K8s cluster bootstrap and app install

Apply PSP

kubectl create clusterrolebinding default-tkg-admin-privileged-binding --clusterrole=psp:vmware-system-privileged --group=system:authenticated

Apply Reg-cred syncer

kubectl apply -f manifests/registry-creds

Apply reg cred secret

kubectl apply -f ~/Desktop/docker-creds.yaml

Bitnami Sealed Secrets

Install Sealed Secrets

helm upgrade --install sealed-secrets -n kube-system ./manifests/sealed-secrets -f manifests/sealed-secrets/values.yaml

Seal secrets

kubeseal --format=yaml < ~/Desktop/docker-creds.yaml > manifests/registry-creds/docker-creds-sealed.yaml
kubeseal --format=yaml < ~/Desktop/argocd-secret.yaml > manifests/argocd/templates/argocd-sealed-secret.yaml
kubeseal --format=yaml < ~/Desktop/argocd-github-secret.yaml > manifests/argocd/templates/argocd-github-sealed-secret.yaml
kubeseal --format=yaml < ~/Desktop/argocd-rak8s-secret.yaml > manifests/argocd/templates/argocd-rak8s-sealed-secret.yaml
kubeseal --format=yaml < ~/Desktop/traefik-dnsprovider-config.yaml > manifests/traefik/templates/traefik-dnsprovider-config-sealed.yaml
kubeseal --format=yaml < ~/Desktop/argocd-notifications-secret.yaml > manifests/argocd-notifications/templates/argocd-notifications-secret-sealed.yaml
kubeseal --format=yaml < ~/Desktop/renovate-secret.yaml > manifests/renovate/templates/renovate-sealed-secret.yaml
kubeseal --format=yaml < ~/Desktop/keycloak-secret.yaml > manifests/keycloak/templates/keycloak-secret-sealed.yaml
kubeseal --format=yaml < ~/Desktop/keycloak-postgres-secret.yaml > manifests/keycloak/templates/keycloak-postgres-secret-sealed.yaml
kubeseal --format=yaml < ~/Desktop/argocd-workflows-sso.yaml  > manifests/argocd-workflows/templates/argocd-workflows-sso-sealed.yaml
kubeseal --format=yaml < ~/Desktop/argocd-workflows-minio.yaml  > manifests/minio/templates/argocd-workflows-minio-sealed.yaml

Backup seal key

kubectl get secret -n kube-system -l sealedsecrets.bitnami.com/sealed-secrets-key -o yaml > ~/Desktop/sealed-secrets-master.key

Restore Bitnami SS from backup (if bad things happened)

helm upgrade --install sealed-secrets -n kube-system ./manifests/sealed-secrets -f manifests/sealed-secrets/values.yaml
kubectl delete secret -n kube-system -l sealedsecrets.bitnami.com/sealed-secrets-key=active
kubectl apply -n kube-system -f ~/Desktop/sealed-secrets-master.key
kubectl delete pod -n kube-system -l app.kubernetes.io/name=sealed-secrets

Apply Prometheus CRDs

kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/v0.47.0/example/prometheus-operator-crd/monitoring.coreos.com_alertmanagerconfigs.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/v0.47.0/example/prometheus-operator-crd/monitoring.coreos.com_alertmanagers.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/v0.47.0/example/prometheus-operator-crd/monitoring.coreos.com_podmonitors.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/v0.47.0/example/prometheus-operator-crd/monitoring.coreos.com_probes.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/v0.47.0/example/prometheus-operator-crd/monitoring.coreos.com_prometheuses.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/v0.47.0/example/prometheus-operator-crd/monitoring.coreos.com_servicemonitors.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/v0.47.0/example/prometheus-operator-crd/monitoring.coreos.com_thanosrulers.yaml

Create necessary secrets

kubectl apply -f manifests/argocd-workflows/templates

Install Argo and bootstrap cluster

make install-argocd
make get-argocd-password
make check-argocd-ready

Use

argocd login argocd.tanzu.blah.cloud --sso --grpc-web
#login with GitHub account or admin password from above
argocd account update-password
argocd app list

Cleanup

make cleanup

Todo

Apps

• Knative serving samples https://knative.dev/docs/serving/samples/
• Investigate Istio vs Linkerd
• Move from Traefik to new ingress controller + cert-manager for TLS
• Add Tekton https://github.com/tektoncd/pipeline
• Investigate Argo Events and Argo Rollouts vs Flagger / Knative Eventing and Serving
• Investifate KNative Operator https://knative.dev/docs/install/knative-with-operators/
• Investigate Argo Operator https://github.com/argoproj-labs/argocd-operator
• Add Reloader https://github.com/stakater/Reloader
• Add Renovate self-hosted https://docs.renovatebot.com/self-hosting/

Organisational

• Refactor namespaces
• Refactor App hierarchy
• Refactor Apps into Projects
• Use sync waves
  • Example topology: argoproj/argo-cd#3516 (comment)
• Deploy from tags/branches rather than master

Security

• Remove all internal un/passwords and keys and turn into sealed secrets
• Make ArgoCD GitHub webhook authenticated