Last updated on: 2024-04-23 04:45:25.

F5 IPAM Controller and CIS using Infoblox IPAM Integration

Overview of Infoblox IPAM Integration

The F5 IPAM Controller is deployed in Kubernetes working with CIS to allocate IP addresses from Infoblox network ranges. The F5 IPAM Controller watches orchestration-specific CRD resources and consumes the hostnames within each resource. The F5 IPAM Controller integrates with Infoblox WAPI via the RESTful web API to allocate the virtual server IP addresses as shown below in the diagram.

../../_images/infoblox-1.png

Setup options

CIS version 2.5 provides two deployment options for using the F5 IPAM controller. You can only use one deployment method per F5 IPAM Controller.

  • ip-range - statically specifies the pool of IP address range based on an ipam label when ipam-provider is f5-ip-provider.
  • infoblox-labels - Infoblox labels holds the mappings for Infoblox’s netView, dnsView, and CIDR. This option is valid with ipam-provider infoblox.

In this example, we are using the deployment option of Infoblox. In CIS 2.5 the F5 IPAM Controller for Infoblox can:

  • allocate IP addresses from Infoblox data management IP address pool based on the ipamLabel in the Kubernetes CRD.
  • allocate the IP from the respective IP address pool for the hostname specified in the virtualserver custom resource.

The idea here is that you specify the ip-range label in the virtualserver CRD, or by using Type LB.


Configuration Steps

You can watch a demonstration of these steps in this video:


Step 1: CIS Configuration Options for IPAM Deployment defining the CIDR network label in the VirtualServer CRD

Add the parameter --ipam=true in the CIS deployment to provide the integration with CIS and IPAM.

args:
  - "--bigip-username=$(BIGIP_USERNAME)"
  - "--bigip-password=$(BIGIP_PASSWORD)"
  - "--bigip-url=192.168.200.60"
  - "--bigip-partition=k8s"
  - "--namespace=default"
  - "--pool-member-type=cluster"
  - "--flannel-name=fl-vxlan"
  - "--log-level=DEBUG"
  - "--insecure=true"
  - "--custom-resource-mode=true"
  - "--as3-validation=true"
  - "--log-as3-response=true"
  - "--ipam=true"

Deploy CIS using the following command:

kubectl create -f f5-cluster-deployment.yaml
The most up-to-date version of this example is here: f5-cluster-deployment.yaml
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apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: k8s-bigip-ctlr-deployment
  namespace: kube-system
spec:
  progressDeadlineSeconds: 600
  replicas: 1
  revisionHistoryLimit: 10
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: k8s-bigip-ctlr
  strategy:
    rollingUpdate:
      maxSurge: 1
      maxUnavailable: 1
    type: RollingUpdate
  template:
    metadata:
      annotations:
        seccomp.security.alpha.kubernetes.io/defaultProfileName: unconfined
        seccomp.security.alpha.kubernetes.io/pod: unconfined
      creationTimestamp: ~
      labels:
        app: k8s-bigip-ctlr
      name: k8s-bigip-ctlr
    spec:
      containers:
        -
          args:
            - "--bigip-username=$(BIGIP_USERNAME)"
            - "--bigip-password=$(BIGIP_PASSWORD)"
            - "--bigip-url=192.168.200.60"
            - "--bigip-partition=k8s"
            - "--namespace=default"
            - "--pool-member-type=cluster"
            - "--flannel-name=fl-vxlan"
            - "--log-level=DEBUG"
            - "--insecure=true"
            - "--custom-resource-mode=true"
            - "--as3-validation=true"
            - "--log-as3-response=true"
            - "--ipam=true"
          command:
            - /app/bin/k8s-bigip-ctlr
          env:
            -
              name: BIGIP_USERNAME
              valueFrom:
                secretKeyRef:
                  key: username
                  name: bigip-login
            -
              name: BIGIP_PASSWORD
              valueFrom:
                secretKeyRef:
                  key: password
                  name: bigip-login
          image: "f5networks/k8s-bigip-ctlr:2.5.0"
          name: f5-server
      serviceAccountName: k8s-bigip-ctlr

Step 2: F5 IPAM Deploy Configuration Options

Deployment options for ipam-provider infoblox:

Parameter Type Required Default Description
infoblox-labels String Required N/A Infoblox labels holds the mappings for Infoblox’s CIDR.
infoblox-grid-host String Required N/A URL (or IP Address) of Infoblox Grid Host.
infoblox-wapi-port String Optional 443 Port that the Infoblox Server listens on.
infoblox-wapi-version String Required N/A Web API version of Infoblox.
infoblox-username String Required N/A Username of Infoblox User.
infoblox-password String Required N/A Password of above given Infoblox User.
infoblox-netview String Required N/A Netview from which IP addresses needs to be allocated.
credentials-directory String Optional N/A Credentials can be mounted from k8s secrets. 
args:
  - --orchestration=kubernetes
  - --log-level=DEBUG
  - --ipam-provider=infoblox
  - --infoblox-grid-host=10.192.75.240
  - --infoblox-wapi-port="443"
  - --infoblox-wapi-version=2.10.5
  - --infoblox-username=admin
  - --infoblox-password=infoblox
  - --infoblox-netview=default
  - --infoblox-labels='{"Dev" :{"cidr": "172.16.4.0/24"},"Test" :{"cidr": "172.16.5.0/24"}}'

Deploy RBAC, schema and F5 IPAM Controller deployment:

kubectl create -f f5-ipam-ctlr-clusterrole.yaml
kubectl create -f f5-ipam-schema.yaml
kubectl create -f f5-ipam-deployment.yaml

See examples in this IPAM deployment repository on GitHub.


Logging output when deploying the F5 IPAM Controller

$ kubectl logs -f deploy/f5-ipam-controller -n kube-system
[kube@k8s-1-19-master xianfei]$ kubectl logs -f deploy/f5-ipam-controller -n kube-system
2021/07/13 17:39:39 [INFO] [INIT] Starting: F5 IPAM Controller - Version: 0.1.5-WIP, BuildInfo: amkgupta-0382461-dirty-20210712172739
2021/07/13 17:39:39 [DEBUG] Creating IPAM Kubernetes Client
2021/07/13 17:39:39 [DEBUG] [ipam] Creating Informers for Namespace kube-system
2021/07/13 17:39:39 [DEBUG] Created New IPAM Client
2021/07/13 17:39:39 [DEBUG] [MGR] Creating Manager with Provider: infoblox
2021/07/13 17:39:40 [INFO] [CORE] Controller started
2021/07/13 17:39:40 [INFO] Starting IPAMClient Informer
I0713 17:39:40.221163       1 shared_informer.go:240] Waiting for caches to sync for F5 IPAMClient Controller
2021/07/13 17:39:40 [DEBUG] Enqueueing on Create: kube-system/ipam.192.168.200.60.k8s
I0713 17:39:40.322244       1 shared_informer.go:247] Caches are synced for F5 IPAMClient Controller
2021/07/13 17:39:40 [DEBUG] K8S Orchestrator Started
2021/07/13 17:39:40 [DEBUG] Starting Custom Resource Worker
2021/07/13 17:39:40 [DEBUG] Starting Response Worker

Step 3: Configuring CRD to work with F5 IPAM Controller for the following hosts

  • hostname “mysite.f5demo.com”
  • hostname “myapp.f5demo.com”

Provide an ipamLabel in the virtual server CRD. Make sure to create the latest CIS virtualserver schema which supports ipamLabel.

apiVersion: "cis.f5.com/v1"
kind: VirtualServer
metadata:
  name: f5-demo-myapp
  labels:
    f5cr: "true"
spec:
  host: myapp.f5demo.com
  ipamLabel: Production
  pools:
  - monitor:
      interval: 20
      recv: ""
      send: /
      timeout: 31
      type: http
    path: /
    service: f5-demo
    servicePort: 80

and

apiVersion: "cis.f5.com/v1"
kind: VirtualServer
metadata:
  name: f5-demo-mysite
  labels:
    f5cr: "true"
spec:
  host: mysite.f5demo.com
  ipamLabel: Test
  pools:
  - monitor:
      interval: 20
      recv: ""
      send: /
      timeout: 31
      type: http
    path: /
    service: f5-demo
    servicePort: 80

Deploy the CRD and updated schema:

kubectl create -f customresourcedefinitions.yaml
kubectl create -f vs-mysite.yaml
kubectl create -f vs-myapp.yaml

See examples in this CRD repository on GitHub.

Logging output from the VirtualServer

myapp.f5demo.com

2021/07/13 17:52:21 [DEBUG] Enqueueing on Update: kube-system/ipam.192.168.200.60.k8s
2021/07/13 17:52:21 [DEBUG] Processing Key: &{0xc0001e6160 0xc0001e7ce0 Update}
Hostname: myapp.f5demo.com      Key:    CIDR: 10.192.125.32/28  IPAMLabel: Production   IPAddr:         Operation: Create
2021/07/13 17:52:21 [DEBUG] [CORE] Allocated IP: 10.192.125.33 for Request:
Hostname: myapp.f5demo.com      Key:    CIDR:   IPAMLabel: Production   IPAddr:         Operation: Create
2021/07/13 17:52:21 [DEBUG] Updated: kube-system/ipam.192.168.200.60.k8s with Status. With IP: 10.192.125.33 for Request:
Hostname: myapp.f5demo.com      Key:    CIDR:   IPAMLabel: Production   IPAddr: 10.192.125.33   Operation: Create

ipamLabel: Production Infoblox setup

../../_images/infoblox-2.png

ipam status for CRD

../../_images/infoblox-3.png

mysite.f5demo.com

2021/07/13 17:41:06 [DEBUG] Enqueueing on Update: kube-system/ipam.192.168.200.60.k8s
2021/07/13 17:41:06 [DEBUG] Processing Key: &{0xc0001e7080 0xc000195340 Update}
Hostname: mysite.f5demo.com     Key:    CIDR: 10.192.75.112/30  IPAMLabel: Test IPAddr:         Operation: Create
2021/07/13 17:41:07 [DEBUG] [CORE] Allocated IP: 10.192.75.113 for Request:
Hostname: mysite.f5demo.com     Key:    CIDR:   IPAMLabel: Test IPAddr:         Operation: Create
2021/07/13 17:41:07 [DEBUG] Updated: kube-system/ipam.192.168.200.60.k8s with Status. With IP: 10.192.75.113 for Request:
Hostname: mysite.f5demo.com     Key:    CIDR:   IPAMLabel: Test IPAddr: 10.192.75.113   Operation: Create

ipamLabel: Test Infoblox setup

../../_images/infoblox-4.png

ipam status for CRD

../../_images/infoblox-5.png

Note

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