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Set up a KiND cluster
Set up a KiND cluster
Prerequisites
Note: For Windows, enable Virtualization in BIOS and install Hyper-V
Install and configure KiND
Make sure you follow one of the Installation options for KiND.
In case you are using Docker Desktop, double-check that you have performed the recommended settings (4 CPUs and 8 GiB of RAM available to Docker Engine).
Configure and create the KiND cluster
- Create a file named
kind-cluster-config.yaml, and paste the following:
kind: Cluster
apiVersion: kind.x-k8s.io/v1alpha4
nodes:
- role: control-plane
kubeadmConfigPatches:
- |
kind: InitConfiguration
nodeRegistration:
kubeletExtraArgs:
node-labels: "ingress-ready=true"
extraPortMappings:
- containerPort: 80
hostPort: 8081
protocol: TCP
- containerPort: 443
hostPort: 8443
protocol: TCP
- role: worker
- role: worker
This is going to request KiND to spin up a kubernetes cluster comprised of a control plane and two worker nodes. It also allows for future setup of ingresses and exposes container ports to the host machine.
- Run the
kind create clusterproviding the cluster configuration file:
kind create cluster --config kind-cluster-config.yaml
Wait until the cluster is created, the output should look like this:
Creating cluster "kind" ...
✓ Ensuring node image (kindest/node:v1.21.1) 🖼
✓ Preparing nodes 📦 📦 📦
✓ Writing configuration 📜
✓ Starting control-plane 🕹️
✓ Installing CNI 🔌
✓ Installing StorageClass 💾
✓ Joining worker nodes 🚜
Set kubectl context to "kind-kind"
You can now use your cluster with:
kubectl cluster-info --context kind-kind
Thanks for using kind! 😊
Dapr
- Initialize Dapr:
dapr init --kubernetes
Once Dapr finishes initializing its core components are ready to be used on the cluster.
To verify the status of these components run:
dapr status -k
the output should look like this:
NAME NAMESPACE HEALTHY STATUS REPLICAS VERSION AGE CREATED
dapr-sentry dapr-system True Running 1 1.5.1 53s 2021-12-10 09:27.17
dapr-operator dapr-system True Running 1 1.5.1 53s 2021-12-10 09:27.17
dapr-sidecar-injector dapr-system True Running 1 1.5.1 53s 2021-12-10 09:27.17
dapr-dashboard dapr-system True Running 1 0.9.0 53s 2021-12-10 09:27.17
dapr-placement-server dapr-system True Running 1 1.5.1 52s 2021-12-10 09:27.18
- Forward a port to Dapr dashboard:
dapr dashboard -k -p 9999
So that you can validate that the setup finished successfully by navigating to http://localhost:9999.
Next steps
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