Azure Arc Enabled MicroK8s Multinode Cluster

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# Activate Hyper-V as the main virtualization environment
bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype auto 

# Deactivate Hyper-V as the main virtualization environment
bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off

# Install Multipass
choco install multipass

# Creating the necessary infrastructure

# Main- / Master node
multipass launch -n nmk8m1 -c 4 -m 6gb -d 20gb

# Worker node
multipass launch -n nmk8w1 -c 2 -m 2gb -d 5gb
multipass launch -n nmk8w2 -c 2 -m 2gb -d 5gb

# Connecting to the master node
multipass shell nmk8m1

# Connecting to the worker nodes
multipass shell nmk8w1
multipass shell nmk8w2

# Installing Microk8s (on each node)
sudo snap install microk8s --classic

# Getting Microk8s Status (on each node)
sudo microk8s status --wait-ready

# Assign Userpermissions to use the microk8s command (on each node)
sudo usermod -aG microk8s $USER
sudo chown -f -R $USER ~/.kube

# Enable Addons (on the master node)
microk8s enable dns storage helm

# Clustering

# @ master node
microk8s add-node

# Clustering

# @ worker nodes
microk8s join 172.18.129.184:25000/ea8093d55deb6effa35768e7779b7943/6fac2699cbfa

# Checking Cluster & Nodes
microk8s kubectl get nodes -o wide

# Setting an Alias (on the master node)
alias kubectl='microk8s kubectl'

# Exporting kubeconfig (on the master node)
microk8s config >> ~/.kube/config

# Get & Set Cluster Context (on the master node)
kubectl config get-contexts
kubectl config use-context microk8s

# Installing Azure CLI 
curl -sL https://aka.ms/InstallAzureCLIDeb | sudo bash
source $HOME/.bashrc

# Azure CLI - Extension Installation
az extension add --name connectedk8s

# Login
az login

# Activating needed Resource Providers
az provider register --namespace Microsoft.Kubernetesa
az provider register --namespace Microsoft.KubernetesConfiguration
az provider register --namespace Microsoft.ExtendedLocation

# Ressource Group Creation
az group create --name test-kube-arc --location westeurope

# Create a Kubernetes - Azure Arc resource and connect your cluster
az connectedk8s connect \
 --name testkube \
 --resource-group test-kube-arc \
 --location westeurope \
 --tags type=microk8s location=TestLab

# Check Status
az connectedk8s show --name testkube --resource-group test-kube-arc

# Creating a Service User
kubectl create serviceaccount admin-user

# Assigning permissions
kubectl create clusterrolebinding admin-user-binding --clusterrole cluster-admin --serviceaccount default:admin-user

# Receiving a bearer token (without creating a secret)
microk8s kubectl create token admin-user --duration=999999h

# Generating a secret

microk8s kubectl apply -f - <<EOF
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: admin-user
  annotations:
    kubernetes.io/service-account.name: admin-user
type: kubernetes.io/service-account-token
EOF

# Receiving a bearer token from secret
microk8s kubectl describe secrets/admin-user

References:

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MicroK8s notes on installation with Azure ARC

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