Install Kubernetes on a TuringPi2

Hardware

• Node01 - 03: Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 Lite, BCM2711, ARM Cortex-A72, 4GB-RAM CM4004000
• Node04: 16GB-RAM Truing RK1

Software

Truing PI

• Baseboard Management Controller: 2.0.5

Node

• Node01 - 03: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
• Node04:

Usage

1. Easiest way is to install just

• Execute just install, to install pre-commit and node

2. Create an .auth file in the repository root This file is used from ansible to connect to the clients.

  export turing_password=<PASSWORD>
  export turing_ip=<IP>
  export id_rsa_pub=c3NoLXXX
  export id_rsa=LS0tXXXX

3. Use the local.sh to start ansible. In the best case use the dev-container.

K3s - cluster access

There is a short article. Copy the file /etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml to your local. Replace default with e.g. turingpi and add the sections cluster, contexts and user to your existing kube-config.

4. Install metallb

# Adjust configmap.yaml to your ip-range
  kubectl apply -k ./kubernetes/metallb
# Example
kubectl apply -f ./kubernetes/example

Links

• TuringPi2
• k3s
• ansible
• arkade
• metallb