k8s clustered apps

starting clustered applications in k8s

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k8s clustered apps

starting clustered applications in k8s

clustered

So you want to run a clustered thing in k8s? Likely a database, using raft or similar.

Use a statefulset: you get your own persistentvolume per pod, and you get your own stable, addressable hostname. This can be retrieved either as the HOSTNAME env var (possibly unstable?), or set by custom env var with fieldref.

Use cert-manager: who wants to futz around with csrs

use publishNotReadyAddresses: true on a headless service to get name resolution before pods are ready, pods need to see each other before they are ready.

etcd

People on the internet only talk about running etcd outside the cluster for k8s...

Notes: data dir should be changed, Assumes a CA is available and called internal-ca.

Just works (I think)

apiVersion: cert-manager.io/v1
kind: Certificate
metadata:
  name: etcd-certs
spec:
  secretName: etcd-certs
  duration: 2160h
  renewBefore: 360h
  dnsNames:
    - "localhost"
    - "etcd"
    - "etcd.default"
    - "etcd.default.svc"
    - "etcd.default.svc.cluster.local"
    - "*.etcd-headless"
    - "*.etcd-headless.default"
    - "*.etcd-headless.default.svc"
    - "*.etcd-headless.default.svc.cluster.local"
  ipAddresses:
    - "127.0.0.1"
    - "::1"
  issuerRef:
    name: internal-ca
    kind: ClusterIssuer
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: etcd
  labels:
    app.kubernetes.io/name: etcd
type: Opaque
data:
  etcd-root-password: "eDgzelB1aVlsUQ=="
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: etcd-headless
  labels:
    app.kubernetes.io/name: etcd
spec:
  type: ClusterIP
  clusterIP: None
  publishNotReadyAddresses: true
  ports:
    - name: client
      port: 2379
      targetPort: client
    - name: peer
      port: 2380
      targetPort: peer
  selector:
    app.kubernetes.io/name: etcd
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: etcd
  labels:
    app.kubernetes.io/name: etcd
spec:
  type: ClusterIP
  ports:
    - name: client
      port: 2379
      targetPort: client
    - name: peer
      port: 2380
      targetPort: peer
  selector:
    app.kubernetes.io/name: etcd
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: StatefulSet
metadata:
  name: etcd
  labels:
    app.kubernetes.io/name: etcd
spec:
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app.kubernetes.io/name: etcd
  serviceName: etcd-headless
  podManagementPolicy: Parallel
  replicas: 3
  updateStrategy:
    type: RollingUpdate
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app.kubernetes.io/name: etcd
    spec:
      securityContext:
        fsGroup: 1001
        runAsUser: 1001
      containers:
        - name: etcd
          image: docker.io/bitnami/etcd:3.4.13-debian-10-r22
          imagePullPolicy: "IfNotPresent"
          command:
            - etcd
          env:
            - name: POD_NAME
              valueFrom:
                fieldRef:
                  fieldPath: metadata.name
            - name: ETCDCTL_API
              value: "3"
            - name: ETCD_NAME
              value: "$(POD_NAME)"
            - name: ETCD_DATA_DIR
              value: /bitnami/etcd/data
            - name: ETCD_ADVERTISE_CLIENT_URLS
              value: "https://$(POD_NAME).etcd-headless.default.svc.cluster.local:2379"
            - name: ETCD_LISTEN_CLIENT_URLS
              value: "https://0.0.0.0:2379"
            - name: ETCD_INITIAL_ADVERTISE_PEER_URLS
              value: "https://$(POD_NAME).etcd-headless.default.svc.cluster.local:2380"
            - name: ETCD_LISTEN_PEER_URLS
              value: "https://0.0.0.0:2380"
            - name: ALLOW_NONE_AUTHENTICATION
              value: "yes"
            - name: ETCD_ROOT_PASSWORD
              valueFrom:
                secretKeyRef:
                  name: etcd
                  key: etcd-root-password
            - name: ETCD_INITIAL_CLUSTER
              value: "etcd-0=https://etcd-0.etcd-headless.default.svc.cluster.local:2380,etcd-1=https://etcd-1.etcd-headless.default.svc.cluster.local:2380,etcd-2=https://etcd-2.etcd-headless.default.svc.cluster.local:2380"
            - name: ETCD_INITIAL_CLUSTER_STATE
              value: new
            - name: ETCD_CLIENT_CERT_AUTH
              value: "true"
            - name: ETCD_TRUSTED_CA_FILE
              value: /var/secret/tls/ca.crt
            - name: ETCD_CERT_FILE
              value: /var/secret/tls/tls.crt
            - name: ETCD_KEY_FILE
              value: /var/secret/tls/tls.key
            - name: ETCD_PEER_CLIENT_CERT_AUTH
              value: "true"
            - name: ETCD_PEER_TRUSTED_CA_FILE
              value: /var/secret/tls/ca.crt
            - name: ETCD_PEER_CERT_FILE
              value: /var/secret/tls/tls.crt
            - name: ETCD_PEER_KEY_FILE
              value: /var/secret/tls/tls.key
          ports:
            - name: client
              containerPort: 2379
            - name: peer
              containerPort: 2380
            - name: metrics
              containerPort: 2381
          livenessProbe:
            httpGet:
              path: /health
              port: 2381
          readinessProbe:
            httpGet:
              path: /health
              port: 2381
          volumeMounts:
            - name: certs
              mountPath: /var/secret/tls
            - name: data
              mountPath: /bitnami/etcd
      volumes:
        - name: certs
          secret:
            secretName: etcd-certs
        - name: data
          emptyDir: {}

cockroachdb

Notes: will complain if certs have wider perms than rwx------, which will cause issues if running as non-root in k8s (uses fsGroups to keep volume owner as root). Slightly modified from official manifests (change service names, certs, data dir for kind). Assumes a CA is available and called internal-ca.

Nodes need a manual action to join, could be a Job but need to time it right (after cert signing, nodes started):

kubectl exec -it cockroachdb-0 -- /cockroach/cockroach init --certs-dir=/cockroach/cockroach-certs

manifest:

apiVersion: cert-manager.io/v1
kind: Certificate
metadata:
  name: cockroachdb-node
spec:
  secretName: cockroachdb-node
  duration: 2160h
  renewBefore: 360h
  dnsNames:
    - "node"
    - "localhost"
    - "cockroachdb"
    - "cockroachdb.default"
    - "cockroachdb.default.svc"
    - "cockroachdb.default.svc.cluster.local"
    - "*.cockroachdb-headless"
    - "*.cockroachdb-headless.default"
    - "*.cockroachdb-headless.default.svc"
    - "*.cockroachdb-headless.default.svc.cluster.local"
  ipAddresses:
    - "127.0.0.1"
    - "::1"
  issuerRef:
    name: internal-ca
    kind: ClusterIssuer
---
apiVersion: cert-manager.io/v1
kind: Certificate
metadata:
  name: cockroachdb-client-root
spec:
  secretName: cockroachdb-client-root
  duration: 2160h
  renewBefore: 360h
  commonName: root
  usages:
    - client auth
  issuerRef:
    name: internal-ca
    kind: ClusterIssuer
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
  name: cockroachdb
  labels:
    app: cockroachdb
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Role
metadata:
  name: cockroachdb
  labels:
    app: cockroachdb
rules:
  - apiGroups:
      - ""
    resources:
      - secrets
    verbs:
      - get
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: RoleBinding
metadata:
  name: cockroachdb
  labels:
    app: cockroachdb
roleRef:
  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
  kind: Role
  name: cockroachdb
subjects:
  - kind: ServiceAccount
    name: cockroachdb
    namespace: default
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: cockroachdb
  labels:
    app: cockroachdb
spec:
  ports:
    - port: 26257
      targetPort: 26257
      name: grpc
    - port: 8080
      targetPort: 8080
      name: http
  selector:
    app: cockroachdb
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: cockroachdb-headless
  labels:
    app: cockroachdb
  annotations:
    prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
    prometheus.io/path: "_status/vars"
    prometheus.io/port: "8080"
spec:
  ports:
    - port: 26257
      targetPort: 26257
      name: grpc
    - port: 8080
      targetPort: 8080
      name: http
  publishNotReadyAddresses: true
  clusterIP: None
  selector:
    app: cockroachdb
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: StatefulSet
metadata:
  name: cockroachdb
spec:
  serviceName: "cockroachdb-headless"
  replicas: 3
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: cockroachdb
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: cockroachdb
    spec:
      serviceAccountName: cockroachdb
      affinity:
        podAntiAffinity:
          preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
            - weight: 100
              podAffinityTerm:
                labelSelector:
                  matchExpressions:
                    - key: app
                      operator: In
                      values:
                        - cockroachdb
                topologyKey: kubernetes.io/hostname
      containers:
        - name: cockroachdb
          image: cockroachdb/cockroach:v20.1.5
          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
          ports:
            - containerPort: 26257
              name: grpc
            - containerPort: 8080
              name: http
          livenessProbe:
            httpGet:
              path: "/health"
              port: http
              scheme: HTTPS
            initialDelaySeconds: 30
            periodSeconds: 5
          readinessProbe:
            httpGet:
              path: "/health?ready=1"
              port: http
              scheme: HTTPS
            initialDelaySeconds: 10
            periodSeconds: 5
            failureThreshold: 2
          volumeMounts:
            - name: datadir
              mountPath: /cockroach/cockroach-data
            - name: certs
              mountPath: /cockroach/cockroach-certs/ca.crt
              subPath: ca.crt
            - name: certs
              mountPath: /cockroach/cockroach-certs/node.crt
              subPath: tls.crt
            - name: certs
              mountPath: /cockroach/cockroach-certs/node.key
              subPath: tls.key
            - name: client
              mountPath: /cockroach/cockroach-certs/client.root.crt
              subPath: tls.crt
            - name: client
              mountPath: /cockroach/cockroach-certs/client.root.key
              subPath: tls.key
          env:
            - name: COCKROACH_CHANNEL
              value: kubernetes-secure
            - name: POD_NAME
              valueFrom:
                fieldRef:
                  fieldPath: metadata.name
            - name: GOMAXPROCS
              valueFrom:
                resourceFieldRef:
                  resource: limits.cpu
                  divisor: "1"
            - name: MEMORY_LIMIT_MIB
              valueFrom:
                resourceFieldRef:
                  resource: limits.memory
                  divisor: "1Mi"
          command:
            - /bin/sh
            - -exc
            - >
              /cockroach/cockroach
              start
              --logtostderr=WARNING
              --certs-dir=/cockroach/cockroach-certs
              --advertise-host=$(POD_NAME).cockroachdb-headless.default
              --http-addr=0.0.0.0
              --join=cockroachdb-0.cockroachdb-headless.default,cockroachdb-1.cockroachdb-headless.default,cockroachdb-2.cockroachdb-headless.default
      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 60
      volumes:
        - name: datadir
          emptyDir: {}
        - name: certs
          secret:
            secretName: cockroachdb-node
            defaultMode: 256
        - name: client
          secret:
            secretName: cockroachdb-client-root
            defaultMode: 256
  podManagementPolicy: Parallel
  updateStrategy:
    type: RollingUpdate