Version information
Start using this module
Add this module to your Puppetfile:
mod 'garethr-kubernetes', '0.6.0'
Learn more about managing modules with a PuppetfileDocumentation
- Getting Started with Kubernetes
- Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
- Reference - An under-the-hood peek at what the module is doing and how
Overview
The garethr-kubernetes module allows you to use the Puppet DSL for managing Pods, ReplicationControllers, Services and more in Kubernetes. It doesn't install the various Kubernetes components.
Description
The module allows for defining Kubernetes resources in Puppet, and then for Puppet to create or update those resources. This improves on the basic YAML file approach in a few ways:
- The Puppet language supports logic and abstractions, allowing for the crafting of business specific user interfaces and avoiding repetition
- Modifications can be made to the Puppet code and Puppet will handle updating the relevant resources, without having to describe the full state of the resource
- Puppet supports relationships between resources, so you can enforce ordering where necessary
The user interface of the Puppet code however follows the API/YAML format exactly. This allows for a familiar interface for anyone used to the Kubernetes API, at the same time as providing a low level building block for creating higher level types.
Setup
Note that the following assumes you have a Kubernetes cluster up and running.
Requirements
- Kubeclient ruby gem
- Ruby 2.x, Kubeclient won't work with 1.8.7 or 1.9.x
Installing the Kubernetes module
Install the required gems with this command:
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/bin/gem install activesupport -v 4.1.14
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/bin/gem install kubeclient --no-ri --no-rdoc
Configuring credentials
You can provide the required information in a standard kubectl configuration
file. Store this as kubernetes.conf
in the relevant
confdir.
This should be:
- nix Systems:
/etc/puppetlabs/puppet
- Windows:
C:\ProgramData\PuppetLabs\puppet\etc
- non-root users:
~/.puppetlabs/etc/puppet
If you have a working kubectl setup you can export the file using the following command:
kubectl config view --raw=true
Finally install the module with:
puppet module install garethr-kubernetes
Getting started with Kubernetes
This module allows for describing resources in Kubernetes (like Pods, Services and ReplicationControllers) using the Puppet DSL. To create a new Pod for example:
kubernetes_pod { 'sample-pod':
ensure => present,
metadata => {
namespace => 'default',
},
spec => {
containers => [{
name => 'container-name',
image => 'nginx',
}]
},
}
Usage
List and manage Kubernetes resources
In addition to creating and managing resources this module supports listing
and interactive management of resources via puppet resource
. For example:
puppet resource kubernetes_node
Or:
puppet resource kubernetes_service
You can use this to describe the state of your Kubernetes cluster and export the results to a file, which can then be used to maintain that state over time.
Delete resources
You can also delete the resources we created above by setting the ensure
property to absent
in the manifest or using puppet resource
like so:
puppet resource kubernetes_pod sample-pod ensure=absent
More usage examples
The module examples folder contains additional usage examples:
Converting existing Kubernetes YAML files
You may already have YAML files describing your Kubernetes resources, or
be using Helm to download existing
Charts. The module includes an
experimental puppet kubernetes convert
command for just this
situation.
puppet kubernetes convert examples/guestbook.yaml
The above command will output to stdout the Puppet equivalent to the YAML description of Kubernetes resources, including correctly handling multi-document files like the example guestbook.
puppet kubernetes convert examples/guestbook.yaml > guestbook.pp
puppet apply --test guestbook.pp
If you want to then use that Puppet file the simplest way to do so is to redirect the output to a file and then run it with Puppet as shown above.
Compile Puppet DSL to Kubernetes YAML
You might want to see the YAML being sent over the wire, or integrate Puppet
with other Kubernetes tooling. For this we have the compile
subcommand.
puppet kubernetes compile --manifest examples/guestbook.pp
The above will output YAML to stdout which could them be used with kubectl
or similar tooling.
Reference
Types
The following are some of the types available in the module. For a full
list use puppet resource --types | grep kubernetes
.
- kubernetes_pod
- kubernetes_service
- kubernetes_replication_controller
- kubernetes_node
- kubernetes_event
- kubernetes_endpoint
- kubernetes_namespace
- kubernetes_secret
- kubernetes_resource_quota
- kubernetes_limit_range
- kubernetes_peristent_volume
- kubernetes_persistent_volume_claim
- kubernetes_component_status
- kubernetes_service_account
- kubernetes_deployment
Limitations
This module is a proof of concept, demonstrating both the power of auto-generating Puppet types and providers from Swagger specifications and of managing higher level tools like Kubernetes with Puppet. It likely has several bugs and rough edges at the moment. Please report those on GitHub.
Development
Much of the code for this module is auto-generated using the puppet-swagger-generator project. This means modifications to the types and providers should be done there, rather than within this project. Files which are auto-generated should have a suitable comment indicating as such.
Types in this module release
##2015-12-16 - Version 0.1.0
This is the initial release of the Kubernetes module.
##2016-02-8 - Version 0.1.1
- Bugfix for creating/deleting Kubernetes namespaces with the kubernetes_namespace type
##2016-03-22 - Version 0.2.0
- Verify module works with with OpenShift v3
- Support authentication with bearer tokens
- Move gem requirement into a Puppet feature
- Fix for passing in numbers
- Fixes for object comparison involving arrays of values
Thanks to @modax for much of the work in this release.
##2016-04-06 - Version 0.3.0
- Added an experimental Puppet command (puppet kubernetes convert) which converts standard Kubernetes YAML files into Puppet code
##2017-07-12 - Version 0.5.0
- Update resources to 1.7.0
##2017-07-12 - Version 0.5.1
- Resolve issue with namespaced monkey patch clashing with AIO gem
- Remove forked kubeclient configuration class as fixed upstream
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