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The prerequisite for the deployment of a cluster is a configuration repository. What a configuration repository is and how it is created is described in the Configuration Guide.

The seed node is used once for the initial bootstrap of the manager node. The seed node can also be used to initially create and prepare the configuration repository. The seed node is not the manager node itself. It is sufficient to use the local workstation. It doesn't have to be a dedicated system. The seed node is no longer needed in the further process. The seed node must be able to reach the manager node via SSH. It is important for the further process that no packages are installed manually on the manager. Especially not Docker.

The use of Linux on the seed node is recommended. Other operating systems should also work without problems. It is assumed in this documentation that Ubuntu 22.04 is used on the seed node.

Install required packages​

sudo apt-get install git python3-pip python3-virtualenv sshpass

Get a copy of the configuration repository​

Each environment managed with OSISM is based on a configuration repository. This was previously created with Cookiecutter and the osism/cfg-cookiecutter repository.

The creation of the configuration repository is covered in chapter Creation of a configuration repository of the Configuration Guide.

A configuration repository is stored on a Git server (e.g. GitHub, Gitlab, ...). The configuration repository is individual for each environment and is therefore not provided by us.

The configuration repository to be used must be available on the seed node. In the following example, replace YOUR_ORG and YOUR_NEW_CONFIGURATION_REPOSITORY accordingly.

git clone ssh://git@github.com:YOUR_ORG/YOUR_NEW_CONFIGURATION_REPOSITORY.git

Examples:

  • The repository is located in the regiocloud organisation on GitHub, has the name configuration and can be accessed via SSH: ssh://git@github.com:regiocloud/configuration.git
  • The repository is located in the regiocloud organisation on Gitlab, has the name configuration and can be accessed via SSH: ssh://git@gitlab.com:regiocloud/configuration.git
  • The repository is located in the regiocloud organisation on an internal Gitlab, has the name configuration and can be accessed via SSH: ssh://git@git.services.osism.tech:regiocloud/configuration.git

If necessary, the configuration SSH key can be used for the initial transfer of the repository.

For this, the following content is added in ~/.ssh/config and the SSH privte key is stored in ~/.ssh/id_rsa.configuration.

Host github.com
  HostName github.com
  User git
  Port 22
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa.configuration