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Cluster setup using Minikube

This guide will help you to setup ThingsBoard in cluster mode using Minikube tool.

Prerequisites

ThingsBoard Microservices run on the Kubernetes cluster. You need to have a Kubernetes cluster, and the kubectl command-line tool must be configured to communicate with your cluster. If you don’t have Minikube installed, please follow these instructions.

Enable ingress addon

By default ingress addon is disabled in the Minikube, and available only in cluster providers. To enable ingress, please execute the following command:

` $ minikube addons enable ingress `

Step 1. Review the architecture page

Starting ThingsBoard v2.2, it is possible to install ThingsBoard cluster using new microservices architecture and docker containers. See microservices architecture page for more details.

Step 2. Clone ThingsBoard CE Kubernetes scripts repository

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git clone https://github.com/thingsboard/thingsboard-ce-k8s.git

In .env file set the value of PLATFORM field to minikube.

Step 3. Configure ThingsBoard database

Before performing initial installation you can configure the type of database to be used with ThingsBoard. In order to set database type change the value of DATABASE variable in .env file to one of the following:

  • postgres - use PostgreSQL database;
  • hybrid - use PostgreSQL for entities database and Cassandra for timeseries database;

NOTE: According to the database type corresponding kubernetes resources will be deployed (see basic/postgres.yml or high-availability/postgres-ha.yaml for postgres with replication, common/cassandra.yml for details).

Step 4. Choose deployment type

Before performing initial installation you can configure the type of ThingsBoard deployment. In order to set deployment type change the value of DEPLOYMENT_TYPE variable in .env file to one of the following:

  • basic - startup with a single instance of Zookeeper, Kafka and Redis;
  • high-availability - startup with Zookeeper, Kafka, and Redis in cluster modes;

NOTE: According to the deployment type corresponding kubernetes resources will be deployed (see the content of the directories basic and high-availability for details).

If you selected cassandra as DATABASE you can also configure the number of Cassandra nodes (StatefulSet.spec.replicas property in common/cassandra.yml config file) and the CASSANDRA_REPLICATION_FACTOR in .env file. It is recommended to have 3 Cassandra nodes with CASSANDRA_REPLICATION_FACTOR equal to 1.

NOTE: If you want to configure CASSANDRA_REPLICATION_FACTOR please read Cassandra documentation first.

Also, to run PostgreSQL in high-availability deployment mode you’ll need to install helm.

Step 5. Running

Execute the following command to run installation:

` $ ./k8s-install-tb.sh –loadDemo `

Where:

  • --loadDemo - optional argument. Whether to load additional demo data.

Execute the following command to deploy third-party resources:

` $ ./k8s-deploy-thirdparty.sh `

Type ‘yes’ when prompted, if you are running ThingsBoard in high-availability DEPLOYMENT_TYPE for the first time or don’t have configured Redis cluster.

Execute the following command to deploy ThingsBoard resources:

` $ ./k8s-deploy-resources.sh `

After a while when all resources will be successfully started you can open http://{your-cluster-ip} in your browser (for ex. http://192.168.99.101). You can see your cluster IP using command:

` $ minikube ip `

You should see ThingsBoard login page.

Use the following default credentials:

If you installed DataBase with demo data (using --loadDemo flag) you can also use the following credentials:

In case of any issues you can examine service logs for errors. For example to see ThingsBoard node logs execute the following command:

1) Get the list of the running tb-node pods:

` $ kubectl get pods -l app=tb-node `

2) Fetch logs of the tb-node pod:

` $ kubectl logs -f [tb-node-pod-name] `

Where:

  • tb-node-pod-name - tb-node pod name obtained from the list of the running tb-node pods.

Or use kubectl get pods to see the state of all the pods. Or use kubectl get services to see the state of all the services. Or use kubectl get deployments to see the state of all the deployments. See kubectl Cheat Sheet command reference for details.

Execute the following command to delete all ThingsBoard microservices:

` $ ./k8s-delete-resources.sh `

Execute the following command to delete all third-party microservices:

` $ ./k8s-delete-thirdparty.sh `

Execute the following command to delete all resources (including database):

` $ ./k8s-delete-all.sh `

Upgrading

In case when database upgrade is needed, execute the following commands:

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$ ./k8s-delete-resources.sh
$ ./k8s-upgrade-tb.sh --fromVersion=[FROM_VERSION]
$ ./k8s-deploy-resources.sh

Where:

  • FROM_VERSION - from which version upgrade should be started. See Upgrade Instructions for valid fromVersion values.

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