4.08 - Lab 11

Objectives

• Configure Contour
• Deploy Contour

Configure Contour

1. Using the terminal, navigate to the contour directory.

   cd ~/Workspace/tkg-extensions-v1.3.1+vmware.1/extensions/ingress/contour

2. Copy the example values for Contour used with NSX Advanced Load Balancer.

   cp vsphere/contour-data-values-lb.yaml.example contour-data-values.yaml

Deploy Contour

1. Using the terminal, navigate to the contour directory.

   cd ~/Workspace/tkg-extensions-v1.3.1+vmware.1/extensions/ingress/contour

2. Set the kubectl context to the tkc-01 cluster.

   kubectl config use-context tkc-01-admin@tkc-01

3. Deploy the Contour namespace and roles.

   kubectl apply -f namespace-role.yaml

4. Create a Kubernetes secret by using the configuration values file.

   kubectl create secret generic contour-data-values --from-file=values.yaml=contour-data-values.yaml -n tanzu-system-ingress

5. Deploy the Contour extension.

   kubectl apply -f contour-extension.yaml

6. Verify the status of the deployment by using kubectl.

   kubectl get app contour -n tanzu-system-ingress

   Re-run the command until the status displays as Reconcile succeeded.

7. Verify the status of the deployment by using kapp.

   kapp list -n tanzu-system-ingress

   kapp inspect --app contour-ctrl -n tanzu-system-ingress

   In the vSphere Client, the tasks panel will show two VMs being created with the name Avi-se-xxxxx.

   Wait for the VMs to be created before continuing to the next step.

8. Display the load balancer IP address created for Contour.

   kubectl get service -n tanzu-system-ingress

   Because Envoy performs the data plane functionality for Contour, the external IP address is assigned to Envoy.