Demo deployment

Use the following steps to deploy the CNFs in demo deployment:

  1. Verify the total pods deployed in the demo mode:

    kubectl get nodes -o wide

     NAME    STATUS   ROLES           AGE    VERSION   INTERNAL-IP    EXTERNAL-IP   OS-IMAGE             KERNEL-VERSION      CONTAINER-RUNTIME
 k8s-1   Ready    control-plane   201d   v1.27.3   10.145.64.5    <none>        Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS   5.15.0-75-generic   containerd://1.6.12
 k8s-2   Ready    <none>          201d   v1.27.3   10.145.67.76   <none>        Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS   5.15.0-75-generic   containerd://1.6.12
 k8s-3   Ready    <none>          201d   v1.27.3   10.145.74.1    <none>        Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS   5.15.0-75-generic   containerd://1.6.12

  2. Run the following command for interactive configuration in demo mode:

    ./f5nxtctl config -i

    Configuring in interactive mode ...
Enter [install-type]. supported values [demo production]. [default: production] Press return to choose default: demo
Enter [kubeconfig]. [default: ~/.kube/config]. Press return to choose default:
Enter [cluster-type]. supported values [ocp robin k8s]. [default: ocp] Press return to choose default: robin
Enter [product-type]. supported values [spk cnf]. [default: cnf] Press return to choose default: cnf
Enter [package-path]: /Users/XYZ/workspace/f5nxtctl/git-repos/f5-cnf-1.3.0.tgz
Enter [f5-tools-namespace]. [default: f5-tools]. Press return to choose default:
Enter [f5-utils-namespace]. [default: f5-utils]. Press return to choose default:
Enter [operation-mode]. supported values [connected disconnected]. [default: connected] Press return to choose default:
Enter [license-type]. supported values [test production]. [default: test] Press return to choose default:
Enter [f5-controller-namespace]. [default: f5-controller]. Press return to choose default:
Enter [use-watch-namespace]. supported values [yes no]. [default: yes] Press return to choose default:
Enter [watch-namespaces-comma-separated-list]. [default: f5-app]. Press return to choose default:
Enter [number-of-tmm-interfaces]: 1
Enter [tmm-netdev-name-1]: external-netdev
Enter [tmm-interface-cni-1]. supported values [sriov macvlan-passthru macvlan-bridge]. [default: sriov] Press return to choose default: macvlan-passthru
Enter [tmm-interface-name-or-policy-1]: ens256
Enter [tmm_vlan_name-1]: external-vlan
Enter [tmm-interface-ipaddr-1]. [help: Enter an IP address in the format xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/yy]: 10.123.123.120/24
Enter [tmm-interface-vlan-1]: 0

  3. Verify the interactive configuration file in demo mode:

    cat deployment/cfg.yaml

    basedir: /Users/XYZ/workspace/f5nxtctl/git-repos/tar/f5nxtctl
ismac: true
install_type: demo
kubeconfig: ~/.kube/config
cluster_type: robin
product_type: cnf
package_path: /Users/XYZ/workspace/f5nxtctl/git-repos/f5-cnf-1.3.0.tgz
tools_ns: f5-tools
tools_pod: f5tools.yaml
utils_ns: f5-utils
crd_product: f5-cnf-crds-n6lan-0.161.0-0.1.2.tgzz
img_cert_manager: f5-cert-manager-0.22.22-0.0.2.tgz
img_rabbitmq: rabbitmq-0.2.8-0.0.2.tgz
img_cwc: cwc-0.14.15-0.0.6.tgz
cwc_operation_mode: connected
license_type: test
img_crdconversion: f5-crdconversion-0.9.4-0.0.3.tgz
controller_ns: f5-controller
img_fluentd: f5-toda-fluentd-1.23.36.tgz
img_dssm: f5-dssm-0.67.7-0.0.1.tgzz
img_controller: f5ingress-v0.480.0-0.1.30.tgz
use-watch-namespace: yes
watch_namespace: f5-app
number_of_tmm_interfaces: 1
tmm_netdev_name_1: external-netdev
tmm_iface_cni_1: macvlan-passthru 
tmm_iface_name_or_policy_1: ens256
tmm_vlan_name_1: external-vlan
tmm_ip_with_prefixlen_1: 10.123.123.120/24
tmm_ipaddr_1: 10.123.123.120
tmm_ip_prefixlen_1: 24
tmm_vlan_1: 0

    _images/spk_warn.png Important: Unsupported Features in Demo deployment are as follows:

    • In the demo deployment, the JWT and licensing configuration are hard-coded into values.yaml and are not expected as user input. As a result, production JWT cannot be verified in the demo deployment.
    • IPv6 is not supported.
    • For CNF deployment in demo mode, only two tmm interfaces are supported for now.
    • While deploying CNF(production/demo), comment “f5-common” crd in deploy-order.yaml as this is only required for SPK.

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