typhoon/docs/advanced/worker-pools.md

Worker Pools

Typhoon AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud allow additional groups of workers to be defined and joined to a cluster. For example, add worker pools of instances with different types, disk sizes, Container Linux channels, or preemptibility modes.

Internal Terraform Modules:

• aws/container-linux/kubernetes/workers
• azure/container-linux/kubernetes/workers
• google-cloud/container-linux/kubernetes/workers

AWS

Create a cluster following the AWS tutorial. Define a worker pool using the AWS internal workers module.

module "tempest-worker-pool" {
  source = "git::https://github.com/poseidon/typhoon//aws/container-linux/kubernetes/workers?ref=v1.14.3"

  # AWS
  vpc_id          = module.aws-tempest.vpc_id
  subnet_ids      = module.aws-tempest.subnet_ids
  security_groups = module.aws-tempest.worker_security_groups
  
  # configuration
  name               = "tempest-pool"
  kubeconfig         = module.aws-tempest.kubeconfig
  ssh_authorized_key = var.ssh_authorized_key

  # optional
  worker_count  = 2
  instance_type = "m5.large"
  os_image      = "coreos-beta"
}

Apply the change.

terraform apply

Verify an auto-scaling group of workers joins the cluster within a few minutes.

Variables

The AWS internal workers module supports a number of variables.

Required

Name	Description	Example
name	Unique name (distinct from cluster name)	"tempest-m5s"
vpc_id	Must be set to vpc_id output by cluster	module.cluster.vpc_id
subnet_ids	Must be set to subnet_ids output by cluster	module.cluster.subnet_ids
security_groups	Must be set to worker_security_groups output by cluster	module.cluster.worker_security_groups
kubeconfig	Must be set to kubeconfig output by cluster	module.cluster.kubeconfig
ssh_authorized_key	SSH public key for user 'core'	"ssh-rsa AAAAB3NZ..."

Optional

Name	Description	Default	Example
worker_count	Number of instances	1	3
instance_type	EC2 instance type	"t3.small"	"t3.medium"
os_image	AMI channel for a Container Linux derivative	coreos-stable	coreos-stable, coreos-beta, coreos-alpha, flatcar-stable, flatcar-beta, flatcar-alpha
disk_size	Size of the disk in GB	40	100
spot_price	Spot price in USD for workers. Leave as default empty string for regular on-demand instances	""	"0.10"
clc_snippets	Container Linux Config snippets	[]	example
service_cidr	Must match service_cidr of cluster	"10.3.0.0/16"	"10.3.0.0/24"
cluster_domain_suffix	Must match cluster_domain_suffix of cluster	"cluster.local"	"k8s.example.com"
node_labels	List of initial node labels	[]	["worker-pool=foo"]

Check the list of valid instance types or per-region and per-type spot prices.

Azure

Create a cluster following the Azure tutorial. Define a worker pool using the Azure internal workers module.

module "ramius-worker-pool" {
  source = "git::https://github.com/poseidon/typhoon//azure/container-linux/kubernetes/workers?ref=v1.16.0"
  
  # Azure
  region                  = module.azure-ramius.region
  resource_group_name     = module.azure-ramius.resource_group_name
  subnet_id               = module.azure-ramius.subnet_id
  security_group_id       = module.azure-ramius.security_group_id
  backend_address_pool_id = module.azure-ramius.backend_address_pool_id

  # configuration
  name               = "ramius-low-priority"
  kubeconfig         = module.azure-ramius.kubeconfig
  ssh_authorized_key = var.ssh_authorized_key

  # optional
  worker_count = 2
  vm_type      = "Standard_F4"
  priority     = "Low"
}

Apply the change.

terraform apply

Verify a scale set of workers joins the cluster within a few minutes.

Variables

The Azure internal workers module supports a number of variables.

Required

Name	Description	Example
name	Unique name (distinct from cluster name)	"ramius-f4"
region	Must be set to region output by cluster	module.cluster.region
resource_group_name	Must be set to resource_group_name output by cluster	module.cluster.resource_group_name
subnet_id	Must be set to subnet_id output by cluster	module.cluster.subnet_id
security_group_id	Must be set to security_group_id output by cluster	module.cluster.security_group_id
backend_address_pool_id	Must be set to backend_address_pool_id output by cluster	module.cluster.backend_address_pool_id
kubeconfig	Must be set to kubeconfig output by cluster	module.cluster.kubeconfig
ssh_authorized_key	SSH public key for user 'core'	"ssh-rsa AAAAB3NZ..."

Optional

Name	Description	Default	Example
worker_count	Number of instances	1	3
vm_type	Machine type for instances	"Standard_F1"	See below
os_image	Channel for a Container Linux derivative	coreos-stable	coreos-stable, coreos-beta, coreos-alpha
priority	Set priority to Low to use reduced cost surplus capacity, with the tradeoff that instances can be deallocated at any time	Regular	Low
clc_snippets	Container Linux Config snippets	[]	example
service_cidr	CIDR IPv4 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 coredns.	"cluster.local"	"k8s.example.com"
node_labels	List of initial node labels	[]	["worker-pool=foo"]

Check the list of valid machine types and their specs. Use az vm list-skus to get the identifier.

Google Cloud

Create a cluster following the Google Cloud tutorial. Define a worker pool using the Google Cloud internal workers module.

module "yavin-worker-pool" {
  source = "git::https://github.com/poseidon/typhoon//google-cloud/container-linux/kubernetes/workers?ref=v1.16.0"

  # Google Cloud
  region       = "europe-west2"
  network      = module.google-cloud-yavin.network_name
  cluster_name = "yavin"

  # configuration
  name               = "yavin-16x"
  kubeconfig         = module.google-cloud-yavin.kubeconfig
  ssh_authorized_key = var.ssh_authorized_key
  
  # optional
  worker_count = 2
  machine_type = "n1-standard-16"
  os_image     = "coreos-beta"
  preemptible  = true
}

Apply the change.

terraform apply

Verify a managed instance group of workers joins the cluster within a few minutes.

$ kubectl get nodes
NAME                                             STATUS   AGE    VERSION
yavin-controller-0.c.example-com.internal        Ready    6m     v1.16.0
yavin-worker-jrbf.c.example-com.internal         Ready    5m     v1.16.0
yavin-worker-mzdm.c.example-com.internal         Ready    5m     v1.16.0
yavin-16x-worker-jrbf.c.example-com.internal     Ready    3m     v1.16.0
yavin-16x-worker-mzdm.c.example-com.internal     Ready    3m     v1.16.0

Variables

The Google Cloud internal workers module supports a number of variables.

Required

Name	Description	Example
name	Unique name (distinct from cluster name)	"yavin-16x"
region	Region for the worker pool instances. May differ from the cluster's region	"europe-west2"
network	Must be set to network_name output by cluster	module.cluster.network_name
cluster_name	Must be set to cluster_name of cluster	"yavin"
kubeconfig	Must be set to kubeconfig output by cluster	module.cluster.kubeconfig
ssh_authorized_key	SSH public key for user 'core'	"ssh-rsa AAAAB3NZ..."

Check the list of regions docs or with gcloud compute regions list.

Optional

Name	Description	Default	Example
worker_count	Number of instances	1	3
machine_type	Compute instance machine type	"n1-standard-1"	See below
os_image	Container Linux image for compute instances	"coreos-stable"	"coreos-alpha", "coreos-beta"
disk_size	Size of the disk in GB	40	100
preemptible	If true, Compute Engine will terminate instances randomly within 24 hours	false	true
clc_snippets	Container Linux Config snippets	[]	example
service_cidr	Must match service_cidr of cluster	"10.3.0.0/16"	"10.3.0.0/24"
cluster_domain_suffix	Must match cluster_domain_suffix of cluster	"cluster.local"	"k8s.example.com"
node_labels	List of initial node labels	[]	["worker-pool=foo"]

Check the list of valid machine types.