Understand Astra Control Center cluster CR options

07/25/2022 Contributors

You can use the following Astra Control Center cluster CR options to create custom configurations during deployment.

Setting Type Use Value Example Description

Setting	Type	Use	Value Example	Description
astraVersion	string	Required	1.5.2	Version of AstraControlCenter to deploy. You are provided a Helm repository with a corresponding version.
astraAddress	string	Required	astra.example.com	Defines how Astra will be found in the data center. This IP address and/or DNS A record must be created prior to provisioning Astra Control Center.
accountName	string	Required	Example	Astra Control Center account name. There can be only one.
email	string	Required	admin@example.com	The username of the administrator to be added as the first user of Astra. This email address will be notified by Astra Control as events warrant.
firstName	string	Required	SRE	The first name of the administrator supporting Astra.
lastName	string	Required	Admin	The last name of the administrator supporting Astra.
storageClass	string	Optional (this is the default value)	ontap-gold	The storage class to be used for PVCs. If not set, the default storage class will be used.
volumeReclaimPolicy	Undefined	Optional	Retain	Reclaim policy to be set for persistent volumes.
astraResourcesScaler	string	Required	Default	Scaling options for AstraControlCenter Resource limits. See setting complexities to understand how this settings affects others settings.
astraKubeConfigSecret	string	Required	acc-kubeconfig-cred	If this value is present and a secret exists, the operator will attempt to add that KubeConfig to become the first managed cluster.
ingressType	string	Optional	Generic (this is the default value)	The type of ingress Astra Control Center should be configured for. Valid values are `Generic` and `AccTraefik`. See setting complexities to understand how this settings affects others settings.
avpDeploy	Boolean	Optional	true (this is the default value)	Option that allows a user to disable deployment of Astra Plugin for VMware vSphere operator.
imageRegistry	Undefined	Optional		The container image registry that is hosting the Astra application images, Astra Control Center Operator, and Astra Control Center Helm Repository.
imageRegistry.name	string	Required if you are using imageRegistry	example.registry.com/astra	The name of the image registry. Do not prefix with protocol.
imageRegistry.secret	string	Required if you are using imageRegistry	astra-registry-cred	The name of the Kubernetes secret used to authenticate with the image registry.
autoSupport	Undefined	Required		Indicates participation status in NetApp’s pro-active support application, NetApp Active IQ. An internet connection is required (port 442) and all support data is anonymized.
autoSupport.enrolled	Boolean	Optional, but either `enrolled` or `url` fields must be selected	false (this value is the default)	Enrolled determines if you want to send anonymous data to NetApp for support purposes. The default election is `false` and indicates no support data will be sent to NetApp.
autoSupport.url	string	Optional, but either `enrolled` or `url` fields must be selected	https://support.netapp.com/asupprod/post/1.0/postAsup	URL determines where the anonymous data will be sent.
crds	Undefined	Undefined		Options for how Astra Control Center should handle CRDs.
crds.externalTraefik	Boolean	Optional	True (this value is the default)	By default, Astra Control Center will install the required Traefik CRDs. CRDs are cluster-wide objects and installing them may have an impact on other parts of the cluster. You can use this flag to signal to Astra Control Center that these CRDs will be installed and managed by the cluster administrator outside of Astra Control Center.
crds.externalCertManager	Boolean	Optional	True (this value is the default)	By default, Astra Control Center will install the required cert-manager CRDs. CRDs are cluster-wide objects and installing them may have an impact on other parts of the cluster. You can use this flag to signal to Astra Control Center that these CRDs will be installed and managed by the cluster administrator outside of Astra Control Center.
crds.shouldUpgrade	Boolean	Optional	Undefined	Determines if CRDs should be upgraded when Astra Control Center is upgraded.
mtls				Options for how Astra Control Center should implement service to service mTLS in the cluster. See setting complexities to understand how this settings affects others settings
mtls.enabled	Boolean	Optional	true (this value is the default)	By default, Astra Control Center uses mTLS for service-to-service communication. This option should be disabled when using a service mesh to encrypt service-to-service communication instead.
mtls.certDuration	string	Optional	2140h (this value is the default duration)	The duration of time in hours to use as a certificate lifespan when issuing service TLS certificates. This setting only works when `mtls.enabled` is set to `true`.

astraVersion

string

Required

1.5.2

Version of AstraControlCenter to deploy. You are provided a Helm repository with a corresponding version.

astraAddress

string

Required

astra.example.com

Defines how Astra will be found in the data center. This IP address and/or DNS A record must be created prior to provisioning Astra Control Center.

accountName

string

Required

Example

Astra Control Center account name. There can be only one.

string

Required

admin@example.com

The username of the administrator to be added as the first user of Astra. This email address will be notified by Astra Control as events warrant.

firstName

string

Required

SRE

The first name of the administrator supporting Astra.

lastName

string

Required

Admin

The last name of the administrator supporting Astra.

storageClass

string

Optional (this is the default value)

ontap-gold

The storage class to be used for PVCs. If not set, the default storage class will be used.

volumeReclaimPolicy

Undefined

Optional

Retain

Reclaim policy to be set for persistent volumes.

astraResourcesScaler

string

Required

Default

Scaling options for AstraControlCenter Resource limits. See setting complexities to understand how this settings affects others settings.

astraKubeConfigSecret

string

Required

acc-kubeconfig-cred

If this value is present and a secret exists, the operator will attempt to add that KubeConfig to become the first managed cluster.

ingressType

string

Optional

Generic (this is the default value)

The type of ingress Astra Control Center should be configured for. Valid values are Generic and AccTraefik. See setting complexities to understand how this settings affects others settings.

avpDeploy

Boolean

Optional

true (this is the default value)

Option that allows a user to disable deployment of Astra Plugin for VMware vSphere operator.

imageRegistry

Undefined

Optional

The container image registry that is hosting the Astra application images, Astra Control Center Operator, and Astra Control Center Helm Repository.

imageRegistry.name

string

Required if you are using imageRegistry

example.registry.com/astra

The name of the image registry. Do not prefix with protocol.

imageRegistry.secret

string

Required if you are using imageRegistry

astra-registry-cred

The name of the Kubernetes secret used to authenticate with the image registry.

autoSupport

Undefined

Required

Indicates participation status in NetApp’s pro-active support application, NetApp Active IQ. An internet connection is required (port 442) and all support data is anonymized.

autoSupport.enrolled

Boolean

Optional, but either enrolled or url fields must be selected

false (this value is the default)

Enrolled determines if you want to send anonymous data to NetApp for support purposes. The default election is false and indicates no support data will be sent to NetApp.

autoSupport.url

string

Optional, but either enrolled or url fields must be selected

https://support.netapp.com/asupprod/post/1.0/postAsup

URL determines where the anonymous data will be sent.

crds

Undefined

Options for how Astra Control Center should handle CRDs.

crds.externalTraefik

Boolean

Optional

True (this value is the default)

By default, Astra Control Center will install the required Traefik CRDs. CRDs are cluster-wide objects and installing them may have an impact on other parts of the cluster. You can use this flag to signal to Astra Control Center that these CRDs will be installed and managed by the cluster administrator outside of Astra Control Center.

crds.externalCertManager

Boolean

Optional

True (this value is the default)

By default, Astra Control Center will install the required cert-manager CRDs. CRDs are cluster-wide objects and installing them may have an impact on other parts of the cluster. You can use this flag to signal to Astra Control Center that these CRDs will be installed and managed by the cluster administrator outside of Astra Control Center.

crds.shouldUpgrade

Boolean

Optional

Undefined

Determines if CRDs should be upgraded when Astra Control Center is upgraded.

mtls

Options for how Astra Control Center should implement service to service mTLS in the cluster. See setting complexities to understand how this settings affects others settings

mtls.enabled

Boolean

Optional

true (this value is the default)

By default, Astra Control Center uses mTLS for service-to-service communication. This option should be disabled when using a service mesh to encrypt service-to-service communication instead.

mtls.certDuration

string

Optional

2140h (this value is the default duration)

The duration of time in hours to use as a certificate lifespan when issuing service TLS certificates. This setting only works when mtls.enabled is set to true.

Configuration combinations and incompatibilities

Some Astra Control Center cluster CR configuration settings greatly affect the way Astra Control Center is installed and could conflict with other settings. The content that follows describes important configuration settings and how to avoid incompatible combinations.

astraResourcesScaler

By default, Astra Control Center deploys with resource requests set for most of the components within Astra. This configuration allows the Astra Control Center software stack to perform better in environments under increased application load and scale.

However, in scenarios using smaller development or test clusters, the CR field AstraResourcesScalar may be set to Off. This disables resource requests and allows for deployment on smaller clusters.

ingressType

There are two valid values for ingressType:

Generic
AccTraefik

Generic (default)

When ingressType is set to Generic, Astra Control does not install any ingress resources. The assumption is that the user has a common way of securing and routing traffic through their network to applications running on Kubernetes clusters and they want to use the same mechanisms here. When the user creates an ingress to route traffic to Astra Control, the ingress needs to point to the internal traefik service on port 80. Here is an example of an Nginx ingress resource that works with the Generic ingressType setting.

apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
  name: netapp-acc-ingress
  namespace: [netapp-acc or custom namespace]
spec:
  ingressClassName: [class name for nginx controller]
  tls:
  - hosts:
    - <ACC address>
    secretName: [tls secret name]
  rules:
  - host: <ACC addess>
    http:
      paths:
        - path:
          backend:
            service:
              name: traefik
              port:
                number: 80
          pathType: ImplementationSpecific

When mTLS is disabled using the mtls.enabled setting in the CR, you must use ingressType: Generic.

AccTraefik

When ingressType is set to AccTraefik, Astra Control Center deploys its Traefik gateway as a Kubernetes LoadBalancer type service. Users need to provide an external Load Balancer (like MetalLB) for Astra Control Center to get an external IP.

mtls

The settings used in the CR determine how intra-application communication is secured. It is very important for the user to know ahead of time whether they will be using a service mesh or not.

enabled=true: When this setting is enabled, Astra will deploy an internal service-to-service communication network that secures all traffic within the application.

Do not cover Astra Control Center in a service mesh while this setting is true.

enabled=false: When this setting is disabled, Astra Control Center will not secure internal traffic and you must secure Astra namespaces independently with a service mesh.

When mTLS is disabled using the mtls.enabled setting in the CR, you must use ingressType: Generic.

If no service mesh is used and this setting is disabled, internal communication will be unsecure.

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Understand Astra Control Center cluster CR options

Configuration combinations and incompatibilities

astraResourcesScaler

ingressType

mtls