  • Incorrect configurations on hosts can lead to irrevocable loss of connectivity between services and unexpected cluster partition or disassembly.

According to the reference architecture, the Kubernetes manager nodes in the MOSK cluster must be connected to the following networks:

  • PXE network

  • API/LCM network (if you configure ARP announcement of the load-balancer IP address for the MOSK cluster API)

  • LCM network (if you configure BGP announcement of the load-balancer IP address for the MOSK cluster API)

  • Kubernetes workloads network

Caution

If you plan to deploy MOSK cluster with the compact control plane option, skip this section entirely and proceed with Create an L2 template for a MOSK controller node.

To create L2 templates for Kubernetes manager nodes:

  1. Create or open the mosk-l2templates.yml file that contains the L2 templates you are preparing.

  2. Add L2 templates using the following example. Adjust the values of specific parameters according to the specifications of your environment, specifically the name of your project (namespace) and cluster, IP address ranges and networks, subnet names.

    L2 template example for Kubernetes manager node
    apiVersion: ipam.mirantis.com/v1alpha1
    kind: L2Template
    metadata:
      labels:
        kaas.mirantis.com/provider: baremetal
        kaas.mirantis.com/region: region-one
        cluster.sigs.k8s.io/cluster-name: mosk-cluster-name
        rack1-mosk-manager: "true"
      name: rack1-mosk-manager
      namespace: mosk-namespace-name
    spec:
      autoIfMappingPrio:
      - provision
      - eno
      - ens
      - enp
      l3Layout:
      - subnetName: api-lcm
        scope: namespace
      - subnetName: rack1-k8s-pods
        scope: namespace
      npTemplate: |-
        version: 2
        ethernets:
          {{nic 0}}:
            dhcp4: false
            dhcp6: false
            match:
              macaddress: {{mac 0}}
            set-name: {{nic 0}}
            mtu: 9000
          {{nic 1}}:
            dhcp4: false
            dhcp6: false
            match:
              macaddress: {{mac 1}}
            set-name: {{nic 1}}
            mtu: 9000
          {{nic 2}}
            dhcp4: false
            dhcp6: false
            match:
              macaddress: {{mac 2}}
            set-name: {{nic 2}}
            mtu: 9000
          {{nic 3}}:
            dhcp4: false
            dhcp6: false
            match:
              macaddress: {{mac 3}}
            set-name: {{nic 3}}
            mtu: 9000
        bonds:
          bond0:
            mtu: 9000
            parameters:
              mode: 802.3ad
              mii-monitor-interval: 100
            interfaces:
            - {{nic 0}}
            - {{nic 1}}
        vlans:
          k8s-lcm-v:
            id: 403
            link: bond0
            mtu: 9000
          k8s-pods-v:
            id: 408
            link: bond0
            mtu: 9000
        bridges:
          k8s-lcm:
            interfaces: [k8s-lcm-v]
            addresses:
            - {{ ip "k8s-lcm:api-lcm" }}
            nameservers:
              addresses: {{nameservers_from_subnet "api-lcm"}}
            gateway4: {{ gateway_from_subnet "api-lcm" }}
          k8s-pods:
            interfaces: [k8s-pods-v]
            addresses:
            - {{ip "k8s-pods:rack1-k8s-pods"}}
            mtu: 9000
            routes:
              - to: 10.199.0.0/22 # aggregated address space for Kubernetes workloads
                via: {{gateway_from_subnet "rack1-k8s-pods"}}
    

    Note

    The kaas.mirantis.com/region label is removed from all Container Cloud and MOSK objects in 24.1.

    Therefore, do not add the label starting with these releases. On existing clusters updated to these releases, or if added manually, Container Cloud ignores this label.

    Note

    Before MOSK 23.3, an L2 template requires clusterRef: <clusterName> in the spec section. Since MOSK 23.3, this parameter is deprecated and automatically migrated to the cluster.sigs.k8s.io/cluster-name: <clusterName> label.

    To create L2 templates for other racks, change the rack identifier in the names and labels above.

  3. Proceed with Create an L2 template for a MOSK controller node. The resulting L2 templates will be used to render the netplan configuration for the managed cluster machines.