The x-install tool is a new the newest Exostellar installer tooldesigned to simplify the setup process. It provides offers a variety of subcommands to assess and discover the target installation provision a sandbox environment, install Exostellar products, and report the verify post-install installation readiness.
Prerequisites
Before using the x-install tool, ensure that your environment meets the following requirements:
Terraform: Version 1.8+
Git 2.34+
Valid AWS Marketplace subscriptions to Exostellar Management Server, Exostellar Controller, and Exostellar Worker AMIs
AWS Account with the following IAM Permissions
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{
"Version": "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": "eks:*",
"Resource": "*"
},
{
"Action": [
"ssm:GetParameter",
"ssm:GetParameters"
],
"Resource": [
"arn:aws:ssm:*:<account_id>:parameter/aws/*",
"arn:aws:ssm:*::parameter/aws/*"
],
"Effect": "Allow"
},
{
"Action": [
"kms:CreateGrant",
"kms:DescribeKey"
],
"Resource": "*",
"Effect": "Allow"
},
{
"Action": [
"logs:PutRetentionPolicy"
],
"Resource": "*",
"Effect": "Allow"
}
]
} |
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kubectl: Version 1.28+
Helm: Version 3.14.2+
AWS Authentication, Credentials, and Region
Please properly configure AWS authentication and default region in your local environment.
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You can set up credentials using various methods such as command-line options, environment variables, assume role, credentials files, configuration files, etc.
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Ensure the account has the following IAM permissions:
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Steps
Use the following command to create a standalone X-IO stack named xio-standalone:
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Valid AWS Marketplace Subscriptions for Exostellar Management Server, Exostellar Controller, Exostellar Worker AMIs for the same AWS account
SSH Key
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Use the following command to create a new SSH key pair:
Modify the permission to secure the key:
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x-installtool: Version 0.0.10+
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Installation Steps
1. Create a Standalone Stack
Go to the directory where x-install is downloaded and use the following command to create a standalone stack:
(Please modify the stack name, VPC CIDR, SSH key pair, and region to suit your environment.)
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x-install create-standalone \ --stack-name=xio-standalone \ --vpc-cidr=10.0.0.0/16 \ --ssh-key-pair-name=my-dev-key \ --region=us-westeast-12 |
The new VPC and EKS cluster will
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inherit the stack name.
The VPC
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will be assigned the CIDR block
10.0.0.0/16
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The EC2 SSH key pair,
my-dev-key
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, will be used to access the
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Exostellar Management Server.
The stack name, VPC CIDR, SSH key pair name and region should be adjusted to suit your environment.
Once the create-standalone command completed successfully, use the next command to confirm X-IO service readiness:
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2. Verify Post-Installation Readiness
After the standalone stack is successfully created, use the following command to check if the stack is ready:
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x-install post-install --stack-name=xio-standalone --ssh-private-key-file=my-dev-key.pem --ssh-username=rocky |
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3. Add an X-Compute Node to the Standalone EKS Cluster
To add an X-Compute node to the newly created standalone EKS cluster using the eks-node-cli tool found on the X-IO , first SSH into the Exostellar Management Server:
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# ssh to the X-IO Management Server $ ssh-i "my-dev-key.pem" rocky@<management-server-public-ip> # on the X-IO Management Server, add a new node to the standalone EKS cluster |
On the server, run the following command to add a new node to the EKS cluster:
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eks-node-cli add -n node-00 -c 1 -m 4096 -p pool-a -r az1 -k xio-standalone |
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The new node can be verified using the
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The output should display the new nodes as ready:
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NAME STATUS ROLES AGE VERSION ip-10-0-39-220.us-west-1.x-compute.internal Ready <none> 4m17s v1.29.3-eks-ae9a62a |
By default, the EKS token used to access the standalone EKS cluster expired after 60 minutes. Following that, all attempts to access the cluster will fail with Unauthorized errors.
To generate a new EKS token and use it with your existing kubeconfig file, run:
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x-install update-kubeconfig --stack-name=xio-standalone |
4. Clean Up
Once the free trial period is over, the entire standalone stack can be deleted with the destroy command:
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x-install destroy --stack-name xio-standalone |
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In some cases, Terraform might time out during the destroy process. |
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If this happens, simply re-run the command to allow Terraform to reconcile its final state. |
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At this time, all controllers and workers EC2 instances need to be manually terminated. |
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Additional Help and Support
To explore other subcommands, runuse the following command for a list of available options:
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x-install help |
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If you encounter any issues, please take a screenshot of your |