Use kind for local deployments of razee components

[NellaFej]

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There is a problem with deploying locally to minikube in that one of the docs says you need a cluster with at least two nodes. Also, minikube is not fully compatible with deployments to IKS. In deploying to our IKS cluster I hit an issue with having an ALB that requires an ingress.

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I think the instructions for installing razee locally should be using kind (kubernetes in docker: https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/docs/user/quick-start/). Kind is a certified knative implementation of kubernetes. It allows for multiple clusters and multiple nodes per cluster.

Using kind with the metallb product (see below) allows a seamless install of razeedash locally. Describe alternatives you've considered A clear and concise description of any alternative solutions or features you've considered. minikube - not ok as it is limited

Additional context Add any other context or screenshots about the feature request here. One additional piece of information. Kind was not working as a solution because of the requirement of having load balancer services. Since load balancers require an external IP and that IP is allocated by the cloud provider there is a problem, kind is not running in a cloud. I found a product that gets around this by using the docker network as the external IP, the product is metallb (https://metallb.universe.tf/concepts/), this appears to be approved for use by the OSSC. Here is a guide on implementing: https://mauilion.dev/posts/kind-metallb/

• So I created a muti-node cluster using kind
• Then I installed metallb: kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/metallb/v0.7.3/manifests/metallb.yaml
• Then I install razee based on the razee.io instructions

[NellaFej]

Update, the link to metallb is old, use this install link: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/metallb/v0.8.3/manifests/metallb.yaml

Also, you need to install the metallb config, manually (see docs) or via git link: kubectl apply -f https://git.io/km-config.yaml

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[mckaymic]

We are looking at better ways to deploy the Razee components, both in a dev environment and in production environments. I get the irony that Razee is supposed to help make deployments easier while deploying Razee itself can be a small challenge.

[mckaymic]

In the meantime I'm going to put this in the backlog while we figure out a wider solution.