kriten-netbox 0.1.1

Configure Kriten and run jobs from NetBox.

Kriten NetBox Plugin

The Kriten NetBox Plugin allows control of Kriten deployments (clusters) from NetBox. You can add clusters, runners, tasks and launch jobs from the plugin.

kind (Kubernetes) Install

Create a kind configuration file:

# three node (two workers) cluster config
kind: Cluster
apiVersion: kind.x-k8s.io/v1alpha4
nodes:
- role: control-plane
  kubeadmConfigPatches:
  - |
    kind: InitConfiguration
    nodeRegistration:
      kubeletExtraArgs:
        node-labels: "ingress-ready=true"
  extraPortMappings:
  - containerPort: 80
    hostPort: 80
    protocol: TCP
  - containerPort: 443
    hostPort: 443
    protocol: TCP
- role: worker
- role: worker

Start cluster:

kind create cluster --config cluster-config.yaml

Verify cluster:

kubectl get nodes
NAME                 STATUS   ROLES           AGE   VERSION
kind-control-plane   Ready    control-plane   33s   v1.31.0
kind-worker          Ready    <none>          22s   v1.31.0
kind-worker2         Ready    <none>          22s   v1.31.0

Helm install NetBox:

:green_circle: Tip: To use publicly available image:

helm repo add startechnica https://startechnica.github.io/apps

helm install netbox startechnica/netbox \
    --set global.imageRepository=kubecodeio/netbox \
    --set global.imageTag=4.1  \
    --set plugins={kriten_netbox} \
    --set superuser.password=kubecode

Helm install Kriten:

helm repo add kriten https://kriten-io.github.io/kriten-charts/
helm install kriten kriten/kriten

Edit /etc/hosts:

# Hostnames must match kubernetes ingress hosts
192.168.1.62    kriten-local
192.168.1.62    netbox-local

Install nginx:

kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/main/deploy/static/provider/kind/deploy.yaml

Apply the ingress:

apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
  name: kriten-netbox-ingress
spec:
  ingressClassName: nginx
  rules:
  - host: kriten-local
    http:
      paths:
      - pathType: Prefix
        path: /
        backend:
          service:
            name: kriten
            port:
              number: 80
  - host: netbox-local
    http:
      paths:
      - pathType: Prefix
        path: /
        backend:
          service:
            name: netbox
            port:
              number: 80

Connect to http://kriten-local and http://netbox-local

For information to use Kriten