Configure Your Workstation

Note: This is part of a series. Make sure you started here: Building a Portable Kubernetes Home Lab with OpenShift - OKD4

Note: This tutorial assumes that you are running a Unix like operating system on your workstation. i.e. Mac OS, Fedora, or other Linux distribution. If you are running Windows, you might try the Windows Subsystem For Linux. All of my testing is done on Mac OS.

Install the `labcli` utilities for the Lab

I have created a companion project for this blog. It contains all of the shell functions that I use to ease the task of building and tearing down infrastructure in my lab.

In the spirit of Kubernetes naming, I wanted to give it a nautical name. Since these scripts take on the drudgery of repeated tasks, I chose to name them after the guy that cleans the toilets on a ship… Thus, the project is named: καμαρότος. That is, kamarótos; Greek for Ship’s steward or cabin boy…

Clone the git repository that I have created with helper scripts:
```
mkdir -p ${HOME}/okd-lab/bin
git clone -b archive https://github.com/cgruver/kamarotos.git ${HOME}/okd-lab/kamarotos
```
Note: I am publishing refactored instructions soon. So, for now you need to checkout a different branch to be compatible with the current instructions.

Copy the helper scripts to ${HOME}/okd-lab:

cp ${HOME}/okd-lab/kamarotos/bin/* ${HOME}/okd-lab/bin
chmod 700 ${HOME}/okd-lab/bin/*

Copy the prescriptive lab configuration files to ${HOME}/okd-lab/lab-config

mkdir -p ${HOME}/okd-lab/lab-config/domain-configs
cp ${HOME}/okd-lab/kamarotos/examples/lab.yaml ${HOME}/okd-lab/lab-config/lab.yaml
cp ${HOME}/okd-lab/kamarotos/examples/domain-configs/kvm-cluster-basic.yaml ${HOME}/okd-lab/lab-config/domain-configs/dev.yaml

Add the following to your shell environment:

Your default shell will be something like bash or zsh. Although you might have changed it.

You need to add the following line to the appropriate shell file in your home directory: .bashrc, or .zshrc, etc…

Bash:
```
echo ". ${HOME}/okd-lab/bin/labEnv.sh" >> ~/.bashrc
```
Zsh:
```
echo ". ${HOME}/okd-lab/bin/labEnv.sh" >> ~/.zshrc
```
Note: Take a look at the file ${HOME}/okd-lab/bin/labEnv.sh. It will set variables in your shell when you log in, so make sure you are comfortable with what it is setting. If you don’t want to add it to your shell automatically, the you will need to execute . ${HOME}/okd-lab/bin/labEnv.sh before running any lab commands.

It’s always a good practice to look at what a downloaded script is doing, since it is running with your logged in privileges… I know that you NEVER run one of those; curl some URL | bash… without looking at the file first… right?

There will be a test later… :-)
Log off and back on to set the variables.

Review the configuration

The documentation for labcli is here: Command Line Interface for your Kubernetes (OpenShift) Home Lab

I’m being intentionally prescriptive here to help ensure success the first time you try this. I have created a lab configuration for you based on the assumption that you have the minimal equipment for your first lab. You will need the equipment for a Basic KVM Lab: Gear For Your Home Lab

Your lab domain will be:

my.awesome.lab
Your lab network will be:

For example: 10.11.12.0/24

These settings are in: ${HOME}/okd-lab/lab-config/lab.yaml

domain: my.awesome.lab
network: 10.11.12.0
router-ip: 10.11.12.1
bastion-ip: 10.11.12.10
netmask: 255.255.255.0
centos-mirror: rsync://mirror.facebook.net/centos-stream
gitea-version: 1.15.9
openwrt-version: 21.02.1
git-url: https://gitea.my.awesome.lab:3000
sub-domain-configs:
- name: dev
  router-edge-ip: 10.11.12.15
  router-ip: 10.11.13.1
  network: 10.11.13.0
  netmask: 255.255.255.0
  cluster-config-file: dev.yaml

Note: If you want different network settings, or a different domain, change this file accordingly.

The configuration file for your OpenShift cluster is in: `${HOME}/okd-lab/lab-config/domain-configs/dev.yaml

cluster:
  name: okd4
  cluster-cidr: 10.88.0.0/14
  service-cidr: 172.20.0.0/16
  local-registry: nexus.my.awesome.lab:5001
  proxy-registry: nexus.my.awesome.lab:5000
  remote-registry: quay.io/openshift/okd
  butane-spec-version: 1.4.0
  ingress-ip-addr: 10.11.13.2
kvm-hosts:
  - host-name: kvm-host01
    mac-addr: "YOUR_HOST_MAC_HERE"
    ip-addr: 10.11.13.200
    disks:
      disk1: sda
      disk2: sdb
bootstrap:
  metal: false
  node-spec:
    memory: 12288
    cpu: 4
    root-vol: 50
  kvm-host: kvm-host01
  ip-addr: 10.11.13.49
control-plane:
  metal: false
  node-spec:
    memory: 20480
    cpu: 6
    root-vol: 100
  okd-hosts:
    - kvm-host: kvm-host01
      ip-addr: 10.11.13.60
    - kvm-host: kvm-host01
      ip-addr: 10.11.13.61
    - kvm-host: kvm-host01
      ip-addr: 10.11.13.62

Note: You will need to replace YOUR_HOST_MAC_HERE with the MAC address of your NUC server. We’ll do that later when we get ready to install OpenShift.

Note: If you want different network settings, or a different domain, change this file accordingly.

Install `yq`

We will need it for YAML file manipulation: https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/

MacOS:
```
brew install yq
```

Linux:

mkdir ${OKD_LAB_PATH}/yq-tmp
YQ_VER=$(basename $(curl -Ls -o /dev/null -w %{url_effective} https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/latest))
wget -O ${OKD_LAB_PATH}/yq-tmp/yq.tar.gz https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/download/${YQ_VER}/yq_linux_amd64.tar.gz
tar -xzf ${OKD_LAB_PATH}/yq-tmp/yq.tar.gz -C ${OKD_LAB_PATH}/yq-tmp
cp ${OKD_LAB_PATH}/yq-tmp/yq_linux_amd64 ${OKD_LAB_PATH}/bin/yq
chmod 700 ${OKD_LAB_PATH}/bin/yq

Set up and SSH Key Pair

If you don’t have an SSH key pair configured on your workstation, then create one now:
```
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -N "" -f ${HOME}/.ssh/id_rsa
```
Copy the SSH public key to the Lab configuration folder:
```
cp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub ${OKD_LAB_PATH}/ssh_key.pub
```
Now, you are ready to set up your lab network:

Set Up Lab Network

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Install the labcli utilities for the Lab

Review the configuration

Install yq

Set up and SSH Key Pair

Install the `labcli` utilities for the Lab

Install `yq`