pikube-gen

Tool used to create the raspberrypi.org Raspbian images

If you are looking for a simple way to get started, use the pikube cli tool.

pikube-gen is a fork of pi-gen which intends to deliver a simple way to setup a kubernetes cluster on a number of raspberry pi. To do so pi-kube generates a single Raspbian based disk image with Docker and Kubernetes pre-installed. It also contains a bootstraping service which will allow you to customize and secure your cluster by dropping a few additional files onto the boot mount.

To customize your image build further see the customization guide

Usage

pikube ships with a docker/kubernetes pre-installed as well as a bootstrapping service which will initialize the cluster (on join an existing one), set up SSH keys and configure your hostname.

To setup pikube:

1. Grab the image (either from grabbing a prebuilt from the releases or running ./build-docker.sh)
2. Flash the image to your SD card
3. Create a pikube.tar.gz with the folowing files:
   • hostname: Text file containing the hostname
   • ssh.pub A public ssh key which will be installed into ~/.ssh/authorized_hosts for passwordless ssh
   • kube.yaml A kubeadm config file to be run upon first boot
   • pki/ directory of certs to be installed at /etc/kubernetes/pki for the master you will need the following:
     • ca.crt
     • ca.key
     • front-proxy-ca.crt
     • front-proxy-ca.key
     • etcd/ca.crt
     • etcd/ca.key
4. Copy pikube.tar.gz to /boot/pikube.tar.gz on your SD card.