Description

ClusterOps is a Kubernetes installer and operator designed to streamline the initial configuration and ongoing maintenance of kubernetes clusters. The focus of this project is primarily on personal or local installations. However, the goal is to expand its use to encompass all installations of Kubernetes for local development purposes.
It simplifies cluster management by automating tasks and providing just one user-friendly YAML-based configuration config.yml.

Overview

  • Simplified Configuration: Define your desired cluster state in a simple YAML file, and ClusterOps will handle the rest.
  • Automated Setup: Automates initial cluster configuration, including network settings, storage provisioning, special requirements (for example GPUs) and essential components installation.
  • Ongoing Maintenance: Performs routine maintenance tasks such as upgrades, security updates, and resource monitoring.
  • Extensibility: Easily extend functionality with custom plugins and configurations.
  • Self-Healing: Detects and recovers from common cluster issues, ensuring stability, idempotence and reliability. Same operation can be performed multiple times without changing the result.
  • Discreet: It works only on what it knows, if you are manually configuring parts of your kubernetes and this configuration does not interfere with it you can happily continue to work on several parts and use this tool only for what is needed.

Features

  • distribution and engine independence. Install your favorite kubernetes engine with your package manager, execute one script and you'll have a complete working environment at your disposal.
  • Basic config approach. One single config.yml file with configuration requirements (add/remove features): human readable, plain and simple. All fancy configs managed automatically (ingress, balancers, services, proxy, ...).
  • Local Builtin ContainerHub. The default installation provides a fully configured ContainerHub available locally along with the kubernetes installation. This configuration allows the user to build, upload and deploy custom container images as they were provided from external sources. Internet public sources are still available but local development can be kept in this localhost server. Builtin ClusterOps operator will be fetched from this ContainerHub registry too.
  • Kubernetes official dashboard installed as a plugin, others planned too (k9s for example).
  • Kubevirt plugin installed and properly configured. Unleash the power of classic virtualization (KVM+QEMU) on top of Kubernetes and manage your entire system from there, libvirtd and virsh libs are required.
  • One operator to rule them all. The installation script configures your machine automatically during installation and adds one kubernetes operator to manage your local cluster. From there the operator takes care of the cluster on your behalf.
  • Clean installation and removal. Just test it, when you are done just use the same program to uninstall everything without leaving configs (or pods) behind.

Planned features (Wishlist / TODOs)

  • Containerized Data Importer (CDI). Persistent storage management add-on for Kubernetes to provide a declarative way of building and importing Virtual Machine Disks on PVCs for Kubevirt VMs.
  • Source2Image utility. Transform your favorite program (python, go, bash, ...) in a container in a matter of minutes, kubectl apply and create it as a Pod or a Deployment quickly.
  • Kubevirt VMs startup management. Since your personal cluster might not be up and running all the time this feature will provide basic startup, shutdown, order list commands; it resembles other VM bare metal configuration suites from the past.
  • Lightweight k9s console automatically installed as a plugin from the configuration file
  • Add other distributions: suse, debian, rocky/rhel, gentoo, MacOS
  • Add other kubernetes engines: minicube, KIND, vanilla k8s, CRC
  • Monitoring and observation features, alerting with IM notifications (telegram, signal)
  • Remote storage, LAN network volumes, S3 buckets, object storage (CEPH, Longhorn)
  • Automatic configuration and support for: Nvidia CUDA, Vulkan drivers. Containers downloaded from Nvidia ContainerHub and relative websites should be used directly without additional configuration.
  • Cloud Controller Manager (CCM). A Kubernetes control plane component that embeds cloud specific control logic. This component with a specific automation tool easily allows to migrate local working environment to external (private | hybrid | public) clouds.

Project Resources

  • github project repository: clusterops
  • @andreabenini @SUSE
  • complete README.md (document from where this description has been extracted)
  • feel free to reach me on slack, email, submit issues, MR, ...

This project is part of:

Hack Week 24

Activity

  • 3 days ago: andreabenini added keyword "go" to this project.
  • 3 days ago: andreabenini added keyword "golang" to this project.
  • 3 days ago: andreabenini added keyword "python" to this project.
  • 3 days ago: andreabenini liked this project.
  • 3 days ago: andreabenini added keyword "containers" to this project.
  • 3 days ago: andreabenini added keyword "pods" to this project.
  • 3 days ago: andreabenini added keyword "webui" to this project.
  • 3 days ago: andreabenini added keyword "easy" to this project.
  • 3 days ago: andreabenini added keyword "kubernetes" to this project.
  • 3 days ago: andreabenini added keyword "k3s" to this project.
  • 3 days ago: andreabenini added keyword "kubevirt" to this project.
  • 3 days ago: andreabenini added keyword "kvm" to this project.
  • 3 days ago: andreabenini added keyword "operator" to this project.
  • 3 days ago: andreabenini added keyword "personal" to this project.
  • 3 days ago: andreabenini added keyword "development" to this project.
  • 3 days ago: andreabenini started this project.
  • 3 days ago: andreabenini originated this project.

  • Comments

    • andreabenini
      3 days ago by andreabenini | Reply

      Day one
      Project established. github presence in place, hackweek README project created. Basic libraries in place for the installer/removal utility. I'm now considering k3s because it's easy to manage locally, other engines will be added once main results will be achieved.
      Adding SUSE OSes will surely be trivial and I can barely add them all in one shot. I'm now focusing on the k8s operator in order to have minimal functionalities available from it: kubevirt, Web UI, network setup, traefik setup (on local lan, not just localhost).
      I'm now using kubebuilder for managing kubernetes operator, its first task will be around adding the default kubernetes dashboard to the system

    • andreabenini
      1 day ago by andreabenini | Reply

      Day two
      Created user's ContainerHub, now you can easily create your images locally and upload them, the hub is also used from kubernetes for fetching images.
      First dummy (but working) operator has been created and uploaded to localhost ContainerHub and it can be installed directly in the k3s installation at startup. ContainerHub has been created as a systemd service and automatically configured from the same clusterops installation script.
      Forced k3s dependency makes also easy to have them loaded at startup when required.

      > systemctl enable clusterops # Start clusterops (with ContainerHub) and k3s on startup
      > systemctl start clusterops # Start ClusterOps+ContainerHub+k3s manually

    • andreabenini
      about 15 hours ago by andreabenini | Reply

      Day three
      Finally Kubevirt has joined the group and now represents one of the important pillars of this software collection, it relies on community made vanilla Operator and it just works as it's supposed to be. System's requirements are basically QEMU+KVM and libvirt on which libvirtd is built. After a simple test with virt-host-validate you can easily have it at your disposal. Full integration with basic components and builtin clusterops Operator is not stable yet but results are promising.
      YAML example files are ready and they can be customized by users to easily create or import virtual machines on top of kubernetes in literally a matter of minutes.

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    This will be an infrastructure provider for Cluster API. Some background reading for the CAPI aspect:


    ddflare: (Dyn)DNS management via Cloudflare API in Kubernetes by fgiudici

    Description

    ddflare is a project started a couple of weeks ago to provide DynDNS management using v4 Cloudflare APIs: Cloudflare offers management via APIs and access tokens, so it is possible to register a domain and implement a DynDNS client without any other external service but their API.

    Since ddflare allows to set any IP to any domain name, one could manage multiple A and ALIAS domain records. Wouldn't be cool to allow full DNS control from the project and integrate it with your Kubernetes cluster?

    Goals

    Main goals are:

    1. add containerized image for ddflare
    2. extend ddflare to be able to add and remove DNS records (and not just update existing ones)
    3. add documentation, covering also a sample pod deployment for Kubernetes
    4. write a ddflare Kubernetes operator to enable domain management via Kubernetes resources (using kubebuilder)

    Available tasks and improvements tracked on ddflare github.

    Resources

    • https://github.com/fgiudici/ddflare
    • https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/
    • https://book.kubebuilder.io


    Automate PR process by idplscalabrini

    Description

    This project is to streamline and enhance the pr review process by adding automation for identifying some issues like missing comments, identifying sensitive information in the PRs like credentials. etc. By leveraging GitHub Actions and golang hooks we can focus more on high-level reviews

    Goals

    • Automate lints and code validations on Github actions
    • Automate code validation on hook
    • Implement a bot to pre-review the PRs

    Resources

    Golang hooks and Github actions


    WebUI for your data by avicenzi

    A single place to view every bit of data you have.

    Problem

    You have too much data and you are a data hoarder.

    • Family photos and videos.
    • Lots of eBooks, TV Shows, Movies, and else.
    • Boxes full of papers (taxes, invoices, IDs, certificates, exams, and else).
    • Bank account statements (multiple currencies, countries, and people).

    Maybe you have some data on S3, some on your NAS, and some on your local PC.

    • How do you get it all together?
    • How do you link a bank transaction to a product invoice?
    • How to tag any object type and create a collection out of it (mix videos, photos, PDFs, transactions)?
    • How to store this? file/folder structure does not work, everything is linked together

    Project Description

    The idea is a place where you can throw all your data, photos, videos, documents, binaries, and else.

    Create photo albums, document collections, add tags across multiple file-formats, link content, and else.

    The UI should be easy to use, where the data is not important for now (could be all S3 or local drive).

    Similar proposals

    The closest I found so far is https://perkeep.org/, but this is not what I'm looking for.

    Goal for this Hackweek

    Create a web UI, in Svelte ideally, perhaps React.

    It should be able to show photos and videos at least.

    Resources

    None so far, this is just an idea.


    Mammuthus - The NFS-Ganesha inside Kubernetes controller by vcheng

    Description

    As the user-space NFS provider, the NFS-Ganesha is wieldy use with serval projects. e.g. Longhorn/Rook. We want to create the Kubernetes Controller to make configuring NFS-Ganesha easy. This controller will let users configure NFS-Ganesha through different backends like VFS/CephFS.

    Goals

    1. Create NFS-Ganesha Package on OBS
    2. Create NFS-Ganesha Container Image on OBS
    3. Create a Kubernetes controller for NFS-Ganesha and support the VFS configuration on demand.

    Resources

    NFS-Ganesha


    Install Uyuni on Kubernetes in cloud-native way by cbosdonnat

    Description

    For now installing Uyuni on Kubernetes requires running mgradm on a cluster node... which is not what users would do in the Kubernetes world. The idea is to implement an installation based only on helm charts and probably an operator.

    Goals

    Install Uyuni from Rancher UI.

    Resources


    suse-rancher-supportconfig by eminguez

    Description

    SUSE's supportconfig support tool collects data from the SUSE Operating system. Rancher's rancher2_logs_collector.sh support tool does the same for RKE2/K3s.

    Wouldn't be nice to have a way to run both and collect all data for SUSE based RKE2/K3s clusters? Wouldn't be even better with a fancy TUI tool like bubbletea?

    Ideally the output should be an html page where you can see the logs/data directly from the browser.

    Goals

    • Familiarize myself with both supportconfig and rancher2_logs_collector.sh tools
    • Refresh my golang knowledge
    • Have something that works at the end of the hackweek ("works" may vary add-emoji )
    • Be better in naming things

    Resources

    All links provided above as well as huh


    SUSE AI Meets the Game Board by moio

    Use tabletopgames.ai’s open source TAG and PyTAG frameworks to apply Statistical Forward Planning and Deep Reinforcement Learning to two board games of our own design. On an all-green, all-open source, all-AWS stack!
    A chameleon playing chess in a train car, as a metaphor of SUSE AI applied to games


    AI + Board Games

    Board games have long been fertile ground for AI innovation, pushing the boundaries of capabilities such as strategy, adaptability, and real-time decision-making - from Deep Blue's chess mastery to AlphaZero’s domination of Go. Games aren’t just fun: they’re complex, dynamic problems that often mirror real-world challenges, making them interesting from an engineering perspective.

    As avid board gamers, aspiring board game designers, and engineers with careers in open source infrastructure, we’re excited to dive into the latest AI techniques first-hand.

    Our goal is to develop an all-open-source, all-green AWS-based stack powered by some serious hardware to drive our board game experiments forward!


    Project Goals

    1. Set Up the Stack:

      • Install and configure the TAG and PyTAG frameworks on SUSE Linux Enterprise Base Container Images.
      • Integrate with the SUSE AI stack for GPU-accelerated training on AWS.
      • Validate a sample GPU-accelerated PyTAG workload on SUSE AI.
      • Ensure the setup is entirely repeatable with Terraform and configuration scripts, documenting results along the way.
    2. Design and Implement AI Agents:

      • Develop AI agents for the two board games, incorporating Statistical Forward Planning and Deep Reinforcement Learning techniques.
      • Fine-tune model parameters to optimize game-playing performance.
      • Document the advantages and limitations of each technique.
    3. Test, Analyze, and Refine:

      • Conduct AI vs. AI and AI vs. human matches to evaluate agent strategies and performance.
      • Record insights, document learning outcomes, and refine models based on real-world gameplay.

    Technical Stack

    • Frameworks: TAG and PyTAG for AI agent development
    • Platform: SUSE AI
    • Tools: AWS for high-performance GPU acceleration

    Why This Project Matters

    This project not only deepens our understanding of AI techniques by doing but also showcases the power and flexibility of SUSE’s open-source infrastructure for supporting high-level AI projects. By building on an all-open-source stack, we aim to create a pathway for other developers and AI enthusiasts to explore, experiment, and deploy their own innovative projects within the open-source space.


    Our Motivation

    We believe hands-on experimentation is the best teacher.

    Combining our engineering backgrounds with our passion for board games, we’ll explore AI in a way that’s both challenging and creatively rewarding. Our ultimate goal? To hack an AI agent that’s as strategic and adaptable as a real human opponent (if not better!) — and to leverage it to design even better games... for humans to play!


    Team Hedgehogs' Data Observability Dashboard by gsamardzhiev

    Description

    This project aims to develop a comprehensive Data Observability Dashboard that provides r insights into key aspects of data quality and reliability. The dashboard will track:

    Data Freshness: Monitor when data was last updated and flag potential delays.

    Data Volume: Track table row counts to detect unexpected surges or drops in data.

    Data Distribution: Analyze data for null values, outliers, and anomalies to ensure accuracy.

    Data Schema: Track schema changes over time to prevent breaking changes.

    The dashboard's aim is to support historical tracking to support proactive data management and enhance data trust across the data function.

    Goals

    Although the final goal is to create a power bi dashboard that we are able to monitor, our goals is to 1. Create the necessary tables that track the relevant metadata about our current data 2. Automate the process so it runs in a timely manner

    Resources

    AWS Redshift; AWS Glue, Airflow, Python, SQL

    Why Hedgehogs?

    Because we like them.


    Make more sense of openQA test results using AI by livdywan

    Description

    AI has the potential to help with something many of us spend a lot of time doing which is making sense of openQA logs when a job fails.

    User Story

    Allison Average has a puzzled look on their face while staring at log files that seem to make little sense. Is this a known issue, something completely new or maybe related to infrastructure changes?

    Goals

    • Leverage a chat interface to help Allison
    • Create a model from scratch based on data from openQA
    • Proof of concept for automated analysis of openQA test results

    Bonus

    • Use AI to suggest solutions to merge conflicts
      • This would need a merge conflict editor that can suggest solving the conflict
    • Use image recognition for needles

    Resources

    Timeline

    Day 1

    • Conversing with open-webui to teach me how to create a model based on openQA test results

    Day 2

    Highlights

    • I briefly tested compared models to see if they would make me more productive. Between llama, gemma and mistral there was no amazing difference in the results for my case.
    • Convincing the chat interface to produce code specific to my use case required very explicit instructions.
    • Asking for advice on how to use open-webui itself better was frustratingly unfruitful both in trivial and more advanced regards.
    • Documentation on source materials used by LLM's and tools for this purpose seems virtually non-existent - specifically if a logo can be generated based on particular licenses

    Outcomes


    Testing and adding GNU/Linux distributions on Uyuni by juliogonzalezgil

    Join the Gitter channel! https://gitter.im/uyuni-project/hackweek

    Uyuni is a configuration and infrastructure management tool that saves you time and headaches when you have to manage and update tens, hundreds or even thousands of machines. It also manages configuration, can run audits, build image containers, monitor and much more!

    Currently there are a few distributions that are completely untested on Uyuni or SUSE Manager (AFAIK) or just not tested since a long time, and could be interesting knowing how hard would be working with them and, if possible, fix whatever is broken.

    For newcomers, the easiest distributions are those based on DEB or RPM packages. Distributions with other package formats are doable, but will require adapting the Python and Java code to be able to sync and analyze such packages (and if salt does not support those packages, it will need changes as well). So if you want a distribution with other packages, make sure you are comfortable handling such changes.

    No developer experience? No worries! We had non-developers contributors in the past, and we are ready to help as long as you are willing to learn. If you don't want to code at all, you can also help us preparing the documentation after someone else has the initial code ready, or you could also help with testing :-)

    The idea is testing Salt and Salt-ssh clients, but NOT traditional clients, which are deprecated.

    To consider that a distribution has basic support, we should cover at least (points 3-6 are to be tested for both salt minions and salt ssh minions):

    1. Reposync (this will require using spacewalk-common-channels and adding channels to the .ini file)
    2. Onboarding (salt minion from UI, salt minion from bootstrap scritp, and salt-ssh minion) (this will probably require adding OS to the bootstrap repository creator)
    3. Package management (install, remove, update...)
    4. Patching
    5. Applying any basic salt state (including a formula)
    6. Salt remote commands
    7. Bonus point: Java part for product identification, and monitoring enablement
    8. Bonus point: sumaform enablement (https://github.com/uyuni-project/sumaform)
    9. Bonus point: Documentation (https://github.com/uyuni-project/uyuni-docs)
    10. Bonus point: testsuite enablement (https://github.com/uyuni-project/uyuni/tree/master/testsuite)

    If something is breaking: we can try to fix it, but the main idea is research how supported it is right now. Beyond that it's up to each project member how much to hack :-)

    • If you don't have knowledge about some of the steps: ask the team
    • If you still don't know what to do: switch to another distribution and keep testing.

    This card is for EVERYONE, not just developers. Seriously! We had people from other teams helping that were not developers, and added support for Debian and new SUSE Linux Enterprise and openSUSE Leap versions :-)

    Pending

    FUSS

    FUSS is a complete GNU/Linux solution (server, client and desktop/standalone) based on Debian for managing an educational network.

    https://fuss.bz.it/

    Seems to be a Debian 12 derivative, so adding it could be quite easy.

    • [ ] Reposync (this will require using spacewalk-common-channels and adding channels to the .ini file)
    • [ ] Onboarding (salt minion from UI, salt minion from bootstrap scritp, and salt-ssh minion) (this will probably require adding OS to the bootstrap repository creator)
    • [ ] Package management (install, remove, update...)
    • [ ] Patching (if patch information is available, could require writing some code to parse it, but IIRC we have support for Ubuntu already)
    • [ ] Applying any basic salt state (including a formula)
    • [ ] Salt remote commands
    • [ ] Bonus point: Java part for product identification, and monitoring enablement


    Saline (state deployment control and monitoring tool for SUSE Manager/Uyuni) by vizhestkov

    Project Description

    Saline is an addition for salt used in SUSE Manager/Uyuni aimed to provide better control and visibility for states deploymend in the large scale environments.

    In current state the published version can be used only as a Prometheus exporter and missing some of the key features implemented in PoC (not published). Now it can provide metrics related to salt events and state apply process on the minions. But there is no control on this process implemented yet.

    Continue with implementation of the missing features and improve the existing implementation:

    • authentication (need to decide how it should be/or not related to salt auth)

    • web service providing the control of states deployment

    Goal for this Hackweek

    • Implement missing key features

    • Implement the tool for state deployment control with CLI

    Resources

    https://github.com/openSUSE/saline