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Version: 8.5.11

Installing Veeam Kasten on K3S

Prerequisites​

Before installing Veeam Kasten on k3s, please ensure that the install prerequisites are met.

Installing Veeam Kasten​

To install Veeam Kasten on k3s, you also need to annotate the default VolumeSnapshotClass as specified in our CSI documentation. 

$ helm install k10 kasten/k10 --namespace=kasten-io
$ kubectl annotate volumesnapshotclass \
    $(kubectl get volumesnapshotclass -o=jsonpath='{.items[?(@.metadata.annotations.snapshot\.storage\.kubernetes\.io\/is-default-class=="true")].metadata.name}') \
    k10.kasten.io/is-snapshot-class=true

Validating the Install​

To validate that Veeam Kasten has been installed properly, the following command can be run in Veeam Kasten's namespace (the install default is kasten-io) to watch for the status of all Veeam Kasten pods: 

$ kubectl get pods --namespace kasten-io --watch

It may take a couple of minutes for all pods to come up but all pods should ultimately display the status of Running. 

$ kubectl get pods --namespace kasten-io
NAMESPACE     NAME                                    READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
kasten-io     aggregatedapis-svc-b45d98bb5-w54pr      1/1     Running   0          1m26s
kasten-io     auth-svc-8549fc9c59-9c9fb               1/1     Running   0          1m26s
kasten-io     catalog-svc-f64666fdf-5t5tv             2/2     Running   0          1m26s
...

In the unlikely scenario that pods that are stuck in any other state, please follow the support documentation to debug further.

Validate Dashboard Access​

By default, the Veeam Kasten dashboard will not be exposed externally. To establish a connection to it, use the following kubectl command to forward a local port to the Veeam Kasten ingress port: 

$ kubectl --namespace kasten-io port-forward service/gateway 8080:80

The Veeam Kasten dashboard will be available at http://127.0.0.1:8080/k10/#/.

For a complete list of options for accessing the Kasten Veeam Kasten dashboard through a LoadBalancer, Ingress or OpenShift Route you can use the instructions here.