Quick Start with Kubernetes

Prerequisites

1. Install the Meshery command line client, mesheryctl .

Available Deployment Methods

Using mesheryctl
Using helm
Using Kubernetes manifests

Using mesheryctl

Ensure that your current-context has platform: kubernetes configured in ~/.meshery/config.yaml. Example context:

➜  ~ mesheryctl system context view
endpoint: http://localhost:9081
token: default
platform: kubernetes
adapters:
- meshery-istio
- meshery-linkerd
- meshery-consul
- meshery-nsm
- meshery-kuma
- meshery-cpx
- meshery-osm
- meshery-traefik-mesh
channel: stable
version: latest

Deploy Meshery to your Kubernetes cluster by executing:


$ mesheryctl system start

Meshery server supports customizing authentication flow callback URL, which can be configured in the following way


$ MESHERY_SERVER_CALLBACK_URL=https://custom-host mesheryctl system start

Using Helm Charts

Run the following for default:


$ helm repo add meshery https://meshery.io/charts/
 $ helm install meshery-operator meshery/meshery-operator
 $ helm install meshery meshery/meshery

Customize of deployment the Meshery adapters:


$ helm repo add meshery https://meshery.io/charts/

 # Example: Pin your deployment to a specific Meshery version
 $ helm install meshery meshery/meshery --version v0.5.67

 # Example: Disabled the Meshery Adapter for Linkerd and verify the deployment manifest
 $ helm install --set meshery-linkerd.enabled=false meshery/meshery --dry-run

 # Example: Meshery Server supports customizing authentication flow callback URL, which can be configured in the following way
 $ helm install meshery --namespace meshery --set env.MESHERY_SERVER_CALLBACK_URL=https://custom-host meshery/meshery

The key of Meshery adapters you can find here

Using Kubernetes Manifests [deprecated]

Meshery can also be deployed on an existing Kubernetes cluster. See compatibility table for version compatibility. To install Meshery on your cluster, clone the Meshery repo:


 $ git clone https://github.com/layer5io/meshery.git;
 $ cd meshery

Create a namespace as a new logical space to host Meshery and its components:


$ kubectl create ns meshery

All the needed deployment yamls for deploying Meshery are included in the install/deployment_yamls/k8s folder inside the cloned Meshery folder. To deploy the yamls on the cluster please run the following command:


$ kubectl -n meshery apply -f install/deployment_yamls/k8s

Once the yaml files are deployed, we need to expose the meshery service to be able to access the service from outside the cluster. There are several ways a service can be exposed on Kubernetes. Here we will describe 3 common ways we can expose a service:

Ingress

If your Kubernetes cluster has a functional Ingress Controller, then you can configure an ingress to expose Meshery:


 apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
 kind: Ingress
 metadata:
 name: meshery-ingress
 annotations:
     kubernetes.io/ingress.class: "nginx"
 spec:
 rules:
 - host: *
     http:
     paths:
     - path: /
         backend:
        # Please kindly check your service name and service port to confirm the Ingress can work well
         serviceName: meshery-service
         servicePort: 9081

LoadBalancer - If your Kubernetes cluster has an external load balancer, this might be a logical route.
NodePort - If your cluster does not have an Ingress Controller or a load balancer, then use NodePort to expose Meshery:


 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 spec:
     type: NodePort

Meshery should now be connected with your managed Kubernetes instance. Take a look at the Meshery guides for advanced usage tips.