Introduction
The guide covers the installation details which are related to Enterprise Applications on Lightweight 5G Telco Edge (EALTEdge) Blueprint.
Why edge Gallery?
This is the first release for this blueprint, the guide covers detailed information of the various types of deployments, detailed steps and what are the various components it will install. In addition, the guide provides information on hardware requirements, prerequisite software and minimum hardware requirements. On successful deployment, MECM and MEC Hosts will be installed. The number of nodes in MECM cluster and MEC Host cluster is configurable.
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Login to the Jump Host and perform the below steps:
- Install Ansible > ?2.9.6 [ https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_installation.html]
- Install git
- Install GoLang > 1.15+
- Git clone the Kubespray repo. [https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubespray.git]
- Install python3 and pip3
- cd kubespray && pip install -r requirements.txt
Jump Host Pre-Configurations for MECM Components Installation NEED TO BE MODIFIED
Login to the Jump Host and perform the below configuration steps (Steps : as below-
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Once the execution is completed in console will see prompt "EALTEdge Environment Installed , Components Install MECM and MEC Hosts Successfully"
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1. git clone the ealt-edge repo, to download the software to install the EALTEdge Environment.
root@akraino-mec-0002:~# git clone "https://gerrit.akraino.org/r/ealt-edge"
2. go to CLI directory
root@akraino-mec-0002:~#cd ealt/infra/cli/
root@akraino-mec-0002:~#chmod +x build _cli.sh
root@akraino-mec-0002:~#source build_cli.sh
root@akraino-mec-0002:~#cd ~/ealt-edge/ocd/infra/playbooks
Note: The CLI Commands to setup the environment should be executed only from above path.
3. Edit the Configuration File : ealt-inventory.ini with the details of MECM and MEC Hosts.
root@akraino-mec-0002:~#vi ealt-inventory.ini
4. Execute the below command to install EALTEdge Environment
In non secure mode
root@akraino-mec-0002:~#ealt init all
Above command will install the various component. Refer the below table for detail information.
Other CLI Commands:
Command to Install only Edge Node (MEP Node)
root@akraino-mec-0002:~#ealt init edge
Deploying Application Packages : Using CLI
This feature is currently not supported in Release 4. Will be modified based on the upstream EdgeGallery Project's feature on the next Release.
Snapshot Deployment Overview
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root@akraino-mec-0002:~#ealt clean all
root@akraino-mec-0002:~#ealt clean edge
Vault documentation
**This document explains how to generate certificate by using vault and cert manager**
Kong documentation
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##First create setup by using below command server running in https
```
ansible-playbook ealt-all.yml -i ealt-inventory.ini --extra-vars "operation=install mode=prod"
```
##For http use below command
```
ansible-playbook ealt-all.yml -i ealt-inventory.ini --extra-vars "operation=install mode=dev"
```
##Mep will install as a pod
##MEP services will be running in the MEC Host (MEP)
##Check the mep running or not use below command
```
kubectl get po -n mep
```
##Output -
![](mep1)
```
kubectl get svc -n mep
```
##Output -
![](mep2)
##Configure Kong
##HTTPS Env - Rest API request Adding Services and Adding Route in Kong API Gateway
```
https://www.ealtedge.org:30012/services
https://www.ealtedge.org:30012/routes
```
##DNS mapping should be done correctly
##HTTPS Env - Rest API request deleting route and services
```
https://www.ealtedge.org:30012/services/http-mp1
https://www.ealtedge.org:30012/routes/mp1
```
##HTTP Env - Rest API request Adding Services and Adding Route in Kong API Gateway
```
http://www.ealtedge.org:30011/services
http://www.ealtedge.org:30011/routes
```
##DNS mapping should be done correctly
##HTTP Env - Rest API request deleting route and services
```
http://www.ealtedge.org:30011/services/http-mp1
http://www.ealtedge.org:30011/routes/mp1
```
##To verify the configurations done in Kong.
##Trigger the below Rest API
##In HTTP mode.
```
http://www.ealtedge.org:30010/mp1/mep/mec_service_mgmt/v1/applications/id123456/services
```
##In HTTPS Mode
```
https://www.ealtedge.org:30011/mp1/mep/mec_service_mgmt/v1/applications/id123456/services
```
##Get certificate from MEP server
##Login MEP server
```
cd /tmp/mepserver/deploy/
```
##Given path you will get all required certificates
```
ca.crt
tls.key
tls.crt
```
##ca.crt client certificate
##tls.key is a server key
##tls.crt server certificate
Troubleshooting
Services Part Pod Snapshots Need to attach
Troubleshooting
Error Message Guide
N/A
Maintenance
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S. No | Software | Type | Version | License | Remarks |
1. | Kubespray | K8S Tool | 2.13 | Apache 2.0 license |
CENTER Node
Center Node consists of 3 components . MECM , Appstore and Developer Portal.
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S. No | Software | Type | Version | License | Remarks |
1. | Docker | CRI | 19.03+ | Apache 2.0 license | |
2. | Kubernetes | Orchestration | 1.19.3 | Apache 2.0 license | |
3. | Helm | Application Package Manager | 3.0.2 | Apache 2.0 license | |
4. | Grafana | Monitoring MEC-Graphana | 8-7.66.0 | Apache 2.0 license | Code part of Edge Gallery |
5. | Calico | CNI Plugin | Apache 2.0 license | ||
6. | PostgresSQLDB | MECM-Service | 12.3 | PostgreSQL License | Code part of Edge Gallery |
7. | AppLCM | MECM-Service | 0.9 | Apache 2.0 license | Code is part of Akraino Code Repo. Includes Broker, Helm Plugin and Catalog |
8. | Appo | MECM-Service (MECM-Appo) | 0.9 | Apache 2.0 license | Code part of Edge Gallery |
9 | Inventory | MECM-Service | 0.9 | Apache 2.0 license | Code part of Edge Gallery |
10 | Apm | MECM-Service | 0.9 | Apache 2.0 license | Code part of Edge Gallery |
11 | User Management | Part of Center Node | 0.9 | Apache 2.0 license0 license | Code part of Edge Gallery |
12 | MECM - FrontEnd | MECM-Service | 0.9 | Apache 2.0 license | Code part of Edge Gallery |
13. | Appstore | Service (Part of Center Node) | 0.9 | Apache 2.0 license | Code part of Edge Gallery |
14. | Developer Portal | Service Part of Center Node | 0.9 | Apache 2.0 license | Code part of Edge Gallery |
15 | Service Center | Service Part of Center Node | 0.9 | Apache 2.0 license | Code part of Edge Gallery |
MEC Host
S. No | Software | Type | Version | License Information | Remarks |
1. | Docker | CRI | 19.03+ | Apache 2.0 license | |
2. | K3S | Orchestration | Apache 2.0 license | ||
3. | Helm | Application Package Manager | 3.0.2 | Apache 2.0 license | |
4. | cAdvisor | Container Metrics | v0.36.0 | Apache 2.0 license | |
5 | RabbitMQ | Message Broker | 3.7 | Mozilla Public License | No code modifications done. RabbitMQ image is deployed as is. |
6 | Prometheus | Metrics Collector | 9.3.1 | Apache 2.0 license | Internally its installing following metrics exporter NodeExporter, alertManager, kubeStateMetrics, pushgateway Code part of Edge Gallery |
7 | mepm-postgres | Service Database | 9.6 | PostgreSQL License | Code part of Edge Gallery |
8 | MEP | Pod | 0.9 | Apache 2.0 license | Cod Code part of Edge Gallery |
9 | MECM-MEPM | MEPM-Service | 0.9 | Apache 2.0 license | Code part of Edge Gallery |
References
Definitions, acronyms and abbreviations
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