Create Supervisor Namespaces and infrastructure resources using kubectl

As a DevOps user, you can create a Supervisor Namespace and create infrastructure resources within the namespace using CCI kubectl commands. These examples show how to create a Supervisor Namespace and add a VM to the namespace.

Prerequisites

Verify that a

Automation

administrator has set up the Cloud Consumption Interface infrastructure. See Setting up the Cloud Consumption Interface infrastructure using kubectl.

Verify that you are member of at least one project in

Automation Service Broker

Verify that you are at least an organization member in

Automation

with the

Automation Service Broker

User service role.

Verify that you have:

Downloaded the CCI kubectl plug-in.

Obtained an API token for the User service role and assigned it as a variable.

TOKEN='<your_API_token>'

Used your token to log in to the CCI server.

See Preparing to use the Command Line Interface to perform CCI tasks.

Create a Supervisor Namespace

This example shows how to create a Supervisor Namespace named

ns-for-devops-example

Using kubectl commands, you collect information for the following resources:

Project

Region Binding

Supervisor Namespace Class Binding

Then you add the metadata and specifications to a YAML file to create the Supervisor Namespace.

Set the default context to CCI.

kubectl config use-context cci

List available projects.

kubectl get projects

The result lists the projects that you are in.

NAME          SHARED RESOURCES
cci-document   true

List the regions in

cci-document

kubectl get regionbinding -n cci-document

The result shows all the regions in the project.

NAME        AGE
us-docs-1   2d13h

List the supervisor namespace classes in

cci-document

kubectl get supervisornamespaceclassbinding -n cci-document

The result shows all the supervisor namespace classes in the project.

NAME         AGE
docs-class   2d13h

Create a YAML file for the Supervisor Namespace that you want to create. The following example creates a namespace with:

cci-document

for the project.

us-docs-1

for the region.

docs-class

for the namespace class.

apiVersion: infrastructure.cci.vmware.com/v1alpha1
kind: SupervisorNamespace
metadata:
  name: ns-for-devops-example
  namespace: cci-document
spec:
  description: Create_Namespace_example
  regionName: us-docs-1
  className: docs-class

With the YAML file as input, create a supervisor namespace. In this example, the YAML file is in the same directory as the kubectl application.

kubectl create -f Create_Supervisor_Namespace.YAML

Check the status of the supervisor namespace in

cci-document

kubectl describe supervisornamespace ns-for-devops-example -n cci-document

When the result shows

Status: True

and

Type: Ready

, the supervisor namespace is ready to use and appears in the UI:

For

Automation Service Broker

, go to

Consume

Supervisor Namespace

For

Automation Assembler

, go to

Infrastructure

Resources

Supervisors

Name:         ns-for-devops-example
Namespace:    cci-document
Labels:       <none>
Annotations:  infrastructure.cci.vmware.com/wcp-address: 192.168.0.2
API Version:  infrastructure.cci.vmware.com/v1alpha1
Kind:         SupervisorNamespace
Metadata:
  Creation Timestamp:  2023-07-31T17:30:49Z
  UID:                 b2f65844-d545-4a5f-976d-381e079275b1
Spec:
  Class Name:  docs-class
  Class Parameters:
  Description:  Create_Namespace_example
  Region Name:  us-docs-1
Status:
  Conditions:
    Last Transition Time:  2023-07-31T17:30:50Z
    Status:                True
    Type:                  Ready
  Phase:                   Created
Events:                    <none>

If you want to delete the supervisor namespace, provide the name of the namespace, the name of the project, and include the

--force

flag.

kubectl delete supervisornamespace ns-for-devops-example -n cci-document --force

Add a VM to the Supervisor Namespace

This example shows how to create a VM named

VM-for-devops-example

Using kubectl commands, you collect information for the following resources:

Virtual Machine Class

Virtual Machine Image

Storage Class

Then you add resource specifications to a YAML file to create the VM.

kubectl cci login --server api.mgmt.cloud.vmware.com --token $TOKEN
Logging into api.mgmt.cloud.vmware.com
Getting supervisor namespaces
Successfully logged into api.mgmt.cloud.vmware.com
Created kubeconfig contexts:
         cci
         cci:cci-document:ns-7lan
         cci:cci-document:ns-for-devops-example
         cci:supervisor:gp-namespace

Set the default context so that you do not need to specify the namespace with context in every command.

kubectl config use-context cci:cci-document:ns-for-devops-example

The result confirms that the context has been switched and every subsequent command will be in the context of

cci:cci-document:ns-for-devops-example

Switched to context "cci:cci-document:ns-for-devops-example".

List available virtual machine classes.

kubectl get virtualmachineclassess

Select one of the virtual machine classes from the result.

NAME                  CPU   MEMORY   AGE
best-effort-2xlarge   8     64Gi     2d15h
best-effort-4xlarge   16    128Gi    2d15h
best-effort-8xlarge   32    128Gi    2d15h
best-effort-large     4     16Gi     2d15h
best-effort-medium    2     8Gi      2d15h
best-effort-small     2     4Gi      2d15h
best-effort-xlarge    4     32Gi     2d15h
best-effort-xsmall    2     2Gi      2d15h
guaranteed-2xlarge    8     64Gi     2d15h
guaranteed-4xlarge    16    128Gi    2d15h
guaranteed-8xlarge    32    128Gi    2d15h
guaranteed-large      4     16Gi     2d15h
guaranteed-medium     2     8Gi      2d15h
guaranteed-small      2     4Gi      2d15h
guaranteed-xlarge     4     32Gi     2d15h
guaranteed-xsmall     2     2Gi      2d15h

List available virtual machine images.

kubectl get virtualmachineimages

Select the image that you want to use.

NAME                    PROVIDER-NAME              CONTENT-LIBRARY-NAME   IMAGE-NAME                                              VERSION         OS-TYPE                 FORMAT   AGE
vmi-02549e2ab956621e9   clitem-02549e2ab956621e9   cl-c7a511c539dddc1f1   groovy-20210415.1-with-ovt-11.3                                         ubuntu64Guest           OVF      143m
vmi-041ff2740d6aee34a   clitem-041ff2740d6aee34a   cl-c7a511c539dddc1f1   ubuntu-20-1633387172196-v1.1                                            ubuntu64Guest           OVF      143m
vmi-1cc3c618d0ead1129   clitem-1cc3c618d0ead1129   cl-c7a511c539dddc1f1   jammy-server-cloudimg-amd64                                             ubuntu64Guest           OVF      143m

To list available storage policies, use the command to get resource quotas.

kubectl get resourcequota

The first section of the request is the storage policy.

NAME                                 AGE     REQUEST                                                                                         LIMIT
ns-for-devops-example-storagequota   6m22s   wcpglobal-storage-profile.storageclass.storage.k8s.io/requests.storage: 0/9223372036854775807

Create a YAML file for the VM that you want to add to the Supervisor Namespace. The following example creates a VM with:

ns-for-devops-example

for the namespace.

vmi-02549e2ab956621e9

for the VM image.

guaranteed-small

for the VM class.

wcpglobal-storage-profile

for the storage policy.

apiVersion: vmoperator.vmware.com/v1alpha1
kind: VirtualMachine
metadata:
  name: VM-for-devops-example
  namespace: ns-for-devops-example
spec:
  imageName: vmi-02549e2ab956621e9
  className: guaranteed-small  
  storageClass: wcpglobal-storage-profile  
  powerState: poweredOn

With the YAML file as input, create a VM in the supervisor namespace. In this example, the YAML file is in the same directory as the kubectl application.

kubectl create -f Create_VM.YAML

Check the status of the VM creation in

ns-for-devops-example

kubectl describe virtualmachine vm-for-devops-example -n ns-for-devops-example

When the result shows three

Status: True

for

Type: GuestCustomization

Type: VirtualMachinePrereqReady

, and

Type: VirtualMachineTools

, the VM has been successfully created in the supervisor namespace.

Name:         vm-for-devops-example
Namespace:    ns-for-devops-example
Labels:       topology.kubernetes.io/zone=domain-c50
Annotations:  virtualmachine.vmoperator.vmware.com/first-boot-done: true
API Version:  vmoperator.vmware.com/v1alpha1
Kind:         VirtualMachine
Metadata:
  Creation Timestamp:  2023-08-15T00:30:55Z
  Finalizers:
    virtualmachine.vmoperator.vmware.com
  Generation:        1
  Resource Version:  19196052
  UID:               f2460f3c-225b-460b-8d11-95a1bdaebe72
Spec:
  Class Name:  guaranteed-small
  Image Name:  vmi-02549e2ab956621e9
  Network Interfaces:
    Network Type:  vsphere-distributed
  Power Off Mode:  hard
  Power State:     poweredOn
  Restart Mode:    hard
  Storage Class:   wcpglobal-storage-profile
  Suspend Mode:    hard
Status:
  Bios UUID:              421eb2b5-04ef-f3e1-8d17-f8e73a2576b2
  Change Block Tracking:  false
  Conditions:
    Last Transition Time:  2023-08-15T00:32:30Z
    Status:                True
    Type:                  GuestCustomization
    Last Transition Time:  2023-08-15T00:31:55Z
    Status:                True
    Type:                  VirtualMachinePrereqReady
    Last Transition Time:  2023-08-15T00:32:20Z
    Status:                True
    Type:                  VirtualMachineTools
  Host:                    10.186.234.28
  Instance UUID:           501ea6c0-c0cb-b03c-08e6-324642f923d1
  Network Interfaces:
    Connected:  true
    Ip Addresses:
      192.168.128.11/16
      fe80::250:56ff:fe9e:ff48/64
    Mac Address:  00:50:56:9e:ff:48
  Phase:          Created
  Power State:    poweredOn
  Unique ID:      vm-104
  Vm Ip:          192.168.128.11
  Zone:           domain-c50
Events:           <none>

If you want to delete the VM, provide the name of the VM, the name of the namespace, and include the

--force

flag.

kubectl delete virtualmachine vm-for-devops-example -n ns-for-devops-example --force

Other CCI Command Line Interface options

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Create Supervisor Namespaces and infrastructure resources using kubectl

Prerequisites

Create a Supervisor Namespace

Add a VM to the Supervisor Namespace