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Version: 1.0.0

Creating a K3s Kubernetes Cluster

This how-to was written using the following versions:

Get K3s Kubernetes Cluster​

Install K3s​

Follow the instructions to install K3s on your system.

The K3s versions used in this how-to are the ones mentioned just above, with all the options set by default.

Install Epinio on the Cluster​

Export the k3s cluster configration first:

export KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml

Follow "magic" DNS setup to install Epinio in your test environment.

<IP> can be found by running:

$ kubectl get svc -n kube-system traefik -o jsonpath="{.status.loadBalancer.ingress[0]}"

Then, continue with the Epinio installation process.

Troubleshooting​

DNS Issues​

In case of trouble with DNS resolution, for example if you have something like this in your logs:

dial tcp: lookup epinio-registry.192.168.1.10.omg.howdoi.website on 10.43.0.10:53: no such host

You can try to install K3s with one known-to-work DNS server:

curl -sfL https://get.k3s.io | K3S_RESOLV_CONF=/etc/my-good-resolv.conf sh -

With /etc/my-good-resolv.conf containing:

nameserver 1.1.1.1

This kind of issue could happen for example when you have multiple DNS servers and some of them are not able to resolve some domain names.

Traefik​

In case of trouble with Epinio's Traefik component or Ingress controllers, the Traefik section in the Advanced Topics document shall be your friend.