Aerospike Kubernetes Operator Command Line Tool

akoctl is a Krew plugin for the Kubernetes Operator. It provides multiple sub-commands to perform different functions related to Aerospike Kubernetes Operator and Aerospike Kubernetes Cluster.

Install with Krew plugin manager

1. Install Krew.

   Follow the Krew setup instructions here.

2. Install akoctl:

kubectl krew index add akoctl https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-kubernetes-operator-ctl.git

kubectl krew index list

INDEX    URL
akoctl   https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-kubernetes-operator-ctl.git
default  https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew-index.git

kubectl krew install akoctl/akoctl

Updated the local copy of plugin index "akoctl".
Updated the local copy of plugin index.
Installing plugin: akoctl
Installed plugin: akoctl
\
| Use this plugin:
|   kubectl akoctl
| Documentation:
|   https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-kubernetes-operator-ctl
/

Upgrade to latest version if already installed

kubectl krew upgrade akoctl

Available sub-commands

• collectinfo
• auth

Global Flags:

The global flags in the following table are associated with akoctl.

Flag	Shorthand	Type	Description
all-namespaces	-A	bool	Specify whether to get logs from all Kubernetes namespaces. Either this flag or namespaces is mandatory.
namespaces	-n	string	Comma-separated list of Kubernetes namespaces to operate in. Either this flag or all-namespaces is mandatory.
kubeconfig		string	Absolute path to the kubeconfig file.
cluster-scope		bool	Permission to work in cluster scoped mode (operate on cluster scoped resources like ClusterRoleBinding). Default true.

collectinfo sub-command

akoctl uses the collectinfo command to collect logs and objects from a given namespace and cluster-scoped resources. collectinfo collects the following data:

• All container logs
• All event logs
• Inventory of the following objects:

  Namespace Scoped	Cluster Scoped
  Pods	Nodes
  StatefulSets	PersistentVolumes
  Deployments	StorageClasses
  PersistentVolumeClaims	MutatingWebhookConfigurations
  Services	ValidatingWebhookConfigurations
  AerospikeClusters

asadm collectinfo command

akoctl and asadm each use the collectinfo command, but the types of information returned are different. The akoctl collectinfo command focuses on Kubernetes-specific information. The asadm collectinfo command returns detailed information about the system performance, network information, filesystem, and operating system of an individual machine.

1. Use the following command to get the asadm collectinfo file from a Kubernetes cluster:

kubectl -n <kubernetes-namespace-name> exec -it <podname> -- asadm -e collectinfo -U <username> -P <password>

2. Extract the file from the cluster:

kubectl cp <kubernetes-namespace-name>/<podname>:/tmp <localdirectory> -c <container-name> -n <kubernetes-namespace-name>

Requirements

akoctl inherits the user's kubectl permissions. If a user cannot access a particular resource, its logs do not appear in the akoctl results.

• Current user should have the list and get permission for all the objects collected by the command.
• If cluster-scope flag is set, along with the previously mentioned permissions, user should have list and get permission for cluster-scoped resources like Nodes and StorageClasses.
• kubectl binary should be available in the system PATH environment variable.

Associated Flags

Flag	Shorthand	Type	Description
path		string	Absolute path to save output tar file.

Example:

kubectl akoctl collectinfo -n aerospike,olm --path ~/sample-directory/

This creates a timestamped tar file called scraperlogs-<timestamp> and saves it in the ~/sample-directory/ directory. The directory structure appears as follows:

akoctl_collectinfo
├── akoctl.log
├── k8s_cluster
│   ├── nodes
│   │   ├── <node1 name>.yaml
│   │   └── <node2 name>.yaml
│   └── storageclasses
│       ├── <storageclass name>.yaml
│   └── mutatingwebhookconfigurations
│       ├── <mutatingwebhook name>.yaml
│   └── validatingwebhookconfigurations
│       ├── <validatingwebhook name>.yaml
│   └── persistentvolumes
│       ├── <persistentvolume name>.yaml
│   └── summary
│       ├── summary.txt
└── k8s_namespaces
    └── aerospike
        ├── aerospikeclusters
        │   ├── <aerospikecluster name>.yaml
        ├── persistentvolumeclaims
        │   ├── <pvc name>.yaml
        ├── pods
        │   ├── <pod name>
        │   │   ├── <pod name>.yaml
        │   │   └── logs
        │   │       ├── previous
        │   │       │   └── <container name>.log
        │   │       └── <container name>.log
        └── statefulsets
        │   ├── <sts name>.yaml
        └── deployments
        │   ├── <deployment name>.yaml
        └── services
        │   ├── <service name>.yaml
        └── summary
        │   ├── summary.txt
        │   ├── events.txt
        └──────────────────────────

auth sub-command

akoctl uses the auth command to create and delete RBAC resources for the Aerospike cluster for the given namespaces. It creates/deletes ServiceAccount, RoleBinding or ClusterRoleBinding as per given scope of operation.

There are 2 sub-commands associated with auth command:

• create - Creates and updates RBAC resources for the given namespaces.
• delete - Deletes RBAC resources for the given namespaces.

If cluster-scope is set (default true), the auth command grants cluster level RBAC. In case of cluster-scope false, it grants namespace level RBAC.

Requirements:

akoctl inherits the user's kubectl permissions. If a user doesn't have RBAC access, it cannot grant RBAC for that resource.

• Current user should have the CREATE, GET, UPDATE and DELETE permissions for ServiceAccount and RoleBinding.
• If the cluster-scope flag is set, user should have the CREATE, GET, UPDATE and DELETE permissions for ServiceAccount and ClusterRoleBinding.

The following example creates namespace-scope RBAC resources for the aerospike namespace:

kubectl akoctl auth create -n aerospike --cluster-scope=false

The following example creates cluster-scope RBAC resources for the aerospike namespace:

kubectl akoctl auth create -n aerospike 

The following example deletes namespace-scope RBAC resources for the aerospike namespace:

kubectl akoctl auth delete -n aerospike --cluster-scope=false

The following example deletes cluster-scope RBAC resources for the aerospike namespace:

kubectl akoctl auth delete -n aerospike