typhoon/docs/google-cloud.md

# Google Cloud

In this tutorial, we'll create a Kubernetes v1.9.3 cluster on Google Compute Engine (not GKE).

We'll declare a Kubernetes cluster in Terraform using the Typhoon Terraform module. On apply, a network, firewall rules, managed instance groups of Kubernetes controllers and workers, network load balancers for controllers and workers, and health checks will be created.

Controllers and workers are provisioned to run a `kubelet`. A one-time [bootkube](https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/bootkube) bootstrap schedules an `apiserver`, `scheduler`, `controller-manager`, and `kube-dns` on controllers and runs `kube-proxy` and `calico` or `flannel` on each node. A generated `kubeconfig` provides `kubectl` access to the cluster.

## Requirements

* Google Cloud Account and Service Account
* Google Cloud DNS Zone (registered Domain Name or delegated subdomain)
* Terraform v0.11.x and [terraform-provider-ct](https://github.com/coreos/terraform-provider-ct) installed locally

## Terraform Setup

Install [Terraform](https://www.terraform.io/downloads.html) v0.11.x on your system.

```sh
$ terraform version
Terraform v0.11.1
```

Add the [terraform-provider-ct](https://github.com/coreos/terraform-provider-ct) plugin binary for your system.

```sh
wget https://github.com/coreos/terraform-provider-ct/releases/download/v0.2.0/terraform-provider-ct-v0.2.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar xzf terraform-provider-ct-v0.2.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo mv terraform-provider-ct-v0.2.0-linux-amd64/terraform-provider-ct /usr/local/bin/
```

Add the plugin to your `~/.terraformrc`.

```
providers {
  ct = "/usr/local/bin/terraform-provider-ct"
}
```

Read [concepts](concepts.md) to learn about Terraform, modules, and organizing resources. Change to your infrastructure repository (e.g. `infra`).

```
cd infra/clusters
```

## Provider

Login to your Google Console [API Manager](https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/dashboard) and select a project, or [signup](https://cloud.google.com/free/) if you don't have an account.

Select "Credentials", and create service account key credentials. Choose the "Compute Engine default service account" and save the JSON private key to a file that can be referenced in configs.

```sh
mv ~/Downloads/project-id-43048204.json ~/.config/google-cloud/terraform.json
```

Configure the Google Cloud provider to use your service account key, project-id, and region in a `providers.tf` file.

```tf
provider "google" {
  version = "1.2"
  alias   = "default"

  credentials = "${file("~/.config/google-cloud/terraform.json")}"
  project     = "project-id"
  region      = "us-central1"
}

provider "local" {
  version = "~> 1.0"
  alias = "default"
}

provider "null" {
  version = "~> 1.0"
  alias = "default"
}

provider "template" {
  version = "~> 1.0"
  alias = "default"
}

provider "tls" {
  version = "~> 1.0"
  alias = "default"
}
```

Additional configuration options are described in the `google` provider [docs](https://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/google/index.html).

!!! tip
    A project may contain multiple clusters if you wish. Regions are listed in [docs](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/regions-zones/regions-zones) or with `gcloud compute regions list`.

## Cluster

Define a Kubernetes cluster using the module `google-cloud/container-linux/kubernetes`.

```tf
module "google-cloud-yavin" {
  source = "git::https://github.com/poseidon/typhoon//google-cloud/container-linux/kubernetes?ref=v1.9.3"
  
  providers = {
    google = "google.default"
    local = "local.default"
    null = "null.default"
    template = "template.default"
    tls = "tls.default"
  }

  # Google Cloud
  region        = "us-central1"
  dns_zone      = "example.com"
  dns_zone_name = "example-zone"
  os_image      = "coreos-stable-1576-5-0-v20180105"

  cluster_name       = "yavin"
  controller_count   = 1
  worker_count       = 2
  ssh_authorized_key = "ssh-rsa AAAAB3Nz..."

  # output assets dir
  asset_dir = "/home/user/.secrets/clusters/yavin"
}
```

Reference the [variables docs](#variables) or the [variables.tf](https://github.com/poseidon/typhoon/blob/master/google-cloud/container-linux/kubernetes/variables.tf) source.

## ssh-agent

Initial bootstrapping requires `bootkube.service` be started on one controller node. Terraform uses `ssh-agent` to automate this step. Add your SSH private key to `ssh-agent`.

```sh
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
ssh-add -L
```

!!! warning
    `terraform apply` will hang connecting to a controller if `ssh-agent` does not contain the SSH key.

## Apply

Initialize the config directory if this is the first use with Terraform.

```sh
terraform init
```

Get or update Terraform modules.

```sh
$ terraform get            # downloads missing modules
$ terraform get --update   # updates all modules
Get: git::https://github.com/poseidon/typhoon (update)
Get: git::https://github.com/poseidon/bootkube-terraform.git?ref=v0.10.0 (update)
```

Plan the resources to be created.

```sh
$ terraform plan
Plan: 64 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy.
```

Apply the changes to create the cluster.

```sh
$ terraform apply
module.google-cloud-yavin.null_resource.bootkube-start: Still creating... (10s elapsed)
...

module.google-cloud-yavin.null_resource.bootkube-start: Still creating... (5m30s elapsed)
module.google-cloud-yavin.null_resource.bootkube-start: Still creating... (5m40s elapsed)
module.google-cloud-yavin.null_resource.bootkube-start: Creation complete (ID: 5768638456220583358)

Apply complete! Resources: 64 added, 0 changed, 0 destroyed.
```

In 4-8 minutes, the Kubernetes cluster will be ready.

## Verify

[Install kubectl](https://coreos.com/kubernetes/docs/latest/configure-kubectl.html) on your system. Use the generated `kubeconfig` credentials to access the Kubernetes cluster and list nodes.

```
$ export KUBECONFIG=/home/user/.secrets/clusters/yavin/auth/kubeconfig
$ kubectl get nodes
NAME                                          STATUS   AGE    VERSION
yavin-controller-0.c.example-com.internal     Ready    6m     v1.9.3
yavin-worker-jrbf.c.example-com.internal      Ready    5m     v1.9.3
yavin-worker-mzdm.c.example-com.internal      Ready    5m     v1.9.3
```

List the pods.

```
$ kubectl get pods --all-namespaces
NAMESPACE     NAME                                      READY  STATUS    RESTARTS  AGE
kube-system   calico-node-1cs8z                         2/2    Running   0         6m
kube-system   calico-node-d1l5b                         2/2    Running   0         6m
kube-system   calico-node-sp9ps                         2/2    Running   0         6m
kube-system   kube-apiserver-zppls                      1/1    Running   0         6m
kube-system   kube-controller-manager-3271970485-gh9kt  1/1    Running   0         6m
kube-system   kube-controller-manager-3271970485-h90v8  1/1    Running   1         6m
kube-system   kube-dns-1187388186-zj5dl                 3/3    Running   0         6m
kube-system   kube-proxy-117v6                          1/1    Running   0         6m
kube-system   kube-proxy-9886n                          1/1    Running   0         6m
kube-system   kube-proxy-njn47                          1/1    Running   0         6m
kube-system   kube-scheduler-3895335239-5x87r           1/1    Running   0         6m
kube-system   kube-scheduler-3895335239-bzrrt           1/1    Running   1         6m
kube-system   pod-checkpointer-l6lrt                    1/1    Running   0         6m
```

## Going Further

Learn about [version pinning](concepts.md#versioning), [maintenance](topics/maintenance.md), and [addons](addons/overview.md).

!!! note
    On Container Linux clusters, install the `container-linux-update-operator` addon to coordinate reboots and drains when nodes auto-update. Otherwise, updates may not be applied until the next reboot.

## Variables

### Required

| Name | Description | Example |
|:-----|:------------|:--------|
| cluster_name | Unique cluster name (prepended to dns_zone) | "yavin" |
| region | Google Cloud region | "us-central1" |
| dns_zone | Google Cloud DNS zone | "google-cloud.example.com" |
| dns_zone_name | Google Cloud DNS zone name | "example-zone" |
| ssh_authorized_key | SSH public key for ~/.ssh_authorized_keys | "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NZ..." |
| os_image | OS image for compute instances | "coreos-stable-1576-5-0-v20180105" |
| asset_dir | Path to a directory where generated assets should be placed (contains secrets) | "/home/user/.secrets/clusters/yavin" |

Check the list of valid [regions](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/regions-zones/regions-zones) and list Container Linux [images](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/images) with `gcloud compute images list | grep coreos`.

#### DNS Zone

Clusters create a DNS A record `${cluster_name}.${dns_zone}` to resolve a network load balancer backed by controller instances. This FQDN is used by workers and `kubectl` to access the apiserver. In this example, the cluster's apiserver would be accessible at `yavin.google-cloud.example.com`.

You'll need a registered domain name or subdomain registered in a Google Cloud DNS zone. You can set this up once and create many clusters with unique names.

```tf
resource "google_dns_managed_zone" "zone-for-clusters" {
  dns_name    = "google-cloud.example.com."
  name        = "example-zone"
  description = "Production DNS zone"
}
```

!!! tip ""
    If you have an existing domain name with a zone file elsewhere, just carve out a subdomain that can be managed on Google Cloud (e.g. google-cloud.mydomain.com) and [update nameservers](https://cloud.google.com/dns/update-name-servers).

### Optional

| Name | Description | Default | Example |
|:-----|:------------|:--------|:--------|
| machine_type | Machine type for compute instances | "n1-standard-1" | See below |
| controller_count | Number of controllers (i.e. masters) | 1 | 1 |
| worker_count | Number of workers | 1 | 3 |
| worker_preemptible | If enabled, Compute Engine will terminate controllers randomly within 24 hours | false | true |
| networking | Choice of networking provider | "calico" | "calico" or "flannel" |
| pod_cidr | CIDR range to assign to Kubernetes pods | "10.2.0.0/16" | "10.22.0.0/16" |
| service_cidr | CIDR range to assign to Kubernetes services | "10.3.0.0/16" | "10.3.0.0/24" |
| cluster_domain_suffix | FQDN suffix for Kubernetes services answered by kube-dns. | "cluster.local" | "k8s.example.com" |

Check the list of valid [machine types](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/machine-types).

!!! warning
    Set controller_count to 1. A bug in Google Cloud network load balancer health checking prevents multiple controllers from bootstrapping. There are workarounds, but they all involve tradeoffs we're uncomfortable recommending. See [#54](https://github.com/poseidon/typhoon/issues/54).

#### Preemption

Add `worker_preemeptible = "true"` to allow worker nodes to be [preempted](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/preemptible) at random, but pay [significantly](https://cloud.google.com/compute/pricing) less. Clusters tolerate stopping instances fairly well (reschedules pods, but cannot drain) and preemption provides a nice reward for running fault-tolerant cluster systems.`