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The x-install tool is the newest Exostellar installer designed to simplify the setup process. It offers a variety of subcommands to provision a sandbox environment, install Exostellar products, and verify post-installation readiness.

Prerequisites

Before using the x-install tool, ensure that your environment meets the following requirements:

Terraform: Version 1.8+
kubectl: Version 1.28+
Helm: Version 3.14.2+
AWS CLI
AWS Authentication, Credentials, and CredentialsRegion
Please properly configure AWS authentication and default region in your local environment.

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title	AWS Authentication and Credentials Setup Methods

You can set up credentials using various methods such as command-line options, environment variables, assume role, credentials files, configuration files, etc.

Command-line Options
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language bash
aws configure sso
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language bash
aws s3 ls --profile profile1

Environment Variables

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language	bash

export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<AccessKeyId>
export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<SecretAccessKey>
export AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=<SessionToken>

Assume role

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aws sts assume-role \ --role-arn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/xaccounts3access \ --role-session-name s3-access-example

Credentials and Configuration File:
Update in ~/.aws/credentials and ~/.aws/config
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language bash
aws configure

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Please ensure the default region is set for deployment. If not set above, use the following command:

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aws configure set default.region us-east-2

Ensure the account has the following IAM permissions

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:

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title	IAM Permissions for the AWS Account

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language	json

{
	"Version": "2012-10-17",
	"Statement": [
		{
			"Effect": "Allow",
			"Action": [
				"ssm:ListAssociations",
				"ec2:RunInstances",
				"ec2:DescribeSubnets",
				"ec2:DescribeKeyPairs",
				"ec2:DescribeVpcs",
				"ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
				"ec2:DescribeSecurityGroupRules",
				"ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress",
				"ec2:CreateTags",
				"ec2:CreateSecurityGroup",
				"sns:ListTopics",
				"s3:CreateBucket",
				"iam:AttachRolePolicy",
				"iam:CreateRole",
				"iam:ListRoles",
				"iam:TagRole",
				"iam:PutRolePolicy",
				"iam:CreateInstanceProfile",
				"iam:AddRoleToInstanceProfile",
				"iam:PassRole",
				"ec2:DescribeInstances",
				"ec2:DescribeInstanceTypes",
				"ec2:RunInstances",
				"ec2:DescribeImages",
				"ec2:DescribeImageAttribute",
				"ec2:DescribeAvailabilityZones",
				"ec2:DescribeAccountAttributes",
				"ec2:DescribeRouteTables",
				"ec2:DescribeNetworkAcls",
				"ec2:DescribeInstanceStatus",
				"ec2:DescribeAddresses",
				"ec2:DescribeDhcpOptions",
				"ec2:DescribeSnapshots",
				"ec2:DescribeVolumes",
				"ec2:DescribeVolumeStatus",
				"ec2:DescribeVolumesModifications",
				"cloudwatch:DescribeAlarms",
				"cloudwatch:ListMetrics",
				"iam:ListUsers",
				"iam:ListAccessKeys",
				"iam:CreateAccessKey",
				"ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress",
				"iam:ListPolicyVersions",
				"eks:ListClusters",
				"eks:DescribeCluster",
				"eks:ListNodegroups",
				"eks:DescribeNodegroup",
				"eks:DescribeAddon",
				"eks:ListAddons",
				"eks:DescribeIdentityProviderConfig"
			],
			"Resource": "*"
		},
		{
			"Effect": "Allow",
			"Action": [
				"s3:PutObject",
				"s3:GetObject"
			],
			"Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::cf-template*"
		},
		{
			"Sid": "Statement1",
			"Effect": "Allow",
			"Action": [
				"eks:CreateCluster",
				"eks:DescribeCluster",
				"eks:DeleteCluster",
				"eks:ListClusters",
				"eks:UpdateClusterConfig",
				"eks:UpdateClusterVersion",
				"eks:CreateNodegroup",
				"eks:DescribeNodegroup",
				"eks:ListNodegroups",
				"eks:UpdateNodegroupConfig",
				"eks:UpdateNodegroupVersion",
				"eks:DescribeAddonVersions",
				"eks:CreateAddon",
				"eks:DeleteAddon",
				"eks:DescribeAddon",
				"eks:ListAddons",
				"eks:UpdateAddon",
				"eks:AccessKubernetesApi",
				"eks:ListAccessPolicies",
				"eks:ListAccessEntries",
				"eks:ListIdentityProviderConfigs",
				"eks:DescribeAccessEntry",
				"eks:ListPodIdentityAssociations",
				"eks:ListAssociatedAccessPolicies",
				"eks:CreateAccessEntry",
				"eks:AssociateAccessPolicy"
			],
			"Resource": "*"
		},
		{
			"Effect": "Allow",
			"Action": [
				"iam:DeleteRolePolicy",
				"iam:DeleteRole",
				"iam:GetRole",
				"iam:ListPolicies",
				"iam:ListAttachedRolePolicies",
				"iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole",
				"iam:RemoveRoleFromInstanceProfile",
				"iam:DeleteInstanceProfile",
				"iam:ListEntitiesForPolicy",
				"iam:GetInstanceProfile",
				"iam:ListInstanceProfiles",
				"iam:ListInstanceProfilesForRole",
				"iam:ListOpenIDConnectProviders",
				"iam:GetOpenIDConnectProvider",
				"iam:GetRolePolicy",
				"ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupIngress",
				"ec2:DeleteSecurityGroup",
				"ec2:StopInstances",
				"ec2:TerminateInstances",
				"ec2:DescribeVpcAttribute",
				"ec2:DescribeTags",
				"ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces",
				"cloudformation:DeleteStack",
				"ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupEgress",
				"iam:ListRolePolicies",
				"iam:CreatePolicy",
				"iam:GetPolicy",
				"ec2:DescribeInstanceAttribute",
				"iam:GetPolicyVersion"
			],
			"Resource": "*"
		},
		{
			"Sid": "AdditionalPermissions",
			"Effect": "Allow",
			"Action": [
				"iam:DetachRolePolicy",
				"ec2:CreateVpc",
				"ec2:DeleteVpc",
				"ec2:CreateSubnet",
				"ec2:DeleteSubnet",
				"ec2:CreateRouteTable",
				"ec2:CreateRoute",
				"ec2:AssociateRouteTable",
				"ec2:ReplaceRouteTableAssociation",
				"ec2:DeleteRouteTable",
				"ec2:CreateInternetGateway",
				"ec2:AttachInternetGateway",
				"ec2:AllocateAddress",
				"ec2:ReleaseAddress",
				"ec2:CreateNatGateway",
				"ec2:DeleteNatGateway",
				"cloudformation:UpdateStack",
				"cloudformation:DeleteChangeSet",
				"cloudformation:DescribeChangeSet",
				"cloudformation:ExecuteChangeSet",
				"cloudtrail:DescribeTrails",
				"cloudtrail:GetTrailStatus",
				"cloudtrail:GetEventSelectors",
				"logs:DescribeLogGroups",
				"logs:DescribeLogStreams",
				"logs:GetLogEvents",
				"logs:FilterLogEvents",
				"iam:GetUserPolicy",
				"iam:GetGroupPolicy",
				"iam:GetPolicyVersion",
				"ec2:CreateLaunchTemplate",
				"ec2:DescribeLaunchTemplates",
				"ec2:DescribeInternetGateways",
				"ec2:ModifyVpcAttribute",
				"ec2:ModifySubnetAttribute",
				"ec2:DescribeNatGateways",
				"ec2:DescribeInstanceTypeOfferings",
				"ec2:DescribeEgressOnlyInternetGateways",
				"ec2:DescribeLaunchTemplateVersions",
				"ec2:DeleteLaunchTemplate",
				"eks:TagResource",
				"elasticloadbalancing:CreateLoadBalancer",
				"elasticloadbalancing:DescribeLoadBalancers",
				"elasticloadbalancing:DeleteLoadBalancer",
				"elasticloadbalancing:CreateTargetGroup",
				"elasticloadbalancing:DescribeTargetGroups",
				"elasticloadbalancing:RegisterTargets",
				"autoscaling:CreateAutoScalingGroup",
				"autoscaling:UpdateAutoScalingGroup",
				"autoscaling:DeleteAutoScalingGroup",
				"autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingGroups",
				"autoscaling:DescribeScalingActivities",
				"cloudformation:DescribeChangeSet",
				"cloudformation:ExecuteChangeSet",
				"s3:CreateBucket",
				"s3:DeleteBucket",
				"s3:ListBucket",
				"s3:GetBucketLocation",
				"s3:GetBucketPolicy",
				"s3:PutBucketPolicy",
				"aws-marketplace:ViewSubscriptions",
				"ec2:DescribeKeyPairs",
				"ec2:CreateKeyPair"
			],
			"Resource": "*"
		}
	]
}

Valid AWS Marketplace Subscriptions for Exostellar Management Server, Exostellar Controller, Exostellar Worker AMIs for the same AWS account
SSH Key

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title	SSH Key Creation

Use the following command to create a new SSH key pair:

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aws ec2 create-key-pair --key-name 'my-dev-key' --query 'KeyMaterial' --output text --region us-east-2 > my-dev-key.pem

Modify the permission to secure the key:

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language	bash

chmod 400 my-dev-key-new.pem

x-install tool: Version 0.0.10+

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title	x-install Download Options

Platform

Architecture

File

Release Date

macOS

ARM64

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name	x-install-darwin-arm64-.0.0.10.tar.gz

11 Oct 2024

macOS

x86_64

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name	x-install-darwin-x86_64-.0.0.10.tar.gz

11 Oct 2024

Linux

ARM64

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name	x-install-linux-arm64-.0.0.10.tar.gz

11 Oct 2024

Linux

i386

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name	x-install-linux-i386-.0.0.10.tar.gz

11 Oct 2024

Linux

x86_64

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name	x-install-linux-x86_64-.0.0.10.tar.gz

11 Oct 2024

Windows

ARM64

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name	x-install-windows-arm64-.0.0.10.zip

11 Oct 2024

Windows

i386

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name	x-install-windows-i386-.0.0.10.zip

11 Oct 2024

Windows

x86_64

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name	x-install-windows-x86_64-.0.0.10.zip

11 Oct 2024

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For macOS users, please grant `x-install` permissions by clicking the “Allow Anyway” button in the Security settings. This button is available for about an hour after you try to open the app. You can access the Security settings by choosing Apple Menu > System Settings, then clicking Privacy & Security in the sidebar.

Installation Steps

1. Create a Standalone Stack

Use Go to the directory where x-install is downloaded and use the following command to create a standalone stack:

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The new VPC and EKS cluster will inherit the stack name.
The VPC will be assigned the CIDR block 10.0.0.0/16.
The EC2 SSH key pair, my-dev-key, will be used to access the Exostellar Management Server.

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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It might take a few attempts for `post-install` to pass all system units and containers readiness checks, due to infrastructure readiness latency.

3. Add an X-Compute Node to the Standalone EKS Cluster

To add an X-Compute node to the newly created standalone EKS cluster, first SSH into the Exostellar Management Server:

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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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In some cases, Terraform might time out during the destroy process. If this happens, simply re-run the command to allow Terraform to reconcile its final state.

At this time, all controllers and workers EC2 instances need to be manually terminated.

Additional Help and Support

To explore other subcommands, use the following command for a list of available options:

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Versions Compared

Old Version 25

New Version Current

Key

Prerequisites

Installation Steps

1. Create a Standalone Stack

2. Verify Post-Installation Readiness

3. Add an X-Compute Node to the Standalone EKS Cluster

4. Clean Up

Additional Help and Support