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1. Clone the L2S-M repository in your host. This guide will assume that all commands are executed in the directory where L2S-M was downloaded.
1. Clone the L2S-M repository in your host. This guide will assume that all commands are executed in the directory where L2S-M was downloaded.
2. As a prerequisite to start with the installation of L2S-M, it is necessary to set up an IP tunnel overlay among the nodes of your k8s cluster (see [how L2S works](https://github.com/Networks-it-uc3m/L2S-M/tree/main/K8s). To do so, **the installation needs 10 VXLAN interfaces (named vxlan1 up to vxlan10) in the host namespace.**
2. As a prerequisite to start with the installation of L2S-M, it is necessary to set up an IP tunnel overlay among the nodes of your k8s cluster (see [how L2S works](https://github.com/Networks-it-uc3m/L2S-M/tree/main/K8s). To do so, **the installation needs 10 VXLAN interfaces (named vxlan1 up to vxlan10) in the host namespace, as well as 10 vEth pairs in order to support the attachment of pods to virtual networks.**
This repository contains a script to generate the necessary 10 VXLANs with their respective names. To use the script, execute the following command in every node of your cluster (this is the **recommended option**):
This repository contains a script to generate all the necessary interfaces with their respective names. (this is the **recommended option**).
```bash
To use this script, firstly it is neccessary to write the destinations that each IP tunnel will have for every VXLAN interface in each host. To perfom this action, **open the vxlans.txt file (located in ./L2S-M/K8s/provision/vxlan.txt) with your prefered text editor and assign each vxlan interface an IP address of the neighboring K8s node used in each VXLAN tunnel**.
You may want to manually create the VXLANs instead. To that purpose, you can use the following command for every VXLAN in most Linux distributions:
```bash
**WARNING:** Make sure that the VXLAN network identifier (VNI) is the same at every pair of k8s nodes terminating an IP tunnel. In case that you use the script for automatic VXLAN configuration, the VXLAN interface names and their corresponding VNIs are indicated in the table below.
sudo ip link add [vxlan_Name] type vxlan id[id] dev [interface_to_use] dstport [dst_port]
```
**WARNING:** Make sure that the VXLAN network identifier (VNI) is the same at every pair of k8s nodes terminating an IP tunnel, if you are manually creating the interfaces. In case that you use the script mentioned above for automatic VXLAN configuration, the VXLAN interface names and their corresponding VNIs are indicated in the table below.
| **VXLAN Name** |**ID** |
|--|--|
| vxlan1 | 1961 |
| vxlan2 | 1962 |
| vxlan3 | 1963 |
| vxlan4 | 1964|
| vxlan5 | 1965 |
| vxlan6 | 1966|
| vxlan7 | 1967|
| vxlan8 | 1968|
| vxlan9 | 1969|
| vxlan10 | 1970|
| **VXLAN Name** |**ID** |
After modifying the vxlan.txt file, you can create all the interfaces (VXLAN and vEth) with the provided script using the following command:
|--|--|
| vxlan1 | 1961 |
| vxlan2 | 1962 |
| vxlan3 | 1963 |
| vxlan4 | 1964|
| vxlan5 | 1965 |
| vxlan6 | 1966|
| vxlan7 | 1967|
| vxlan8 | 1968|
| vxlan9 | 1969|
| vxlan10 | 1970|
3. To finish the configuration of a VXLAN tunnel between two neighboring k8s nodes, you can execute the following command at both K8s nodes:
```bash
sudo sh ./L2S-M/K8s/provision/set-interfaces.sh [interface_to_use_for_vxlan_tunnel] ./L2S-M/K8s/provision/vxlans.txt
```
```bash
**IMPORTANT** In order to keep the configuration after the host has been rebooted, a cron job should be written in order to use this script to create and configure the virtual interfaces. To enable its use, open (or create) a new crontab in the host:
sudo bridge fdb append to 00:00:00:00:00:00 dst [dst_IP] dev [vxlan_Name]
```
where *dst_IP* must be replaced by the IP address of the neighboring K8s node in the VXLAN tunnel.
```bash
sudo crontab -e
```
4. Create a set of vEth virtual interfaces in every host of the K8s cluster. These interfaces are needed in L2S-M to support the attachment of pods to virtual networks. This can be done executing the following script:
Once opened, append the following line at the end of the file:
```bash
```bash
sudo ./L2S-M/K8s/provision/veth.bash
@reboot sh [directory-where-L2S-M-directory-is-located]/L2S-M/K8s/provision/set-interfaces.sh [interface_to_use] [directory-where-L2S-M-directory-is-located]/L2S-M/K8s/provision/vxlans.txt
```
```
* You may want to manually create the VXLANs instead. **Note: We highly suggest to use the reccomended option described in 2. to keep the configuration across reboots**. To that purpose, you can use the following command for every VXLAN in most Linux distributions:
```bash
sudo ip link add [vxlan_Name] type vxlan id [id] dev [interface_to_use] dstport [dst_port]
```
5. Install the Multus CNI Plugin in your K8s cluster. For more information on how to install Multus in your cluster, check their [official GitHub repository](https://github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/multus-cni).
**WARNING:** Make sure that the VXLAN network identifier (VNI) is the same at every pair of k8s nodes terminating an IP tunnel, if you are manually creating the interfaces. In case that you use the script mentioned above for automatic VXLAN configuration, the VXLAN interface names and their corresponding VNIs are indicated in the table above.
6. The host-device CNI plugin must be able to be used in your cluster. If it is not present in your K8s distribution, you can find how to install it in your K8s cluster in their [official GitHub repository](https://github.com/containernetworking/plugins).
To finish the configuration of a VXLAN tunnel between two neighboring k8s nodes, you can execute the following command at each K8s nodes:
7. Your K8s Controller node must be able to deploy K8s pods for the operator to work. Remove its master and control-plane taints using the following command:
```bash
sudo bridge fdb append to 00:00:00:00:00:00 dst [dst_IP] dev [vxlan_Name]
```
where *dst_IP* must be replaced by the IP address of the neighboring K8s node in the VXLAN tunnel.
To create the set of vEth virtual interfaces in every host of the K8s cluster, you can use the following script:
```bash
sudo ./L2S-M/K8s/provision/veth.bash
```
3. Install the Multus CNI Plugin in your K8s cluster. For more information on how to install Multus in your cluster, check their [official GitHub repository](https://github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/multus-cni).
4. The host-device CNI plugin must be able to be used in your cluster. If it is not present in your K8s distribution, you can find how to install it in your K8s cluster in their [official GitHub repository](https://github.com/containernetworking/plugins).
5. Your K8s Controller node must be able to deploy K8s pods for the operator to work. Remove its master and control-plane taints using the following command:
4. After the previous preparation, you can deploy the operator in your cluster using the YAML deployment file:
4. Before deploying the L2S-M operator, it is neccessary to label your master node as the "master" of the cluster. To do so, get the names of your Kubernetes nodes, select the master and apply the "master" label with the following command:
