Kind

Preparation

To make is simple you can also create your own network befor like this:

docker network create --driver bridge --subnet 172.18.0.0/24 kind

Check the correct network ipAddress Settings in ./manifests/metallb.yaml with

docker network inspect -f '{{.IPAM.Config}}' kind

Check the network CIDR range in terraform/manifests/metallb.yaml and change if needed the following setting:

...
spec:
  addresses:
  - 172.18.0.200-172.18.0.250

...

Create kind cluster

Set the desired kubernetes version in dev-1.tfvars file

...
kubernetes_version  = "kindest/node:v1.27.3"
...

You have different versions available like

• kindest/node:v1.26.6
• kindest/node:v1.27.3
• kindest/node:v1.28.0

You can check all available versions here0

cd terraform
terraform init

terraform apply -var-file dev-1.tfvars

# In this moment the first run will fail. As a workaround until it's fixed apply twice

terraform apply -var-file dev-1.tfvars

The cluster is now created, a metallb loadbalancer is installed and argoCD is deployed.

Connect to argocd

Forward the service port to access the argocd

kubectl port-forward -n argocd svc/argocd-server 8443:443

Now you can access ArgoCD using your browser with http://localhost:8443 and follow the bootstrap process later.

Username: admin

Password: The output of kubectl get secret argocd-initial-admin-secret -n argocd -o jsonpath="{.data.password}" | base64 -d

Bootstrap the new Cluster

To Bootstrap this new cluster using ArgoCD, clone This Repo.