k8s-vagrant-vbox

Deploy local Kubernetes cluster using Vagrant, VirtualBox and Ansible as provisioner

Requirements:

• Ansible installed on the host machine - https://www.ansible.com/overview/it-automation
• Vagrant installed on the host machine - https://www.vagrantup.com/intro
• VirtualBox installed on the host machine - https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox
• Active connection to internet for downloading the required packages
• VirtualBox host-only network adapter cofigured with 192.168.50.0 addressing
• Host machine to be running Linux or MacOS operating system

Installation:

Clone the repository, navigate to the local repository folder and run:

vagrant up

Wait for the provisioning to complete, detailed information for every step will be displayed during the provisioning process

Validate your new Kubernetes cluster:

Navigate to your local project folder and login to the Kubernetes master vm:

vagrant ssh k8s-master

From your Kubernetes master node list the nodes in your new cluster using the ‘kubectl’ command:

vagrant@k8s-master:~$ kubectl get nodes
NAME           STATUS   ROLES    AGE   VERSION
k8s-master     Ready    master   16m   v1.19.1
k8s-worker-1   Ready    <none>   84s   v1.19.1