Deploy the VMware BMA Core

Prerequisites

Verify that you have Helm charts for the VMware BMA Core platform (VMware-Bare-Metal-Automation-Core-Chart-3.0.0-v2022.7.405-b38.tgz) from VMware download page.
Verify that you have container images for VMware BMA Core platform (VMware-Bare-Metal-Automation-Core-3.0.0-v2022.7.405-b38.tar.gz).
Verify that your environment has enough resources to accommodate the minimum requirements of the VMware BMA.
Verify that you have a machine (with minimum 30 GB disk space) with Docker installed to push VMware BMA container images to your container registry.
Verify that you have mapped domain name in a DNS service for your VMware BMA FQDN.
Ensure you have a default storage class available on the Kubernetes cluster.
Ensure that you have Loadbalancer installed on the Kubernetes cluster. This document explains usage of Metallb loadbalancer as an example.

Procedure

Configure container server or registry.

You need a container registry to store the container images of VMware BMA.
VMware verified with Harbor. For more information on Harbor installation, see VMware Telco Cloud Automation Deployment Guide.
Create a public project in Harbor server for VMware BMA Core.
Setup a Kubernetes cluster.

Note: VMware has validated against VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG) Kubernetes cluster.

For more information, see Minimum Requirements.
Download the Container images and the Helm charts from the VMware Downloads section.
md5sum of the images and helm charts are as below:
- d8ea29d3152670be222818ce1f1e509d VMware-Bare-Metal-Automation-Core-3.0.0-v2022.7.405-b38.tar.gz
- 06a2fc692a74ba282a68eee6010c55d9 VMware-Bare-Metal-Automation-Core-Chart-3.0.0-v2022.7.405-b38.tgz
Copy the Helm charts to the Kubernetes cluster.
Run the following command to extract the VMware BMA Core tar bundle VMware-Bare-Metal-Automation-Core-3.0.0-v2022.7.405-b38.tar.gz in your machine from where you want to push the container images.
```
gunzip VMware-Bare-Metal-Automation-Core-3.0.0-v2022.7.405-b38.tar.gz
```

Push the container images to your container registry in the public project.

You can push container images to Harbor server or registry in different ways. The below example explains pushing container images using Docker.

If Docker is not installed,

Run the following command to start and enable the docker service as sudo if Docker is not installed.
```
sudo yum install docker 
sudo systemctl start docker 
sudo systemctl enable docker
```
Run the following command to login to Harbor via Docker.
```
docker login harbor_sever_ip -u username -p password
```
Example:
```
docker login 192.168.10.25 -u admin -p Harbor12345
```
In the above example, 192.168.10.25 is the harbor_server_ip, Harbor12345 is the password and admin is the username.

If Docker login fails, see Docker Login Failure section in Troubleshooting.

Run the following command to load Docker.

Currently, the repository for VMware BMA Helm charts is 423562884727.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com.

docker load -i VMware-Bare-Metal-Automation-Core-3.0.0-v2022.7.405-b38.tar

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a40030452cdf: Loading layer [==================================================>]  3.072kB/3.072kB
c6a794f1f903: Loading layer [==================================================>]  4.096kB/4.096kB
Loaded image: 423562884727.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/addon-toolbox-develop:v0.1.1
69aac02c0073: Loading layer [==================================================>]  3.452MB/3.452MB
529961d467e9: Loading layer [==================================================>]  48.03MB/48.03MB
5a2151a98c6c: Loading layer [==================================================>]  1.536kB/1.536kB
4b7686ed7605: Loading layer [==================================================>]  20.07MB/20.07MB
Loaded image: 423562884727.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/bma-utils-master:v1.0.0

Run the following command to tag the container images through docker.

docker tag <loaded_image_location> <registry_image_location>

In the following example, 192.168.10.25 is the IP address of the Harbor server and vmware-bma-core is the public project created in the Harbor server.

docker tag 423562884727.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pliant-app-gateway-master:v1.17.0 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/pliant-app-gateway-master:v1.17.0
docker tag 423562884727.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/addon-themes-master:v1.46.5 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/addon-themes-master:v1.46.5
docker tag openjdk:8-jre-alpine 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/openjdk:8-jre-alpine
docker tag 423562884727.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pliant-api-master:v1.130.0 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/pliant-api-master:v1.130.0
docker tag 423562884727.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pliant-scheduler-master:v1.18.3 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/pliant-scheduler-master:v1.18.3
docker tag 423562884727.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pliant-worker-nodejs-config-master:v1.18.0 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/pliant-worker-nodejs-config-master:v1.18.0
docker tag 423562884727.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/addon-ansible-master:v1.10.0 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/addon-ansible-master:v1.10.0
docker tag kubernetesui/metrics-scraper:v1.0.1 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/kubernetesui/metrics-scraper:v1.0.1
docker tag 423562884727.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pliant-front-master:v1.173.4 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/pliant-front-master:v1.173.4
docker tag redis:6.2.5 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/redis:6.2.5
docker tag 423562884727.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/addon-napalm-master:v3.2.0 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/addon-napalm-master:v3.2.0
docker tag 423562884727.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pliant-versioning-master:v1.18.0 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/pliant-versioning-master:v1.18.0
docker tag 423562884727.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/addon-textfsm-master:v1.5.0 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/addon-textfsm-master:v1.5.0
docker tag influxdb:1.8 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/influxdb:1.8
docker tag minio/minio:RELEASE.2022-10-24T18-35-07Z 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/minio/minio:RELEASE.2022-10-24T18-35-07Z
docker tag minio/minio:latest 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/minio/minio:latest
docker tag fluent/fluent-bit:1.9-debug 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/fluent/fluent-bit:1.9-debug
docker tag 423562884727.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pliant-proxy-master:v1.27.0 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/pliant-proxy-master:v1.27.0
docker tag 423562884727.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pliant-api-radius-master:v1.6.0 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/pliant-api-radius-master:v1.6.0
docker tag 423562884727.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pliant-compiler-master:v1.21.0 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/pliant-compiler-master:v1.21.0
docker tag rabbitmq:3.8 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/rabbitmq:3.8
docker tag mysql:8.0 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/mysql:8.0
docker tag kubernetesui/dashboard:v2.0.0-beta6 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/kubernetesui/dashboard:v2.0.0-beta6
docker tag 423562884727.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pliant-worker-nodejs-master:v1.96.0 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/pliant-worker-nodejs-master:v1.96.0
docker tag 423562884727.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/addon-trigger-master:v1.37.0 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/addon-trigger-master:v1.37.0
docker tag busybox:latest 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/busybox:latest
docker tag fluent/fluent-bit:1.9 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/fluent/fluent-bit:1.9
docker tag 423562884727.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pliant-db-migration-master:v1.34.0 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/pliant-db-migration-master:v1.34.0
docker tag 423562884727.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pliant-worker-nodejs-remote-master:v1.35.0 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/pliant-worker-nodejs-remote-master:v1.35.0
docker tag 423562884727.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/addon-mqws-master:v1.4.0 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/addon-mqws-master:v1.4.0
docker tag 423562884727.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/addon-toolbox-develop:v0.1.1 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/addon-toolbox-develop:v0.1.1
docker tag 423562884727.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/bma-utils-master:v1.0.0 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/bma-utils-master:v1.0.0

Run the following command to perform docker push to Harbor registry.

docker push <registry_image_location>

In the below example, 192.168.10.25 is the IP address of the Harbor server and vmware-bma-core is the public project created in the Harbor server.

docker push 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/pliant-app-gateway-master:v1.17.0
docker push 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/addon-themes-master:v1.46.5
docker push 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/openjdk:8-jre-alpine
docker push 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/pliant-api-master:v1.130.0
docker push 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/pliant-scheduler-master:v1.18.3
docker push 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/pliant-worker-nodejs-config-master:v1.18.0
docker push 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/addon-ansible-master:v1.10.0
docker push 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/kubernetesui/metrics-scraper:v1.0.1
docker push 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/pliant-front-master:v1.173.4
docker push 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/redis:6.2.5
docker push 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/addon-napalm-master:v3.2.0
docker push 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/pliant-versioning-master:v1.18.0
docker push 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/addon-textfsm-master:v1.5.0
docker push 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/influxdb:1.8
docker push 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/minio/minio:RELEASE.2022-10-24T18-35-07Z
docker push 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/minio/minio:latest
docker push 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/fluent/fluent-bit:1.9-debug
docker push 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/pliant-proxy-master:v1.27.0
docker push 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/pliant-api-radius-master:v1.6.0
docker push 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/pliant-compiler-master:v1.21.0
docker push 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/rabbitmq:3.8
docker push 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/mysql:8.0
docker push 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/kubernetesui/dashboard:v2.0.0-beta6
docker push 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/pliant-worker-nodejs-master:v1.96.0
docker push 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/addon-trigger-master:v1.37.0
docker push 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/busybox:latest
docker push 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/fluent/fluent-bit:1.9
docker push 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/pliant-db-migration-master:v1.34.0
docker push 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/pliant-worker-nodejs-remote-master:v1.35.0
docker push 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/addon-mqws-master:v1.4.0
docker push 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/addon-toolbox-develop:v0.1.1
docker push 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core/bma-utils-master:v1.0.0

If Docker push fails, see Docker Push Failure in Troubleshooting.

In Total, container registry public project, here Harbor project, must contain 30 container images for VMware BMA Core.

Trust the insecure registry.

For https based Harbor, you must download the Harbor certificate and save it under /etc/ssl/certs so that Docker trusts the self-signed certificate.
Establish certificates trust between Harbor server and Kubernetes cluster.
Add Harbor as partner systems in VMware TCA and associate it with the Kubernetes cluster on top of which VMware BMA runs. This step is required to avoid any certificates related issues while the pods come up.
For more information, see Add a Partner System to VMware Telco Cloud Automation.
Place the file VMware-Bare-Metal-Automation-Core-Chart-3.0.0-v2022.7.405-b38.tgz on your Kubernetes cluster.
Validate Certificate.
Certificate validation is the process of establishing the trust between VMware BMA Remote Workers and:
- VMware BMA Core
- Any third party TLS communication (Example: iDRAC servers)
Once the VMware BMA Core installation is complete, the default embedded workers have certificate validation enabled by default. You can disable certificate validation from the VMware BMA Web UI, if it is not required. For more information, see step 14.

For any external remote worker groups, see Deploy VMware BMA Remote Worker.

All the servers shipped by Hardware vendors such as Dell, HPE can have certificates signed by one Enterprise CA and customer can add this CA certificate as Trusted CA in VMware BMA Web UI to get the authentication working. For more information, see Create Trusted Certificate. If this is not done, workflow authentication fails while trying any TLS communication.

Create the overrides values YAML file, bma-core-values.yaml, with the following content.

VMware BMA Helm charts installation with Signed certificates

bma-core-values.yaml

# if true, will delete all the PVs and PVCs, created by StatefulSets, during helm uninstall
deletePersistentVolumes: true
# if exists - tries to install license, specified by parameter 
# if license is not set here then customer will have to update the license information from the BMA Core UI post installation.
license: '<copy your license key>' 
 
# required - sets the registry for this chart's images. Does not have default value.
# example, imageRegistry: 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core
imageRegistry: <FQDN/IP>/<VMware BMA Core project name in harbor>
 
# if set, used as value of imagePullSecrets directive for all images pulled from imageRegistry
# imagePullSecretName:
usePublicRegistry: false # optional; used with the public images in the common section; if not enabled - the imageRegistry is used
 
bma:
  instance:
    # admin_password: "..."
    # scheduler_password: "..."
    worker_group_name: default
    # worker_group_secret_key: "..."
    address: "https://telco-baremetal-automation.local" # optional; sets the host address (with https:// protocol prefix) of this instance, ex. "https://my.host.com". Mandatory if external certificate is set - certificate must match the hostname part of the address
  certificates:
    tls:
      autogen:
        cn: "telco-baremetal-automation.local"
        daysValid: 1826
      # explicitly set TLS certificate and key in plain PEM format or Base64 encoded PEM; if both set, these values override existing TLS cert
      cert: |
            -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
            MIID6jCCAtKgAwIBAgIEPJ/xUjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFADCBjTELMAkGA1UEBhMC
            VVMxKTAnBgNVBAMMIHRlbGNvLWJhcmVtZXRhbC1hdXRvbWF0aW9uLmxvY2FsMRMw
            EQYDVQQIDApDYWxpZm9ybmlhMRIwEAYDVQQHDAlQYWxvIEFsdG8xFDASBgNVBAoM
            C1ZNd2FyZSwgSW5jMRQwEgYDVQQLDAtUZWxjbyBDbG91ZDAeFw0yMjExMDkwNjIz
            MDFaFw0yNzExMDgwNjIzMDFaMIGNMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzEpMCcGA1UEAwwgdGVs
            Y28tYmFyZW1ldGFsLWF1dG9tYXRpb24ubG9jYWwxEzARBgNVBAgMCkNhbGlmb3Ju
            aWExEjAQBgNVBAcMCVBhbG8gQWx0bzEUMBIGA1UECgwLVk13YXJlLCBJbmMxFDAS
            BgNVBAsMC1RlbGNvIENsb3VkMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKC
            AQEApCG9nv+a1/IWTzeIiCG74sww1bFeF3z6phYnryve0Y17SOSAZ9LbE4sdi4Db
            l5rzGmaIiiZcJer7pIqseaApscRicujzn5iMM8l9k0XQQAez7DIqs9UR64kQghxb
            X0KVSvLoJup4B/8WLBbom2Udqctzo6VPvlbZy1md8w9byBe89SfspgMkJBumvZ4A
            55Wos42EUJC6g7QmroFDgqZCdimT2E7XPCbDhu3wPywUbeuqRoasgNsirpuyL/LX
            w4nC/sdsPzSOyfJrWcmZHPiEnH54DdUGGIkt2Unxyi3hRbmYmsNHLQW8sQM+LbwN
            +5Gik2t5q3TUzRpKz2dJDUdlHQIDAQABo1AwTjAdBgNVHQ4EFgQUZ26/Lr/TSa25
            +2XrjygBL45Hv6UwHwYDVR0jBBgwFoAUZ26/Lr/TSa25+2XrjygBL45Hv6UwDAYD
            VR0TBAUwAwEB/zANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFAAOCAQEAWBA30D6GNSHXRO8RExGzf8DC
            KkpBGEBmYGC0oiq1hsr3q+360E7Sf8YvgC/7t0OKISrrkUg1CRn5qruQJ+dh3sWA
            5Rfer9wInARrzxhgusIFxaUBl/A35WmpCtDkAs3vWKo3qWMdny1EZDwpbsyiUYrT
            KQtezAzM940s80lmju2FXAPx/MZZTIu9X0bbBrxpzHtV9egjfkn2beOn6LQnATua
            jq7hqjm3jzVIwIH1ciDOESww78F8OfZyXuVqVqqgYmRgTY8iVgV0KxNUFB/K4lBy
            fMbN9w5lXsHOwB0dVrrgJuyZfuX3VXr6taTnADWPfAFPjjyhojHQsn/x+n06WA==
            -----END CERTIFICATE-----
      key:  |
            -----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
            MIIEvwIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASCBKkwggSlAgEAAoIBAQCkIb2e/5rX8hZP
            N4iIIbvizDDVsV4XfPqmFievK97RjXtI5IBn0tsTix2LgNuXmvMaZoiKJlwl6vuk
            iqx5oCmxxGJy6POfmIwzyX2TRdBAB7PsMiqz1RHriRCCHFtfQpVK8ugm6ngH/xYs
            FuibZR2py3OjpU++VtnLWZ3zD1vIF7z1J+ymAyQkG6a9ngDnlaizjYRQkLqDtCau
            gUOCpkJ2KZPYTtc8JsOG7fA/LBRt66pGhqyA2yKum7Iv8tfDicL+x2w/NI7J8mtZ
            yZkc+IScfngN1QYYiS3ZSfHKLeFFuZiaw0ctBbyxAz4tvA37kaKTa3mrdNTNGkrP
            Z0kNR2UdAgMBAAECggEBAIJ3q6J67hwf/Knlq+sCXbavt1X2UqP7HcbuL4doKQuM
            Gmbb9FITYz/KwqaEvIlrizj+LiUazv75JiUqcmWP8fSz9cn/8MB5Y2E7Fk3+Hcb4
            GIZ1bkpa4Y7H+k5iuiMj60aThgSBNv6sP3S2lRoJK6Yv6nE31AaqRSAG0a5HFB8d
            sZ01N4ryUFDg1xuuiRZeAbwL80Tx9I81z4Uikzi72KAl6dDOr8kXialk64bOofLf
            u8fsqGclJ1EPFPDDLn6zCp/mdEdtfR09h5N8M622BM5afVBjtiRyDfBD4Ht286Mk
            ooc3h67/nS+57uuuSp0n5A4F2QVotMM/73KYb+37KOECgYEAzTPBSezCiLukOX+8
            TZqLdJkJfviHyUZP0KZ6tbXs3crNTKTfauoB8YIaLjt1Q5e216macxRdx3yRY71e
            LtGp72Ulf+QFzqgrD95rP3qoyMTTJqG7M/FibA7F2d+p8ZBmKUKN+VSoDkgKNJBq
            9ujY3gZcGBW9fskwhvsH+f6A5qkCgYEAzMM9V/v7TBz8NKxHVHve6iuyaxI4HsDd
            6YX8/UPDU+mOOad0ZK43vGgv+essHdQPeOroSBajO1nfOrzmo/3zVr91+wK3GW/s
            q8c5Qzsn+ydk5Ay827hMVU5MXSYuI/5tPZDCZzHFh7CwRraiFniukeqjxuXF6Q4g
            SdMa4yHYt1UCgYEAu5L6tduRu7FinhjQhVOm9I9L6d+/J9J49S6o7t98xQU0A0KW
            48FCw4P88JPzTjUpsxvbDiTo0Ihi0nxw0nVfVHDuBWjnkg+RRXE4Mg+qp9ObfC3M
            1N9q64HZg557V1B6wm6PHwIumNdrVL9Kt6cDTnkbx/xferzn+gsQMIpfQ/kCgYEA
            vycg1EtjXLnOZGnUKTV+c4OZi0U16NfKEqBH/jNNXL+zS3VdPkQ5ugRVjW0TAUGf
            tBUwBWREvDp5H7+LXNrNWVVhkZQGVJPdELvqZC4Mc/VhxVdy03eooxZ2SZtEBcwW
            NRw3r9iR+8thtJH4nRvKdGPkwuBsMtZCJEkUV6eYRgUCgYAlKKlhq9pIIsEOWceE
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            6i1k0/eUinLv9e2pJITGQwuzXw==
            -----END PRIVATE KEY-----

VMware BMA Helm charts installation with Self-Signed or auto-generated certificates

Enter licence key in licence.
Note: If you do not enter licence during installation, you can enter licence key later through VMware BMA UI.
You must enter image registry information in imageRegistry.
Enter password in admin_password

# if true, will delete all the PVs and PVCs, created by StatefulSets, during helm uninstall
deletePersistentVolumes: true
# if exists - tries to install license, specified by parameter
# if license is not set here then customer will have to update the license information from the BMA Core UI post installation.
license: '<copy your license key>'
 
# required - sets the registry for this chart's images. Does not have default value.
# example, imageRegistry: 192.168.10.25/vmware-bma-core
imageRegistry: <FQDN/IP>/<VMware BMA Core project name in harbor>
 
# if set, used as value of imagePullSecrets directive for all images pulled from imageRegistry
# imagePullSecretName:
usePublicRegistry: false # optional; used with the public images in the common section; if not enabled - the imageRegistry is used
 
bma:
  instance:
    # admin_password: "..."
    # scheduler_password: "..."
    worker_group_name: default
    # worker_group_secret_key: "..."
    address: "" # optional; sets the host address (with https:// protocol prefix) of this instance, ex. "https://my.host.com". Mandatory if external certificate is set - certificate must match the hostname part of the address
  certificates:
    tls:
      autogen:
        cn: "telco-baremetal-automation.local"
        daysValid: 1826
      # explicitly set TLS certificate and key in plain PEM format or Base64 encoded PEM; if both set, these values override existing TLS cert
      cert: "" # ex. "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\n..."
      key: "" # ex. "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\n..."

If self-signed certificate attribute is empty in the Helm chart, then a default auto-generated certificate is assigned. If an external self-signed certificate is assigned, then the Common Name (CN) used in the certificate must be assigned to bma.instance.address field in the helm chart values yaml file.

Example: If the Common Name used in the certificate is telco-baremetal-automation.local then the value of address must be https://telco-baremetal-automation.local

Run the following command to install VMware BMA.

helm install <name of the service> -n bma-core --create-namespace -f <overrides Helm chart values file> ./<name of the Helm chart zipped tar bundle.>

helm install vmware-bma-core -n bma-core --create-namespace -f bma-core-values.yaml ./VMware-Bare-Metal-Automation-Core-Chart-3.0.0-v2022.7.405-b38.tgz
 
NAME: vmware-bma-core
LAST DEPLOYED: Fri Apr  10 12:31:07 2023
NAMESPACE: bma-core
STATUS: deployed
REVISION: 1
TEST SUITE: None

vmware-bma-core is the name of the service
bma-core is the name of the namespace
bma-core-values.yaml is the overrides Helm chart values file.
VMware-Bare-Metal-Automation-Core-Chart-3.0.0-v2022.7.405-b38.tgz is the name of the Helm charts zipped tar bundle.

Run the following command to verify if all the pods are running.
```
kubectl get pods -n bma-core
```
In total, 27 pods are operational after installation.

Install Loadbalancer.

VMware validated against Metallb.

Download Metallb tar bundle.
Create a namespace to install Loadbalancer.

Run the following command to install the metallb service using the helm-charts provided.

helm install metallb ./metallb-0.13.7.tgz -n metallb-system --create-namespace

The example given below uses metallb-system namespace.

capv@wc-dev-master-control-plane-fcg4g [ ~ ]$ helm install metallb ./metallb-0.13.7.tgz -n metallb-system --create-namespace
 
NAME: metallb
LAST DEPLOYED: Fri Apr  10 12:38:50 2023
NAMESPACE: metallb-system
STATUS: deployed
REVISION: 1
TEST SUITE: None
NOTES:
MetalLB is now running in the cluster.

Run the following command to verify if the pods are running.

kubectl get pods -n metallb-system

The example given below uses metallb-system namespace.

capv@wc-dev-master-control-plane-fcg4g [ ~ ]$ kubectl get pods -n metallb-system
 
NAME                                 READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
metallb-controller-7567fb574-65hcg   1/1     Running   0          21s
metallb-speaker-7l7f8                1/1     Running   0          21s
metallb-speaker-8nmbc                1/1     Running   0          21s
metallb-speaker-m5w9n                1/1     Running   0          21s
metallb-speaker-s4kbj                1/1     Running   0          21s
metallb-speaker-v5xqj                1/1     Running   0          21s

Create two files ippool.yaml and l2ad.yaml with the following content.
Note: You must specify the same namespace you created for Metallb loadbalancer.

l2ad.yaml
```
apiVersion: metallb.io/v1beta1
kind: L2Advertisement
metadata:
  name: example
  namespace: metallb-system
```
ippool.yaml
```
apiVersion: metallb.io/v1beta1
kind: IPAddressPool
metadata:
  name: first-pool
  namespace: metallb-system
spec:
  addresses:
  - 192.168.10.1 - 192.168.10.3
```
Enter your IP Address Pool range in ippool.yaml file. Among the range provided, one IP address is assigned to the loadbalancer.
Run the following command to apply ippool.yaml and l2ad.yaml files.
```
kubectl apply -f l2ad.yaml
```
```
kubectl apply -f ippool.yaml
```

Run the following command to verify if VMware BMA services are running.

kubectl get services -n bma-core

An external IP address is assigned to the load balancer. You can access the VMware BMA Web UI using this IP address.

Run the following command to retrieve the VMware BMA Load Balancer FQDN or IP.

kubectl get service -n bma-core pliant-proxy -o jsonpath='{.status.loadBalancer.ingress}'

Example:

capv@wc-dev-master-control-plane-fcg4g [ ~ ]$ kubectl get service -n bma-core pliant-proxy -o jsonpath='{.status.loadBalancer.ingress}'
 
[{"ip":"192.168.10.1"}]

What to do next

Verify Signed Certificate through VMware BMA Core UI if an external certificate was assigned during installation.
Disable Validate Certificates option from VMware BMA Core UI for the default remote worker before executing any workflows.
1. Access VMware BMA Web UI.
2. Click Admin > Worker Groups.
3. Click Validate Certificate toggle button corresponding to the remote worker.
If you do not want to disable certificate, you can add the Certificate of IPMI, against which the workflows must be executed to the Trusted certificates list in VMware BMA Core UI.
1. Access VMware BMA Web UI.
2. Click Admin > System Configuration > Trusted Certificates .
3. Click Create and add the certificate.

You can retrieve the password from the VMware BMA Core UI. For more information, see Retrieve VMware BMA Administrator Password.