gke.md

Setting up Krs for Google Kubernetes Engine

Prerequisite

• A Google Cloud Account
• Installing Google Cloud SDK on your macOS

Execute the following command to install Google Cloud SDK in your system:

tar xfz google-cloud-sdk-195.0.0-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz
./google-cloud-sdk/install.sh

• Enable Google Cloud Engine API

• Authenticate Your Google Cloud using gcloud auth

gcloud init

In your browser, log in to your Google user account when prompted and click Allow to grant permission to access Google Cloud Platform resources.

Creating GKE Cluster

gcloud container clusters create k8s-lab1 --disk-size 10 --zone asia-east1-a --machine-type n1-standard-2 --num-nodes 3 --scopes compute-rw

Viewing it on Google Cloud Platform

Viewing the new context on Docker Desktop

Verifying the Google Kubernetes Cluster

kubectl get nodes
NAME                                      STATUS   ROLES    AGE    VERSION
gke-k8s-lab1-default-pool-5dfb7153-3fr7   Ready    <none>   3m1s   v1.29.4-gke.1043002
gke-k8s-lab1-default-pool-5dfb7153-nl3v   Ready    <none>   3m1s   v1.29.4-gke.1043002
gke-k8s-lab1-default-pool-5dfb7153-rkg8   Ready    <none>   3m2s   v1.29.4-gke.1043002

Initialize the KRS

krs init
Services initialized and scanner loaded.

Running the scanner

krs scan

Scanning your cluster...

Cluster scanned successfully...

Extracted tools used in cluster...


The cluster is using the following tools:

+-------------+--------+-----------------------------+---------------+
| Tool Name   |   Rank | Category                    | CNCF Status   |
+=============+========+=============================+===============+
| autoscaler  |      5 | Cluster with Core CLI tools | unlisted      |
+-------------+--------+-----------------------------+---------------+
| fluentbit   |      4 | Logging and Tracing         | unlisted      |
+-------------+--------+-----------------------------+---------------+

Checking the Krs Recommendation

krs recommend

Our recommended tools for this deployment are:

+-----------------------------+------------------+-------------+---------------+
| Category                    | Recommendation   | Tool Name   | CNCF Status   |
+=============================+==================+=============+===============+
| Cluster with Core CLI tools | Recommended tool | k9s         | unlisted      |
+-----------------------------+------------------+-------------+---------------+
| Logging and Tracing         | Recommended tool | elk         | unlisted      |

Installing Kubeview

git clone https://github.com/benc-uk/kubeview
cd kubeview/charts/
helm install kubeview kubeview

Running the scanner again

krs scan

Scanning your cluster...

Cluster scanned successfully...

Extracted tools used in cluster...


The cluster is using the following tools:

+-------------+--------+-----------------------------+---------------+
| Tool Name   |   Rank | Category                    | CNCF Status   |
+=============+========+=============================+===============+
| kubeview    |     30 | Cluster with Core CLI tools | unlisted      |
+-------------+--------+-----------------------------+---------------+
|             |      3 | Cluster Management          | unlisted      |
+-------------+--------+-----------------------------+---------------+
| autoscaler  |      5 | Cluster with Core CLI tools | unlisted      |
+-------------+--------+-----------------------------+---------------+
| fluentbit   |      4 | Logging and Tracing         | unlisted      |
+-------------+--------+-----------------------------+---------------+