Deploy the do-k8s-token-rotate helm chart on Rancher
TypeScriptDeploying a Helm chart in Rancher through Pulumi involves several steps. You'll first need to set up your Rancher environment, and ensure that you have a Kubernetes cluster managed by Rancher where the Helm chart will be deployed. The following program will guide you through the use of Pulumi to deploy a Helm chart to a Kubernetes cluster managed by Rancher.
Before you begin, make sure you've performed these prerequisites:
- Install
pulumi
CLI and set up your Pulumi account. - Configure access to your Rancher instance, including API keys or other authentication mechanisms.
- Determine the cluster ID where you want to deploy the Helm chart.
- Ensure the Helm chart you want to deploy (
do-k8s-token-rotate
in your case) is available in a repository that Rancher can access.
The program below uses the
rancher2
Pulumi provider, which allows you to interact with Rancher resources. It will define aCatalogV2
resource pointing to the repository containing thedo-k8s-token-rotate
Helm chart and then deploy it to the specified cluster using thehelm.v3.Release
resource.Here is the Pulumi program written in TypeScript:
import * as rancher2 from '@pulumi/rancher2'; import * as k8s from '@pulumi/kubernetes'; import * as pulumi from '@pulumi/pulumi'; // Pulumi program entry point async function main() { // Create a Rancher v2 Cluster reference, this assumes you already have a cluster managed by Rancher const rancherCluster = new rancher2.Cluster("my-cluster", { // Specify your cluster details here name: "my-cluster-name", // ... other necessary cluster configuration }); // Create a new Rancher v2 Catalog (Helm Repo) targeting the specified cluster const helmRepo = new rancher2.CatalogV2("helm-repo", { // You will need to replace `url` and other properties with // the relevant details of the Helm repository hosting your chart url: "https://charts.example.com/", clusterId: rancherCluster.id, // Link to the cluster where the chart will be deployed }); // Deploy the Helm chart using the k8s provider const helmChart = new k8s.helm.v3.Release("do-k8s-token-rotate", { chart: "do-k8s-token-rotate", version: "1.0.0", // Replace with the version of the chart you wish to deploy repositoryOpts: { repo: helmRepo.url.apply(url => url), // Use the Helm repo URL from the created Catalog resource }, // Namespace to deploy the Helm chart into; replace with the desired namespace namespace: "default", // Values to provide to the Helm chart; replace with the values required by the do-k8s-token-rotate chart values: { // ... your chart values }, }, { provider: new k8s.Provider("k8s-provider", { kubeconfig: getPulumiKubeconfig(rancherCluster) }) }); // Export the Helm release name pulumi.export("helmReleaseName", helmChart.name); } // Helper function to retrieve Kubeconfig from Rancher function getPulumiKubeconfig(cluster: rancher2.Cluster): pulumi.Output<string> { // Implementation to retrieve Kubeconfig can use the cluster's `id` or other properties // as necessary to construct or fetch the appropriate Kubeconfig return pulumi.interpolate`apiVersion: v1 clusters: - name: ${cluster.name} cluster: server: "https://your-rancher-api-server" // Replace with your actual API server URL certificate-authority-data: "..." // Certificate authority data for your cluster contexts: - name: ${cluster.name} context: cluster: ${cluster.name} user: "user-${cluster.name}" current-context: ${cluster.name} kind: Config preferences: {} users: - name: "user-${cluster.name}" user: token: "your-rancher-access-token" // Replace with a token allowing access to the cluster `; } // Execute the main Pulumi program main();
This example assumes you have control over a Rancher-managed Kubernetes cluster already and that you have permissions to deploy Helm charts to it. The
getPulumiKubeconfig
helper function is a placeholder to retrieve the Kubeconfig information for your cluster. You would need to provide the actual logic to retrieve this configuration, typically through the Rancher API or from your infrastructure.To use the above program:
- Save the program to a file named
index.ts
. - Install the required Pulumi packages by running
npm install @pulumi/pulumi @pulumi/rancher2 @pulumi/kubernetes
. - Build the TypeScript program using
tsc
or run it directly with Pulumi if you have automatic TypeScript compilation enabled.
Please replace placeholders like
https://your-rancher-api-server
with the actual values for your environment and ensure that the Helm chart version and values match the requirements of thedo-k8s-token-rotate
chart.- Install