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#+NAME: Raspberry pi k3s cluster guide
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#+NAME: Raspberry pi k3s cluster guide
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#+AUTHOR: James Blair
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#+AUTHOR: James Blair
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#+EMAIL: mail@jamesblair.net
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#+EMAIL: mail@jamesblair.net
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#+DATE: 26th October 2019
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#+DATE: 24th December 2019
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This file serves as a complete step by step guide for creating a bare
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This file serves as a complete step by step guide for creating a bare
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metal raspberry pi kubernetes cluster.
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metal raspberry pi kubernetes cluster using [[https://k3s.io/][k3s]] from [[https://rancher.com/][Rancher]].
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My goal for this build is to replace a server I currently run at home
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that hosts several workloads via Docker with a scalable k8s cluster.
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Additionally in future I would like the cluster to be portable and
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operate via 3G-5G Cellular network and an array of batteries.
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I chose k3s as it incredibly lightweight but still CNCF certified and
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production grade software that is optimised for resource constraints of
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raspberry pis.
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* Pre-requisites
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* Pre-requisites
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- This guide uses the [[https://k3s.io/][k3s]] distribution of kubernetes from Rancher.
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** Cluster machines
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I chose this distribution because it is a CNCF certified production
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For this guide I am using three [[https://www.pishop.us/product/raspberry-pi-4-model-b-4gb/][Raspberry Pi 4 4GB]] machines.
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grade implementation that is optimised for lightweight implementations
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such as ARM.
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- For this guide I am using three [[https://www.pishop.us/product/raspberry-pi-4-model-b-4gb/][Raspberry Pi 4 4GB]] machines.
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The cluster will have one leader node and two worker nodes.
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The cluster will have one leader node and two worker nodes.
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For resiliency puposes in future I will update the cluster to run
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For resiliency puposes in future I will update the cluster to run
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with two leader nodes.
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with two leader nodes.
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- This guide requires each Raspberry Pi to have a removable SD card or
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*** TODO Migration to high availability control plane
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For resiliency purposes in future I will update the cluster and this
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documentation to support a control plane of more than one machine.
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** Boot media
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This guide requires each Raspberry Pi to have a removable SD card or
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other removable boot media. I am use three 32GB SD Cards though any
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other removable boot media. I am use three 32GB SD Cards though any
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USB or SD card at least 8GB in size should work fine.
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USB or SD card at least 8GB in size should work fine.
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*** TODO Migration to network booting
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* Step 1 - Downloading the operating system
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In future it would be preferable for the raspberry pi's to be able
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to network boot and setup automatically without an SD card.
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Our first step is to download an image of the latest version of
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This is a nice to have that I will pursue at a later date once I
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[[https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspbian_lite_latest][raspbian lite]]. This is a minimal debian based distribution optimised
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have a deployed cluster that allows me to migrate off the current
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for rapsberry pis.
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server setup I have deployed.
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*Note:* There the raspberry pi download site provide a SHA-256 hash that
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can be used to verify downloads. While not covered in this guide this
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is reccomended to ensure the image you download is genuine.
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#+NAME: Download the os image
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#+BEGIN_SRC shell
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cd ~/Downloads/
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* Step 1 - Prepare boot media for master
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wget 'https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspbian_lite_latest'
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#+END_SRC
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** Download the latest release
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Our first step is to create the bootable SD Card with a minimal install
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of [[https://www.raspbian.org/][Raspbian]], which is a free operating system based on [[https://www.debian.org/][Debian]] and is
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optimised for Raspberry Pi hardware.
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Rather than doing an installation and configuration of an operating system
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image from scratch I found [[https://github.com/FooDeas/raspberrypi-ua-netinst][this project]] on Github which automates the
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install and configuration process nicely.
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#+NAME: Download the latest release zip
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#+begin_src shell :results output verbatim replace :wrap example
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echo Downloading latest release zip from github
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curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/foodeas/raspberrypi-ua-netinst/releases/latest \
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| grep "browser_download_url.*zip" \
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echo Checking file is now present
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echo Extracting the zip file
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#+RESULTS: Download the latest release zip
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Downloading latest release zip from github
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-rw-rw-rw- 1 james james 60299545 Aug 12 08:35 raspberrypi-ua-netinst-v2.4.0.zip
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* Step 2 - Write the image file to removable media
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