Connect Your First Cluster

The first time you log into your account you will find a kubectl command pre-fabricated to connect your first Kubernetes cluster to Magalix backend. Copy and paste that command into your console as instructed on the welcome page.

Connecting More Clusters

Creating the YAML can be initiated through the "Connect Cluster" wizard, by clicking the "Start" button on the homepage.

The wizard will guide you through the process, follow the workflow and hit "Finish" when you are done.

At this point, the cluster has been defined and waiting for a connection with the Agent to start communication.

To finish the process, the YAML needs to be applied to your cluster, you can achieve that in one of two ways. Using the automatically generated URL or manually downloading and applying the YAML to your cluster.

Permissions and Admin access

RBAC

To gain admin rights you'll need to execute the following command.

• Kubectl CLI

kubectl create clusterrolebinding username-cluster-admin-binding  --clusterrole=cluster-admin --user=username@company.com

Using the secure URL

In the middle of the page of the define cluster wizard, you'll see a URL and a copy icon to the left. To install the Agent, copy the command and paste it in your terminal. If successful, you'll see output similar to the one below.

• Kubectl CLI

$ kubectl apply -f https://dev1.console.magalix.com/cluster-deployment/6aa6689b-252b-4df0-bf1e-46c1436cf551/2018-09-10T19:58:06Z/5d7e8540597bacf2e26d76dcd1bce1b679cf36676112218d134f8dd2da60a6e4/deployment.yaml
 

Using the Agent YAML

The review page of the "Connect Cluster" wizard provides a "Download" button which you can use to locally save the YAML of the Magalix Agent. To download the YAML, expand the panel and click the blue download button on the left. You can also download the YAML from the cluster dashboard showing after you hit finish.

To install the Agent type the following command in your terminal.

• Kubectl CLI

$ Kubectl apply -f <LocalPath>\fileName.yaml

Delete Cluster Definition

Validate the Agent deployment

To validate if the Magalix Agent pod has been successfully installed, use the following command. You should see something like magalix-agent-865b6d9ffb-n4v9w in the listed pods

• Kubectl CLI

$ kubectl get pods --namespace kube-system

NAME                                                READY     STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
event-exporter-v0.1.8-599c8775b7-fprtf              2/2       Running   0          1d
fluentd-gcp-v2.0.9-vhg24                            2/2       Running   0          1d
heapster-v1.4.3-d74857f95-8tz25                     3/3       Running   0          1d
kube-dns-778977457c-6vkdf                           3/3       Running   0          1d
kube-dns-autoscaler-7db47cb9b7-w4q49                1/1       Running   0          1d
kube-proxy-gke-sandbox-default-pool-a57643f1-s22p   1/1       Running   0          1d
kubernetes-dashboard-6bb875b5bc-8jzxn               1/1       Running   0          1d
l7-default-backend-6497bcdb4d-4z8g5                 1/1       Running   0          1d
magalix-agent-865b6d9ffb-n4v9w                      1/1       Running   1          1d
tiller-deploy-dccdb6fd9-r4b4f                       1/1       Running   0          1d