Last updated on: 2023-03-22 07:58:40.

Kubernetes¶

CIS Installation¶

Overview¶

CIS can be configured in multiple ways depending on the customer scenario. CIS can be deployed on Kubernetes platform. CIS installation may differ based on the resources (for example: ConfigMap, Ingress, Routes, and CRD) used by the customer to expose the Kubernetes services. CIS installation also depends on BIG-IP deployment (Standalone and High Availability configuration) and Kubernetes cluster networking (Flannel/Calico).

Prerequisites¶

Installing CIS Manually¶

Add BIG-IP credentials as K8S secrets.

kubectl create secret generic f5-bigip-ctlr-login -n kube-system --from-literal=username=admin --from-literal=password=<password>

Create a service account for deploying CIS. In the example below, the Service Account is named bigip-ctlr.
```
kubectl create serviceaccount bigip-ctlr -n kube-system
```

Create a Cluster Role and Cluster Role Binding on the Kubernetes Cluster using the examples below.

The example below shows the broadest supported permission set. You can narrow the permissions down to specific resources, namespaces, etc. to suit your needs. See the Kubernetes RBAC documentation for more information.

k8s_rbac.yaml¶

 # for use in k8s clusters only
 kind: ClusterRole
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 metadata:
   name: bigip-ctlr-clusterrole
 rules:
 - apiGroups: ["", "extensions", "networking.k8s.io"]
   resources: ["nodes", "services", "endpoints", "namespaces", "ingresses", "pods", "ingressclasses"]
   verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
 - apiGroups: ["", "extensions", "networking.k8s.io"]
   resources: ["configmaps", "events", "ingresses/status", "services/status"]
   verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "update", "create", "patch"]
 - apiGroups: ["cis.f5.com"]
   resources: ["virtualservers","virtualservers/status", "tlsprofiles", "transportservers", "ingresslinks", "externaldnss"]
   verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "update", "patch"]
 - apiGroups: ["fic.f5.com"]
   resources: ["f5ipams", "f5ipams/status"]
   verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "update", "create", "patch", "delete"]
 - apiGroups: ["apiextensions.k8s.io"]
   resources: ["customresourcedefinitions"]
   verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "update", "create", "patch"]
 - apiGroups: ["", "extensions"]
   resources: ["secrets"]
   verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]


 ---

 kind: ClusterRoleBinding
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 metadata:
   name: bigip-ctlr-clusterrole-binding
   namespace: kube-system
 roleRef:
   apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
   kind: ClusterRole
   name: bigip-ctlr-clusterrole
 subjects:
 - apiGroup: ""
   kind: ServiceAccount
   name: bigip-ctlr
   namespace: kube-system

Push this configuration with the command:

kubectl apply -f  k8s_rbac.yaml

Important

You can substitute a Role and RoleBinding if your Controller does not need access to the entire Cluster.

Optionally, if you plan to use CIS in CRD mode, install Custom Resource Definitions. To install F5 CRDs, download this file and run the following command:
```
kubectl create -f customresourcedefinitions.yml [-n kube-system]
```

Create a CIS deployment using cis_deploy.yaml as shown below. You need to update the example file with the correct information, for example: the name of your BIG-IP secret, BIG-IP IP, BIG-IP partion, etc.

cis_deploy.yaml¶

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: k8s-bigip-ctlr-deployment
  namespace: kube-system
spec:
# DO NOT INCREASE REPLICA COUNT
  replicas: 1
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: k8s-bigip-ctlr-deployment
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: k8s-bigip-ctlr-deployment
    spec:
      # Name of the Service Account bound to a Cluster Role with the required
      # permissions
      containers:
        - name: k8s-bigip-ctlr
          image: "f5networks/k8s-bigip-ctlr:latest"
          env:
            - name: BIGIP_USERNAME
              valueFrom:
                secretKeyRef:
                # Replace with the name of the Secret containing your login
                # credentials
                  name: f5-bigip-ctlr-login
                  key: username
            - name: BIGIP_PASSWORD
              valueFrom:
                secretKeyRef:
                # Replace with the name of the Secret containing your login
                # credentials
                  name: f5-bigip-ctlr-login
                  key: password
          command: ["/app/bin/k8s-bigip-ctlr"]
          args: [
            # See the k8s-bigip-ctlr documentation for information about
            # all config options
            # https://clouddocs.f5.com/containers/latest/
            "--bigip-username=$(BIGIP_USERNAME)",
            "--bigip-password=$(BIGIP_PASSWORD)",
            "--bigip-url=<ip_address-or-hostname>",
            "--bigip-partition=<name_of_partition>",
            "--pool-member-type=nodeport",
            "--insecure",
            ]
      serviceAccountName: bigip-ctlr

Push this configuration with the following command:

kubectl apply -f  cis_deploy.yaml

Creating VXLAN Tunnels on Kubernetes Cluster (Optional)¶

This section is required only if you plan to use CIS in a ClusterIP Deployment. See Deployment Options for more information.

Create a VXLAN tunnel. In the example below, the tunnel name is fl-vxlan.

tmsh create net tunnels vxlan fl-vxlan port 8472 flooding-type none

Create a VXLAN profile.

tmsh create net tunnels tunnel fl-vxlan key 1 profile fl-vxlan local-address 192.168.200.91

Create the VXLAN tunnel self IP.

tmsh create net self 10.244.20.91 address 10.244.20.91/255.255.0.0 allow-service none vlan fl-vxlan

Installing CIS Using Helm Charts¶

See also

Introduction to Helm.

This is the simplest way to install CIS on a Kubernetes cluster. Helm is a package manager for Kubernetes. Helm is Kubernetes version of YUM or APT. Helm deploys something called charts, which you can think of as a packaged application. It is a collection of all your versioned, pre-configured application resources which can be deployed as one unit.

Optionally, add BIG-IP credentials as K8S secrets.

For Kubernetes, use the following command:

kubectl create secret generic f5-bigip-ctlr-login -n kube-system --from-literal=username=admin --from-literal=password=<password>

Add the CIS chart repository in Helm using following command:

helm repo add f5-stable https://f5networks.github.io/charts/stable

Create values.yaml as shown below:

values.yaml¶

bigip_login_secret: f5-bigip-ctlr-login
bigip_secret:
  create: false
  username:
  password:
rbac:
  create: true
serviceAccount:
  # Specifies whether a service account should be created
  create: true
  # The name of the service account to use.
  # If not set and create is true, a name is generated using the fullname template
  name: k8s-bigip-ctlr
 # This namespace is where the Controller lives;
namespace: kube-system
ingressClass:
  create: true
  ingressClassName: f5
  isDefaultIngressController: true
args:
  # See https://clouddocs.f5.com/containers/latest/userguide/config-parameters.html
  # NOTE: helm has difficulty with values using `-`; `_` are used for naming
  # and are replaced with `-` during rendering.
  # REQUIRED Params
  bigip_url: <ip_address-or-hostname>
  bigip_partition: <name_of_partition>
  # OPTIONAL PARAMS -- uncomment and provide values for those you wish to use.
  # verify_interval:
  # node-poll_interval:
  # log_level:
  # python_basedir: ~
  # VXLAN
  # openshift_sdn_name:
  # flannel_name:
  # KUBERNETES
  # default_ingress_ip:
  # kubeconfig:
  # namespaces: ["foo", "bar"]
  # namespace_label:
  # node_label_selector:
  # pool_member_type: nodeport
  # resolve_ingress_names:
  # running_in_cluster:
  # use_node_internal:
  # use_secrets:
  # insecure: true
  # custom-resource-mode: true
  # log-as3-response: true
  # gtm-bigip-password
  # gtm-bigip-url
  # gtm-bigip-username
  # ipam : true
image:
  # Use the tag to target a specific version of the Controller
  user: f5networks
  repo: k8s-bigip-ctlr
  pullPolicy: Always
version: latest
# affinity:
#   nodeAffinity:
#     requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
#       nodeSelectorTerms:
#       - matchExpressions:
#         - key: kubernetes.io/arch
#           operator: Exists
# securityContext:
#   runAsUser: 1000
#   runAsGroup: 3000
#   fsGroup: 2000
# If you want to specify resources, uncomment the following
# limits_cpu: 100m
# limits_memory: 512Mi
# requests_cpu: 100m
# requests_memory: 512Mi
# Set podSecurityContext for Pod Security Admission and Pod Security Standards
# podSecurityContext:
#   runAsUser: 1000
#   runAsGroup: 1000
#   privileged: true

Installing Helm charts:
1. Install the Helm chart using the following command if BIG-IP credential secrets are created manually:
```
helm install -f values.yaml <new-chart-name> f5-stable/f5-bigip-ctlr
```
2. Install the Helm chart with --skip crds if BIG-IP credential secrets are created manually (without Custom Resource Definitions installations):
```
helm install --skip-crds -f values.yaml <new-chart-name> f5-stable/f5-bigip-ctlr
```
3. If you want to create the BIG-IP credential secret with Helm charts, use the following command:
```
helm install --set bigip_secret.create="true" --set bigip_secret.username=$BIGIP_USERNAME --set bigip_secret.password=$BIGIP_PASSWORD -f values.yaml <new-chart-name> f5-stable/f5-bigip-ctlr
```
Note

For Kubernetes versions lower than 1.18, please use Helm chart version 0.0.14 as follows: helm install --skip-crds -f values.yaml <new-chart-name> f5-stable/f5-bigip-ctlr --version 0.0.14.

Chart parameters¶

Parameter	Required	Default	Description
bigip_login_secret	Optional	f5-bigip-ctlr-login	Secret that contains BIG-IP login credentials.
bigip_secret.create	Optional	false	Create Kubernetes secret using username and password.
bigip_secret.username	Optional	N/A	BIG-IP username to create the Kubernetes secret.
bigip_secret.password	Optional	N/A	BIG-IP password to create the Kubernetes secret.
args.bigip_url	Required	N/A	The management IP for your BIG-IP device.
args.bigip_partition	Required	f5-bigip-ctlr	BIG-IP partition the CIS Controller will manage.
args.namespaces	Optional	N/A	List of Kubernetes namespaces which CIS will monitor.
rbac.create	Optional	true	Create ClusterRole and ClusterRoleBinding.
serviceAccount.name	Optional	f5-bigip-ctlr- serviceaccount	Name of the ServiceAccount for CIS controller.
serviceAccount.create	Optional	true	Create service account for the CIS controller.
namespace	Optional	kube-system	Name of namespace CIS will use to create deployment and other resources.
image.user	Optional	f5networks	CIS Controller image repository username.
image.repo	Optional	k8s-bigip-ctlr	CIS Controller image repository name.
image.pullPolicy	Optional	Always	CIS Controller image pull policy.
image.pullSecrets	Optional	N/A	List of secrets of container registry to pull image.
version	Optional	latest	CIS Controller image tag.
nodeSelector	Optional	N/A	Dictionary of Node selector labels.
tolerations	Optional	N/A	Array of labels.
limits_cpu	Optional	100m	CPU limits for the pod.
limits_memory	Optional	512Mi	Memory limits for the pod.
requests_cpu	Optional	100m	CPU request for the pod.
requests_memory	Optional	512Mi	Memory request for the pod.
affinity	Optional	N/A	Dictionary of affinity.
securityContext	Optional	N/A	Dictionary of deployment securityContext.
podSecurityContext	Optional	N/A	Dictionary of pod securityContext.
ingressClass.ingressClassName	Optional	f5	Name of ingress class.
ingressClass.isDefaultIngressController	Optional	false	CIS will monitor all the ingress resources if set true.
ingressClass.create	Optional	true	Create ingress class.

Note

The parameters bigip_login_secret and bigip_secret are mutually exclusive. If both are defined in the values.yaml file, bigip_secret will be given priority.

Uninstalling Helm Chart¶

Run the following command to uninstall the chart.

helm del <new-chart>

Examples Repository¶

View more examples on GitHub.

Note

To provide feedback on Container Ingress Services or this documentation, please file a GitHub Issue.

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