Gitea for K8s Cluster

July 10, 2020 - 4 mins read

gitea-on-kubernetes-pi-cluster

Having Gitea on Kubernetes Pi cluster, you will have full control over your personal Git repositories

Gitea for Kubernetes Cluster on Pi

(Total Setup Time: 40 mins)

Similar to the previous post on Gitea for MicroK8s Cluster, I will be setting up Git in the newly created Kubernetes Cluster.

Setup MySQL

(15 mins)

First, I download the mysql-server docker image:

docker pull mysql/mysql-server:latest
docker images

Second, with reference from here, I created the required path on my external HDD:

sudo mkdir -p /mnt/hdd/master1k8s/app/mysql/data
sudo vi /mnt/hdd/master1k8s/app/mysql/mysql-pv.yaml

Add the following to mysql-pv.yaml file:

apiVersion: v1
kind: PersistentVolume
metadata:
  name: mysql-pv
  labels:
    type: local
spec:
  storageClassName: manual
  capacity:
    storage: 20Gi
  accessModes:
    - ReadWriteOnce
  hostPath:
    path: "/mnt/hdd/master1k8s/app/mysql/data"
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
metadata:
  name: mysql-pvc
spec:
  storageClassName: manual
  accessModes:
    - ReadWriteOnce
  resources:
    requests:
      storage: 20Gi

Next, apply the above yaml file to create mysql persistent volumes with this command:

kubectl apply -f /mnt/hdd/master1k8s/app/mysql/mysql-pv.yaml

Third, add the following to /mnt/hdd/master1k8s/app/mysql/mysql-deployment.yaml:

apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: mysql
spec:
  ports:
  - port: 3306
  selector:
    app: mysql
  clusterIP: None
---
apiVersion: apps/v1 # for versions before 1.9.0 use apps/v1beta2
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: mysql
spec:
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: mysql
  strategy:
    type: Recreate
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: mysql
    spec:
      containers:
      - image: mysql/mysql-server:latest
        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
        name: mysql
        env:
          # Use secret in real usage
        - name: MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD
          value: password
        ports:
        - containerPort: 3306
          name: mysql
        volumeMounts:
        - name: mysql-persistent-storage
          mountPath: /var/lib/mysql
      volumes:
      - name: mysql-persistent-storage
        persistentVolumeClaim:
          claimName: mysql-pvc

Next, apply the above yaml file to create mysql service and deployment:

kubectl apply -f /mnt/hdd/master1k8s/app/mysql/mysql-deployment.yaml

Lastly, you may use the following to check on your deployment:

kubectl describe deployment mysql
kubectl get pods
kubectl logs mysql-56c7cb9d76-w4snt

Preparing MySQL

(5 mins)

To prepare mysql for Gitea, I need to get the pod name:

kubectl get pods

First, ssh into mysql pod:

kubectl exec -it  mysql-56c7cb9d76-w4snt -- /bin/bash

Second, connect to mysql (default is password):

mysql -u root -p

Last, prepare the database (user=gitea, password=gitea, database=giteadb):

CREATE USER 'gitea'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'gitea';
CREATE DATABASE giteadb;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON giteadb.* TO 'gitea';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Preparing Gitea with Docker

(15 mins)

You may start to install Gitea with docker by preparing the docker-compose.yml:

mkdir -p /mnt/hdd/master1k8s/docker
sudo vi /mnt/hdd/master1k8s/docker/docker-compose.yml

Next, with reference from here, add the following to docker-compose.yml:

version: "2"

networks:
  gitea:
    external: false

services:
  server:
    image: gitea/gitea:latest
    environment:
      - USER_UID=1000
      - USER_GID=1000
      - DB_TYPE=mysql
      - DB_HOST=mysql:3306
      - DB_NAME=giteadb
      - DB_USER=gitea
      - DB_PASSWD=gitea
    restart: always
    networks:
      - gitea
    volumes:
      - ./gitea:/data
      - /etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
    ports:
      - "3000:3000"
      - "222:22"

You will get Gitea running with these docker-compose commands:

# Builds, creates, starts containers
docker-compose up -d

# Lists containers
docker-compose ps

# Displays log output
docker-compose logs

# Stops, removes containers
docker-compose down

docker-compose-gitea

Serving Gitea

(5 mins)

To access Gitea on Kubernetes Pi Cluster from my laptop, I need to expose it to external using NodePort:

sudo mkdir -p /mnt/hdd/master1k8s/app/gitea/data
sudo vi /mnt/hdd/master1k8s/app/gitea/gitea-deployment.yaml

Next, insert the following into gitea-deployment.yaml:

apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: gitea
spec:
  ports:
  - port: 3000
    targetPort: 3000
    nodePort: 30000
    name: gitea-http
  - port: 2222
    targetPort: 2222
    nodePort: 32222
    name: gitea-ssh
  selector:
    app: gitea
  type: NodePort
---
apiVersion: apps/v1 # for versions before 1.9.0 use apps/v1beta2
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: gitea
spec:
  replicas: 1
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: gitea
  strategy:
    type: Recreate
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: gitea
    spec:
      containers:
      - image: gitea/gitea:latest
        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
        name: gitea
        ports:
        - containerPort: 3000
          name: gitea-http
        - containerPort: 22
          name: gitea-ssh
        volumeMounts:
        - name: gitea-data
          mountPath: /data
      volumes:
      - name: gitea-data
        hostPath:
          path: /mnt/hdd/master1k8s/app/gitea
          type: Directory
      nodeSelector:
        git-data-storage: "true"

Apply the above yaml file to create Gitea service and deployment:

kubectl apply -f /mnt/hdd/master1k8s/app/gitea/gitea-deployment.yaml

Since Gitea has a nodeSelector which requires git-data-storage flag, the below label (replace with your node name) is needed for the pod to deploy successfully:

# Labels node
kubectl label nodes master1k8s git-data-storage=true

# Checks gitea deployment
kubectl describe deployment gitea

# Deletes deployment and service, if needed
kubectl delete deployment,svc gitea

# Another way to delete
kubectl delete -f /mnt/hdd/master1k8s/app/gitea/gitea-deployment.yaml

Get the IP address of mysql server from this command:

kubectl get svc -o wide

This is my query results:

NAME         TYPE        CLUSTER-IP      EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)                         AGE    SELECTOR
gitea        NodePort    10.110.40.142   <none>        3000:30000/TCP,2222:32222/TCP   4m6s   app=gitea
kubernetes   ClusterIP   10.96.0.1       <none>        443/TCP                         105m   <none>
mysql        ClusterIP   None            <none>        3306/TCP                        31m    app=mysql

Next, follows the gitea installation (host=mysql:3306, username=gitea, password=gitea, database=giteadb):

gitea-initial-installation

Finally, the Gitea on Kubernetes Pi Cluster is properly setup and you may proceed to register new account and login!

seehiong-gitea

Troubleshooting

ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user ‘root’@’localhost’

When access mysql from within mysql pod, I encountered this. Afer some troubleshooting, I realized that during the few rounds of mysql setup, the previous folder, /mnt/hdd/master1k8s/app/mysql/data, was not properly cleaned up.