Installing Gestalt Platform on Kubernetes

Installer repository: https://github.com/GalacticFog/gestalt-k8s-install

Prerequisites

Target Kubernetes Cluster:

• Kubernetes 1.7+ with Helm installed
• PV support on the underlying infrastructure, either dynamic (e.g. Kubernetes configured with Cloud Provider and Default Storage Provisioner) or static (e.g. Canonical Kubernetes using Ceph storage / RBD volumes)

Workstation running the Installer:

• Mac OS or Linux
• kubectl configured for the cluster
• Helm installed

General Gestalt Install Procedure for Kubernetes

1. Verify your cluster is available:

kubectl cluster-info

2. Install helm on your workstation and the kubernetes cluster:

brew install helm
helm init

3. Run the installer using one of the provided configuration files:

./install-gestalt-platform [environment-specific configuration file]

Quick Start for Kubernetes on Docker for Desktop (on MacOS)

./install-gestalt-platform docker-for-desktop.conf

Quick Start for Minikube (on MacOS)

Recommend 4 CPUs and 8GB memory for the minikube cluster.

Option 1 - Install Minikube with virtual-box VM driver

brew cask install minikube

minikube start --memory 8192 --cpus 4 --vm-driver virtualbox

Option 2 - Install Minikube with xhyve VM driver

brew cask install minikube

brew install docker-machine-driver-xhyve

# docker-machine-driver-xhyve need root owner and uid
sudo chown root:wheel $(brew --prefix)/opt/docker-machine-driver-xhyve/bin/docker-machine-driver-xhyve
sudo chmod u+s $(brew --prefix)/opt/docker-machine-driver-xhyve/bin/docker-machine-driver-xhyve

minikube start --memory 8192 --cpus 4 --vm-driver xhyve

Install Gestalt Platform on a Running Minikube Cluster

# Ensure kubectl is pointing to minikube
kubectl config current-context   # should report 'minikube'

# Check that kubernetes is up
minikube dashboard

# Enable ingress
minikube addons enable ingress

# Install helm on the cluster
helm init

# Run the Gestalt Platform installer
./install-gestalt-platform minikube.conf