Introduction
- JS7 can be set up using a Kubernetes cluster on a Server. Using the Linux-based JS7 images for Docker® containers which ship with a current Alpine base image and OpenJDK.
- Docker® images for JS7 are publicly available from https://hub.docker.com/r/sosberlin/js7.
- Instructions on how to run containers for JS7 components can be found in the articles listed below.
- You can run an application by creating a Kubernetes Deployment object, and you can describe a Deployment in a YAML file. To do so we need to first install and set up the Kubernetes cluster, once it is completed you can use the deployment YAML files to deploy JS7.
Setting up a Kubernetes Cluster
There are several ways how to set up a Kubernetes Cluster. Find an example from the following chapters.
The basic step which can be followed to install the Kubernetes cluster on Centos are:
Install Docker on all CentOS 7 VMs
Update the package database
sudo yum check-update
Install the dependencies
sudo yum install -y yum-utils device-mapper-persistent-data lvm2
Add and enable the official Docker Repository to CentOS 7
sudo yum-config-manager --add-repo https://download.docker.com/linux/centos/docker-ce.repo
Install the latest Docker version on CentOS 7
sudo yum install docker-ce
A successful installation output will be concluded with a
Complete!
You may be prompted to accept the GPG key. This is to verify that the fingerprint matches. The format will look as follows. If correct, accept it.060A 61C5 1B55 8A7F 742B 77AA C52F EB6B 621E 9F35
Manage Docker service
Now Docker is installed, but the service is not yet running. Start and enable Docker using the commands.sudo systemctl start docker sudo systemctl enable docker
To confirm that Docker is active and running, use:
sudo systemctl status docker
Set up the Kubernetes Repository
Since the Kubernetes packages aren’t present in the official CentOS 7 repositories, we will need to add a new repository file. Use the following command to create the file and open it for editing:
sudo vi /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo
Once the file is open, press the I key to enter insert mode and paste the following contents:
[kubernetes] name=Kubernetes baseurl=https://packages.cloud.google.com/yum/repos/kubernetes-el7-x86_64 enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 repo_gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=https://packages.cloud.google.com/yum/doc/yum-key.gpg https://packages.cloud.google.com/yum/doc/rpm-package-key.gpg
Once pasted, press escape to exit insert mode. Then enter
:x
to save the file and exit.
Install Kubelet on CentOS 7
The first core module that we need to install on every node is Kubelet. Use the following command to do so:
sudo yum install -y kubelet
Install kubeadm and kubectl on CentOS 7
kubeadm, the next core module, which has to be installed. Use the following command:
sudo yum install -y kubeadm
(Note that kubeadm automatically installs kubectl as a dependency)
Disable swap
For Kubelet to work, we also need to disable swap. The swap can be disabled using the below commands:
sudo swapoff -a sudo sed -i '/ swap / s/^/#/' /etc/fstab
Initialize Kubeadm and start the Kubernetes cluster
When we initialize the kubeadm directly, then the kubeadm throws the error:
Some fatal errors occurred: [ERROR CRI]: container runtime is not running Status from runtime service failed” err=”rpc error: code = Unimplemented desc = unknown service runtime.v1alpha2.RuntimeService”
To resolve the above error, it is required to delete the config.tomal file and restart contained using the below steps:
sudo rm /etc/containerd/config.toml systemctl restart containerd
Initialize Kubeadm and Create required directories and start managing Kubernetes cluster
sudo kubeadm init mkdir $HOME/.kube sudo cp -i /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf $HOME/.kube/config sudo chown $(id -u):$(id -g) $HOME/.kube/config export KUBECONFIG=/etc/kubernetes/admin.conf
Enable and restart docker and Kubernetes services.
sudo systemctl enable docker.service sudo service kubelet restart sudo chown -R centos:centos kubernetes/
Set up Pod network for the Cluster.
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/coreos/flannel/2140ac876ef134e0ed5af15c65e414cf26827915/Documentation/kube-flannel.yml kubectl get nodes
Following the above steps, the setup of the Kubernetes cluster is successful. Now you can create the Kubernetes YAML files and deploy the JS7 on this Kubernetes cluster.
Deploying JS7 on Kubernetes
The example YAML files of Kubernetes are attached to the article.
Download the attached zip file. The folder structure includes three files:
js7-deployment.yaml – This file is the deployment file for the JS7
js7-service.yaml – This includes the configuration of port forwarding
hibernate.cfg.xml – This is the hibernate file for connection to the database.
To make the Kubernetes cluster run according to your database environment, you can adjust the hibernate.cfg.xml file with your database credentials. The default file is MySql. You can use the hibernate.cfg.xml files of the other database from JS7 - Database.
The zip file, including the above configuration files, is js7-kubernetes.zip. After downloading the attached file, follow the below steps to deploy the container:
- Open CMD from the folder where you unzip the attached ZIP.
To create a config map and pass the and to pass this hibernate.cfg.xml file to the mount directory of the container, follow the below command.
kubectl create configmap hibernate-config --from-file=hibernate.cfg.xml
To create the service of the JS7 configuration, you need to run the js7-service.yaml file:
kubectl create -f js7-deployment.yaml
To create the deployment of the JS7 configuration, you need to run the js7-deployment.yaml file:
kubectl create -f js7-service.yaml
Once both the YAML files are executed successfully, you can get the pod's status. The Kubectl Get Pod is a command that displays the pods running in the Kubernetes cluster.
kubectl get pods
Once both the YAML files are executed successfully, you can describe Pod and check each step in the YAML file is executed successfully or not. The Kubectl Describe Pod is a command that describes any resource in Kubernetes. It shows data on a single or even a collection of resources.
kubectl describe pods
To check the IP and Port of the running JOC Cockpit, execute the kubectl get service command.
kubectl get service