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# Firekube

Firekube is a Kubernetes cluster working on top of [ignite][gh-ignite] and
[firecracker][gh-firecracker]. Firekube clusters are operated with
[GitOps][ww-gitops].

[ignite][gh-ignite] and [firecracker][gh-firecracker] only work on Linux as
they need [KVM][kvm]. Fortunately we will also work on macOS using
[footloose][footloose]: the Kubernetes nodes are then running inside
containers.

## Creating a Firekube cluster

**Prerequisites**: docker, git, [kubectl 1.14+][kubectl].

1. Fork this repository.

1. Clone your fork and `cd` into it. Use the `SSH` git URL as the script will
push an initial commit to your fork:

```console
export user="" # Your GitHub handle or org

git clone [email protected]:$user/wks-quickstart-firekube.git
cd wks-quickstart-firekube
```

1. Start the cluster:

```console
./setup.sh
```

This step will take several minutes.

**Please note** that the `setup.sh` script will detect which OS you're on.
If it's macOS, the script will automatically set `backend: docker` inside `config.yaml`. This config is to start the cluster in containers as there is no KVM on macOS. However, Firekube on Linux will run either with `backend: ignite` (ignite VMs) or `backend: docker` (containers). So the `setup.sh` script won't touch the backend value inside `config.yaml` if you're on Linux. In case you started Firekube (in containers) on macOS then switched to try it on Linux, please make sure that the backend value is set to `backend: ignite` so that you can start the cluster on ignite / firecracker VMs.

1. Export the `KUBECONFIG` environment variable as indicated at the end of the installation:

```console
export KUBECONFIG=/home/damien/.wks/weavek8sops/example/kubeconfig
```

Enjoy your Kubernetes cluster!

```console
$ kubectl get nodes
NAME STATUS ROLES AGE VERSION
67bb6c4812b19ce4 Ready master 3m42s v1.14.1
a5cf619fa058882d Ready 75s v1.14.1
```

[gh-ignite]: https://github.com/weaveworks/ignite
[gh-firecracker]: https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker
[footloose]: https://github.com/weaveworks/footloose
[kubectl]: https://v1-14.docs.kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl/
[kvm]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel-based_Virtual_Machine
[ww-gitops]: https://www.weave.works/technologies/gitops/

## Watch GitOps in action

Now that we have a cluster installed, we can commit Kubernetes objects to the
git repository and have them appear in the cluster. Let's add
[podinfo][podinfo], an example Go microservice, to the cluster.

[podinfo]: https://github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo

```sh
kubectl apply --dry-run -k github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo//kustomize -o yaml > podinfo.yaml
git add podinfo.yaml
git commit -a -m 'Add podinfo Deployment'
git push
```

A few seconds later, you should witness the apparition of a podinfo pod in
the cluster:

```console
$ kubectl get pods
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
podinfo-677768c755-z76xk 1/1 Running 0 30s
```

To view `podinfo` web UI:

1. Expose `podinfo` locally:

```
kubectl port-forward deploy/podinfo 9898:9898
```

1. Point your browser to `http://127.0.0.1:9898`:

![podinfo](docs/podinfo.png)

## Deleting a Firekube cluster

Run:

```console
./cleanup.sh
```

## Using a private git repository with firekube

To use a private git repository instead of a fork of `wks-quickstart-firekube`:

1. Create a private repository and push the `wks-quickstart-firekube`
`master` branch there. Use the SSH git URL when cloning the private
repository:

```
git clone [email protected]:$user/$repository.git
cd $repository
git remote add quickstart [email protected]:weaveworks/wks-quickstart-firekube.git
git fetch quickstart
git merge quickstart/master
git push
```

1. Create an SSH key pair:

```console
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "[email protected]" -f deploy-firekube -N ""
```

1. Upload the deploy key to your private repository (with read/write access):

![deploy key upload](docs/deploy-key.png)

1. Start the cluster:

```console
./setup.sh --git-deploy-key ./deploy-firekube
```

## Getting Help

If you have any questions about, feedback for or problems with `wks-quickstart-firekube`:

- Invite yourself to the Weave Users Slack.
- Ask a question on the [#general](https://weave-community.slack.com/messages/general/) slack channel.
- [File an issue](https://github.com/weaveworks/wks-quickstart-firekube/issues/new).
- Join the discussion
- Invite yourself to the Weave community Slack
- Ask a question on the [#firekube](https://weave-community.slack.com/messages/firekube/) Slack channel

Your feedback is always welcome!

## License

[Apache 2.0](LICENSE)