OCI Add-ons

The Add the following OCI-specific resources should be added:

• oci-file-service-storage

• oci-native-ingress-controller

oci-file-service-storage

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The OCI File Storage service provides a durable, scalable, distributed, and enterprise-grade network file system.

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To enable the CSI volume plugin to create and manage File Storage resources, the appropriate IAM policies must be installedapplied by following these steps:

1. Policy Apply policy to create and/or manage file systems, mount targets, and export paths:

ALLOW any-user to manage file-family in compartment <compartment-name> where request.principal.type = 'cluster'

2. Policy Apply policy to use VNICs, private IPs, private DNS zones, and subnets:

ALLOW any-user to use virtual-network-family in compartment <compartment-name> where request.principal.type = 'cluster'

User can use the File Storage service to provision persistent volume claims (PVCs) in two ways:

• Dynamic Provisioning (Deprecated)

• Static Provisioning (preferred way)

Dynamic Provisioning

These steps describe how to create a dynamically provisioned volume using OCI Volume plugin.

1. Prepare a storageclass.yaml file with StorageClass manifest for OCI File Storage:

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Update Default CSI Driver

When a pod attempts to access a persistent volume (PV) backed by a file system in the File Storage service, the attempt can fail with a "Permission Denied" message since the volume is only accessible to processes running as root. As a result, a pod that is not running as root receives the "Permission Denied" message when attempting to access a directory or file in the mounted volume.

To avoid getting the "Permission Denied” message, follow these steps:

1. Obtain the CSIDriver configuration file by running the following command:

kubectl get csiDriver fss.csi.oraclecloud.com parameters:-o yaml > availabilityDomain: <availability_Domain>
  mountTargetSubnetOcid: <mount_target_subnet_ocid from terraform output>
  kmsKeyOcid: <kms_key_ocid from terraform output, omit if terraform output is empty>

2. Deploy the storage class

kubectl apply -f storageclass.yaml

For more information, please refer to the dynamic provisioning documentation.

Static Provisioning

These steps describe how to create a PVC by creating a PV backed by the new file system and then create the PVC and binds the PVC to the PV backed by the File Storage service.

1. Prepare a pv.yaml file with PersistentVolume manifest for OCI File Storage:

apiVersion: v1
kind: PersistentVolume
metadata:
  name: fss-pv
spec:
  capacity:
    storage: 1Gi
  volumeMode: Filesystem
  accessModes:
    - ReadWriteMany
  persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Delete
  csi:
    driver: fss.csi.oraclecloud.com
    volumeHandle: <filesystem_ocid from terraform output>:<mount_target_IP_address from terraform output>:<filesystem_mount_path from terraform output>

2. Deploy the PersistentVolume

kubectl apply -f pv.yaml

3. Prepare a pvc.yaml file with PersistentVolumeClaim manifest for OCI File Storage

apiVersion: v1
kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
metadata:
  name: fss-pvc
spec:
  accessModes:
    - ReadWriteMany
  storageClassName: ""
  resources:
    requests:
      storage: 1Gi
  volumeName: fss-pv

4. Deploy the PersistentVolumeClaim

kubectl apply -f pvc.yaml -n uepe

5. Verify PVC is bound to the PV successfully

kubectl get pvc -n uepe

the output below shows persistent volume claim bound to persistent volume successfully

NAME     CAPACITY   ACCESS MODES   RECLAIM POLICY   STATUS      CLAIM   STORAGECLASS   VOLUMEATTRIBUTESCLASS   REASON   AGE
fss-pv   1Gi        RWX            Delete           Available                          <unset>                          9s

Pod cannot access file system due to insufficient permissions

When a pod attempts to access a persistent volume (PV) backed by a file system in the File Storage service, the attempt might fail with a "Permission Denied" message.

This is because the volume is only accessible to processes running as root. As a result, a pod that is not running as root receives the "Permission Denied" message when attempting to access a directory or file in the mounted volume.

To resolve the "Permission Denied”, follow these steps:

1. Obtain the CSIDriver configuration file

kubectl get csiDriver fss.csi.oraclecloud.com -o yaml > fss_csi_driver.yaml

2. Edit the fss_csi_driver.yaml file and change the CSIDriver object's spec.fsGroupPolicy attribute from ReadWriteOnceWithFSType to File. For example,

kind: CSIDriver
metadata:
  creationTimestamp: "<timestamp>"
  name: fss.csi.oraclecloud.com
  resourceVersion: "<version>"
  uid: <identifier>
spec:
  attachRequired: false
  fsGroupPolicy: File
  podInfoOnMount: false
  requiresRepublish: false
  storageCapacity: false
  volumeLifecycleModes:
  - Persistent 

3. Delete the existing CSIDriver object

kubectl delete csiDriver fss.csi.oraclecloud.com

4. Create the new CSIDriver object from fss_csi_driver.yaml

kubectl apply -f fss_csi_driver.yaml 

For more information, please refer to the Troubleshooting File Storage Service Provisioning of PVCs

fss_csi_driver.yaml

2. Edit the fss_csi_driver.yaml file and change the CSIDriver object's spec.fsGroupPolicy attribute from ReadWriteOnceWithFSType to File, for example as below:

kind: CSIDriver
metadata:
  creationTimestamp: "<timestamp>"
  name: fss.csi.oraclecloud.com
  resourceVersion: "<version>"
  uid: <identifier>
spec:
  attachRequired: false
  fsGroupPolicy: File
  podInfoOnMount: false
  requiresRepublish: false
  storageCapacity: false
  volumeLifecycleModes:
  - Persistent

3. Delete the existing CSIDriver object by running the following command:

kubectl delete csiDriver fss.csi.oraclecloud.com

4. Create the new CSIDriver object from fss_csi_driver.yaml by running the following command:

kubectl apply -f fss_csi_driver.yaml

For more information, see Troubleshooting File Storage Service Provisioning of PVCs.

Provisioning of PVC

You can use the File Storage service to provision persistent volume claims (PVCs) in two ways:

• Dynamic Provisioning (deprecated way)

• Static Provisioning (preferred way)

Static Provisioning

Follow these steps to create a PVC by creating a PV backed by the new file system and then create the PVC and binds the PVC to the PV backed by the File Storage service:

1. Prepare a pv.yaml file with PersistentVolume manifest for OCI File Storage with the following content:

apiVersion: v1
kind: PersistentVolume
metadata:
  name: fss-pv
spec:
  capacity:
    storage: 1Gi
  volumeMode: Filesystem
  accessModes:
    - ReadWriteMany
  persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Delete
  csi:
    driver: fss.csi.oraclecloud.com
    volumeHandle: <filesystem_ocid from terraform output>:<mount_target_IP_address from terraform output>:<filesystem_mount_path from terraform output>

2. Deploy the PersistentVolume by running the following command:

kubectl apply -f pv.yaml

3. Prepare a pvc.yaml file with PersistentVolumeClaim manifest for OCI File Storage with the following content:

apiVersion: v1
kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
metadata:
  name: fss-pvc
spec:
  accessModes:
    - ReadWriteMany
  storageClassName: ""
  resources:
    requests:
      storage: 1Gi
  volumeName: fss-pv

4. Deploy the PersistentVolumeClaim by running the following command:

kubectl apply -f pvc.yaml -n uepe

5. Verify that PVC is bound to the PV successfully by running the following command:

kubectl get pv

The output below shows that a persistent volume claim is successfully bound to a persistent volume.

NAME     CAPACITY   ACCESS MODES   RECLAIM POLICY   STATUS   CLAIM          STORAGECLASS   VOLUMEATTRIBUTESCLASS   REASON   AGE
fss-pv   1Gi        RWX            Delete           Bound    uepe/fss-pvc                  <unset>                          55s

oci-native-ingress-controller

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• A load balancer for each IngressClass resource where you have specified the OCI native ingress controller as the controller.

• A load balancer backend set for each unique Kubernetes service name and port number combination that you include in routing rules in Ingress resources in the cluster.

• A routing policy that reflect the rules defined in the ingress resource , that is used to route traffic to backend set.

• A load balancer listener for each unique port that you include in routing rules in Ingress resources in the cluster.

To install OCI Native Ingress Controller, follow these steps:

1. Create a config file named user-auth-config.yaml, containing credential information, in the following format:

auth:
  region: <region-identifier>
  user: <user-ocid> from terraform output>
  user: <user_ocid configured in terraform.tfvars>
  fingerprint: <fingerprint><fingerprint configured in terraform.tfvars>
  tenancy: <tenancy-ocid>_ocid from terraform output>

2. Create a Kubernetes secret resource named oci-config in the cluster by enteringrunning the following command:

kubectl create secret generic oci-config \
--from-file=config=user-auth-config.yaml \
--from-file=private-key=<private-key-file-path>.pem \
--namespace uepe

3. Grant permission to the OCI Native Ingress Controller to access resources created by other OCI services, such as the Load Balancer service and the Certificates service . Hence, by installing these IAM policies must be installed.:

Allow group <group-name> to manage load-balancers in compartment <compartment-name>
Allow group <group-name> to use virtual-network-family in compartment <compartment-name>
Allow group <group-name> to manage cabundles in compartment <compartment-name>
Allow group <group-name> to manage cabundle-associations in compartment <compartment-name>
Allow group <group-name> to manage leaf-certificates in compartment <compartment-name>
Allow group <group-name> to read leaf-certificate-bundles in compartment <compartment-name>
Allow group <group-name> to manage certificate-associations in compartment <compartment-name>
Allow group <group-name> to read certificate-authorities in compartment <compartment-name>
Allow group <group-name> to manage certificate-authority-associations in compartment <compartment-name>
Allow group <group-name> to read certificate-authority-bundles in compartment <compartment-name>
Allow group <group-name> to read cluster-family in compartment <compartment-name>

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4. Clone the OCI native ingress controller repository from GitHub by running the following command:

git clone https://github.com/oracle/oci-native-ingress-controller

5. In the local Git repository, navigate to the oci-native-ingress-controller directory and create a config file named oci-native-ingress-controller-values.yaml with the following content:

compartment_id: <compartment_ocid from terraform output>
subnet_id: <loadbalancer_subnet_ocid from terraform output>
cluster_id: <cluster_ocid from terraform output>
authType: user
deploymentNamespace: uepe

6. Perform helm install with Install the config file oci-native-ingress-controller-values.yaml by running the following command:

helm install oci-native-ingress-controller helm/oci-native-ingress-controller -f oci-native-ingress-controller-values.yaml -n uepe

7. Confirm that the OCI native ingress controller has been installed successfullyinstalled successfully by running the following command:

kubectl logs <pod-names> -n uepe

The logs should look like thissimilar to:

I0611 03:24:13.667434       1 leaderelection.go:258] successfully acquired lease uepe/oci-native-ingress-controller
I0611 03:24:13.667480       1 server.go:81] Controller loop...
I0611 03:24:13.672076       1 auth_service.go:94] secret is retrieved from kubernetes api: oci-config
I0611 03:24:13.672463       1 auth_service.go:42] Fetching auth config provider for type: user
I0611 03:24:14.819774       1 server.go:120] CNI Type of given cluster : OCI_VCN_IP_NATIVE
I0611 03:24:14.819999       1 backend.go:374] Starting Backend controller
I0611 03:24:14.819824       1 routingpolicy.go:282] Starting Routing Policy Controller
I0611 03:24:14.819827       1 ingress.go:685] Starting Ingress controller
I0611 03:24:14.819840       1 ingressclass.go:496] Starting Ingress Class controller

Having When you have installed the OCI native ingress controller, these you must created the following Kubernetes resources need to be created in order to start using it.

• IngressClassParameters

• IngressClass

IngressClassParameters resource

Use the custom IngressClassParameters resource to specify the details of the OCI load balancer to you create for the OCI native ingress controller.

Define the resource in a .yaml file named ingress-class-params.yaml as in the example below:

apiVersion: "ingress.oraclecloud.com/v1beta1"
kind: IngressClassParameters
metadata:
  name: native-ic-params
  namespace: uepe
spec:
  compartmentId: "<ocid of compartment><compartment_ocid from terraform output>"
  subnetId: "<loadbalancer_subnet_ocid from terraform output>"
  loadBalancerName: "native-ic-lb-<your cluster name><cluster_name from terraform output>"
  isPrivate: false
  maxBandwidthMbps: 400
  minBandwidthMbps: 100

To create the resource, executerun the following command:

kubectl create -f ingress-class-params.yaml

IngressClass resource

Use the IngressClass resource to associate an Ingress resource with the OCI native ingress controller and the IngressClassParameters resource.

Define the resource in a .yaml file named ingress-class.yaml as in the example below:

apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: IngressClass
metadata:
  name: native-ic-ingress-class
  annotations:
    ingressclass.kubernetes.io/is-default-class: "true"
    oci-native-ingress.oraclecloud.com/id: <loadbalancer_ocid from terraform output>
spec:
  controller: oci.oraclecloud.com/native-ingress-controller
  parameters:
    scope: Namespace
    namespace: uepe
    apiGroup: ingress.oraclecloud.com
    kind: ingressclassparameters
    name: native-ic-params

To create the resource, executerun the following command:

kubectl create -f ingress-class.yaml

Kubernetes Add-ons

The Add the following general Kubernetes resources should be added:

• external-dns

• ingress-nginx-controller

external-dns

ExternalDNS is a Kubernetes add-on that configures public DNS servers with information about exposed Kubernetes services to make them discoverable.

To install ExternalDNS, follow these steps:

1. Create a Kubernetes secret containing the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure user authentication details for that the ExternalDNS to can use when connecting to the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure API to insert for inserting and update updating DNS records in the DNS zone. Create a credentials file named oci.yaml and populate with the following content:

   Code Block
   language bash
   auth: region: <region-identifier> from terraform output> tenancy: <tenancy-ocid>_ocid from terraform output> user: <user-ocid>_ocid configured in terraform.tfvars> key: | -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- <private-key> -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY----- fingerprint: <fingerprint> <fingerprint configured in terraform.tfvars> # Omit if there is not a password for the key passphrase: <passphrase> compartment: <compartment-ocid>_ocid from terraform output>

2. Create a Kubernetes secret named external-dns-config from the credentials file you just created .by running the following command:

kubectl create secret generic external-dns-config --from-file=oci.yaml -n uepe

3. Create a configuration file (for example, called external-dns-values.yaml), and specify the name of the Kubernetes secret you just created .as in the example below:

oci:
  secretName: external-dns-config
provider: oci
policy: sync
domainFilters:
- <cluster_dns_zone_name from terraform output>
txtOwnerId: <cluster_dns_zone_ocid from terraform output>

4. Add the bitnami helm repository by running the following command:

helm repo add bitnami https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami

5. Update the helm repository to get the latest software by running the following command:

helm repo update

6. Perform Do a helm install with the yaml file external-dns-values.yaml to deploy ExternalDNS:

helm install external-dns bitnami/external-dns -f external-dns-values.yaml -n uepe

5. Confirm that external-dns has been installed successfully by running the following command:

kubectl logs <pod-name> -n uepe

The logs should look like thissimilar to the example below:

time="2024-06-11T05:29:19Z" level=info msg="Instantiating new Kubernetes client"
time="2024-06-11T05:29:19Z" level=info msg="Using inCluster-config based on serviceaccount-token"
time="2024-06-11T05:29:19Z" level=info msg="Created Kubernetes client https://10.96.0.1:443"
time="2024-06-11T05:29:21Z" level=info msg="All records are already up to date"

ingress-nginx-controller

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1. Add the ingress-nginx helm repository:

   Code Block
   language bash
   helm repo add ingress-nginx https://kubernetes.github.io/ingress-nginx

2. Update the helm repository to get the latest software:

   Code Block
   language bash
   helm repo update

3. Create a file called ingress-nginx-values.yaml and populate it with the following helm values:

   Code Block
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   controller: scope: enabled: true admissionWebhooks: enabled: false metrics: enabled: false serviceMonitor: enabled: false ingressClassResource: name: nginx enabled: true default: false controllerValue: "k8s.io/ingress-nginx" watchIngressWithoutClass: false service: externalTrafficPolicy: "Local" targetPorts: http: 80 https: 443 type: NodePort extraArgs: v: 1 serviceAccount: create: false

4. Install the ingress-nginx-controller helm chart:

   Code Block
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   helm install ingress-nginx ingress-nginx/ingress-nginx --version <helm chart version> -f ingress-nginx-values.yaml -n uepe

   Where <helm chart version> is a compatible version listed in the Compatibility Matrix (4.12).

Executing If you run the helm list -A should show command you will see all add-ons added in this section. Example, for example like below:

NAME                        	NAMESPACE	REVISION	UPDATED                             	STATUS  	CHART                             	APP VERSION
ingress-nginx-controller        uepe     	1       	2024-02-22 11:44:54.18561 +0800 +08 	deployed	ingress-nginx-4.9.1               	1.9.6

This section is now complete . Now and you can proceed to the Usage Engine Private Edition Preparations - OCI (4.2) section.