Installation and Upgrade for Kubernetes

Introduction

This document provides detailed instructions for installing and upgrading the Virtana Platform in a Kubernetes environment. It covers the necessary prerequisites, how to add integrations, and how to restore databases.

Prerequisites

Add Virtana Helm Repositories

To begin the installation process, add the Virtana Helm repositories by running the following command:

helm repo add virtana-repo https://virtana.gitlab.io/helm-charts

Deploy Infrastructure Monitoring

Infrastructure Monitoring Input File

To configure your Infrastructure Monitoring deployment, create a new file named infra-mon-values. yaml with the following content. Be sure to modify the values according to the comments provided.

global:
  # Provide Dockerhub login credentials
  dockerRegistryCredentials:
    DOCKER_SERVER: "https://index.docker.io/v2/"
    DOCKER_USERNAME: "username"
    DOCKER_PASSWORD: "password"

  filestorage:

    # Provide RWX (e.g NFS, SMB, AWS EFS) storageclass 
    storageClassName: "<filestorage-storageclass-name>"
  blockstorage:

    # Provide RWO (e.g vsphere block storage, EBS) storageclass 
    storageClassName: "<blockstorage-storageclass-name>"

  brandingtheme:
    name: virtana

  image:
    registryUrl: index.docker.io/virtana/ # Must include ending /
  
  ntp:
    servers:
      - "time.server" # Enter your time server

# Enable integrations by providing "true"
integration:
  integration-ibmsvc: false
  integration-emcisilon: false
  integration-emcvmax: false
  integration-vcs: false
  probe-hw-proxy: false
  probe-os-proxy: false
  probe-scaleio-proxy: false
  probenetflow: false
  probesw-snmp-proxy: false
  probevm-aix-proxy: false
  probevm-vcenter-proxy: false
  probevm-windows-proxy: false
  translator-cbts-infinibox: false
  translator-hnas: false
  translator-hpe3par: false
  translator-hvsp: false
  translator-kubernetes: false
  translator-kvm: false
  translator-linux: false
  translator-ntap: false
  translator-nexus: false
  translator-nutanix: false
  translator-powerstore: false
  translator-psdo-ucs: false
  translator-pure: false
  translator-solaris: false
  translator-unity: false
  translator-vicm-xtremio: false
  translator-vplex: false
  translator-windows: false
  vw-ciscogrpc-proxy: false
  vw-integration-slack-app: false

Installation and Upgrade Commands

# Check latest version of virtana-repo/virtana-global-view
helm search repo virtana-repo/virtana-infra-mon --devel

helm upgrade --install io-infra virtana-repo/virtana-infra-mon \
 --namespace virtana-ipm --create-namespace -f infra-mon-values.yaml --set tags.infra=true \
 --version <LATEST_VERSION>

helm upgrade --install io-dbs virtana-repo/virtana-infra-mon \
 --namespace virtana-ipm --create-namespace -f infra-mon-values.yaml --set tags.dbs=true \
 --version <LATEST_VERSION>

helm upgrade --install io-core virtana-repo/virtana-infra-mon \
 --namespace virtana-ipm --create-namespace -f infra-mon-values.yaml --set tags.core_services=true \
 --version <LATEST_VERSION>

helm upgrade --install io-integrations virtana-repo/virtana-infra-mon-integrations \
 --namespace virtana-ipm --create-namespace -f infra-mon-values.yaml \
 --version <LATEST_VERSION>

Instructions

Ensure that you carefully follow the instructions for modifying the placeholder values to match your specific configuration needs.