Add support for API servers on IPv6 addresses (#48)

* Remove duplicate file for deletion

* Add support for IPv6 clusters

To correctly escape IPv6 addresses when ports are used, they must be
wrapped in square brackets [1]. This patch adds support for that,
using Ansible's ipwrap filter [2].

[1]: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4038#section-5.1
[2]: http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/utils/docsite/filters_ipaddr.html#wrapping-ipv6-addresses-in-brackets

* Do not abort other molecule jobs on failure

* Fix cache keys for Vagrant boxes

* Molecule: Derive overrides.yml location from scenario dir

# Conflicts:
#	molecule/default/molecule.yml
#	molecule/ipv6/molecule.yml

.ansible-lint

@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ exclude_paths:
   # The "converge" and "reset" playbooks use import_playbook in
   # conjunction with the "env" lookup plugin, which lets the
   # syntax check of ansible-lint fail.
-  - '**/converge.yml'
-  - '**/reset.yml'
+  - 'molecule/**/converge.yml'
+  - 'molecule/**/prepare.yml'
+  - 'molecule/**/reset.yml'
 
 skip_list:
   - 'fqcn-builtins'

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         scenario:
           - default
+          - ipv6
           - single_node
       fail-fast: false
     env:
@@ -25,16 +26,19 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@2541b1294d2704b0964813337f33b291d3f8596b # 3.0.2
 
       - name: Configure VirtualBox
-        run: >-
-          sudo mkdir -p /etc/vbox &&
-          echo "* 192.168.30.0/24" | sudo tee -a /etc/vbox/networks.conf > /dev/null
+        run: |-
+          sudo mkdir -p /etc/vbox
+          cat <<EOF | sudo tee -a /etc/vbox/networks.conf > /dev/null
+          * 192.168.30.0/24
+          * fdad:bad:ba55::/64
+          EOF
 
       - name: Cache Vagrant boxes
         uses: actions/cache@fd5de65bc895cf536527842281bea11763fefd77 # 3.0.8
         with:
           path: |
             ~/.vagrant.d/boxes
-          key: vagrant-boxes-${{ hashFiles('**/Vagrantfile') }}
+          key: vagrant-boxes-${{ hashFiles('**/molecule.yml') }}
           restore-keys: |
             vagrant-boxes
 

README.md

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ on processor architecture:
 ## ✅ System requirements
 
 - Deployment environment must have Ansible 2.4.0+.  If you need a quick primer on Ansible [you can check out my docs and setting up Ansible](https://docs.technotim.live/posts/ansible-automation/).
+  Furthermore, the [`netaddr` package](https://pypi.org/project/netaddr/) must be available to Ansible. If you have installed Ansible via apt, this is already taken care of. If you have installed Ansible via `pip`, make sure to install `netaddr` into the respective virtual environment.
 - `server` and `agent` nodes should have passwordless SSH access, if not you can supply arguments to provide credentials `--ask-pass --ask-become-pass` to each command.
 
 ## 🚀 Getting Started

collections/requirements.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 collections:
+  - name: ansible.utils
   - name: community.general
   - name: ansible.posix
   - name: kubernetes.core

example/service.yml

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ kind: Service
 metadata:
   name: nginx
 spec:
+  ipFamilyPolicy: PreferDualStack
   selector:
     app: nginx
   ports:

molecule/README.md

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ We have these scenarios:
 
 - **default**:
   A 3 control + 2 worker node cluster based very closely on the [sample inventory](../inventory/sample/).
+- **ipv6**:
+  A cluster that is externally accessible via IPv6 ([more information](ipv6/README.md))
+  To save a bit of test time, this cluster is _not_ highly available, it consists of only one control and one worker node.
 - **single_node**:
   Very similar to the default scenario, but uses only a single node for all cluster functionality.
 
@@ -32,6 +35,7 @@ To set the subnet up for use with VirtualBox, please make sure that `/etc/vbox/n
 
 ```
 * 192.168.30.0/24
+* fdad:bad:ba55::/64
 ```
 
 ### Install Python dependencies

molecule/ipv6/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Sample IPv6 configuration for `k3s-ansible`
+
+This scenario contains a cluster configuration which is _IPv6 first_, but still supports dual-stack networking with IPv4 for most things.
+This means:
+
+- The API server VIP is an IPv6 address.
+- The MetalLB pool consists of both IPv4 and IPv4 addresses.
+- Nodes as well as cluster-internal resources (pods and services) are accessible via IPv4 as well as IPv6.
+
+## Network design
+
+All IPv6 addresses used in this scenario share a single `/48` prefix: `fdad:bad:ba55`.
+The following subnets are used:
+
+- `fdad:bad:ba55:`**`0`**`::/64` is the subnet which contains the cluster components meant for external access.
+  That includes:
+
+  - The VIP for the Kubernetes API server: `fdad:bad:ba55::333`
+  - Services load-balanced by MetalLB: `fdad:bad:ba55::1b:0/112`
+  - Cluster nodes: `fdad:bad:ba55::de:0/112`
+  - The host executing Vagrant: `fdad:bad:ba55::1`
+
+  In a home lab setup, this might be your LAN.
+
+- `fdad:bad:ba55:`**`4200`**`::/56` is used internally by the cluster for pods.
+
+- `fdad:bad:ba55:`**`4300`**`::/108` is used internally by the cluster for services.
+
+IPv4 networking is also available:
+
+- The nodes have addresses inside `192.168.123.0/24`.
+  MetalLB also has a bit of address space in this range: `192.168.123.80-192.168.123.90`
+- For pods and services, the k3s defaults (`10.42.0.0/16` and `10.43.0.0/16)` are used.
+
+Note that the host running Vagrant is not part any of these IPv4 networks.

molecule/ipv6/host_vars/control1.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+node_ipv4: 192.168.123.11
+node_ipv6: fdad:bad:ba55::de:11

molecule/ipv6/host_vars/node1.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+node_ipv4: 192.168.123.21
+node_ipv6: fdad:bad:ba55::de:21

molecule/ipv6/molecule.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+---
+dependency:
+  name: galaxy
+driver:
+  name: vagrant
+platforms:
+  - &control
+    name: control1
+    box: generic/ubuntu2204
+    memory: 2048
+    cpus: 2
+    config_options:
+      # We currently can not use public-key based authentication on Ubuntu 22.04,
+      # see: https://github.com/chef/bento/issues/1405
+      ssh.username: "vagrant"
+      ssh.password: "vagrant"
+    groups:
+      - k3s_cluster
+      - master
+    interfaces:
+      - network_name: private_network
+        ip: fdad:bad:ba55::de:11
+  - <<: *control
+    name: node1
+    groups:
+      - k3s_cluster
+      - node
+    interfaces:
+      - network_name: private_network
+        ip: fdad:bad:ba55::de:21
+provisioner:
+  name: ansible
+  playbooks:
+    converge: ../resources/converge.yml
+    side_effect: ../resources/reset.yml
+    verify: ../resources/verify.yml
+  inventory:
+    links:
+      group_vars: ../../inventory/sample/group_vars
+scenario:
+  test_sequence:
+    - dependency
+    - lint
+    - cleanup
+    - destroy
+    - syntax
+    - create
+    - prepare
+    - converge
+    # idempotence is not possible with the playbook in its current form.
+    - verify
+    # We are repurposing side_effect here to test the reset playbook.
+    # This is why we do not run it before verify (which tests the cluster),
+    # but after the verify step.
+    - side_effect
+    - cleanup
+    - destroy

molecule/ipv6/overrides.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+---
+- name: Apply overrides
+  hosts: all
+  tasks:
+    - name: Override host variables (1/2)
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        # See: https://github.com/flannel-io/flannel/blob/67d603aaf45ef80f5dd39f43714fc5e6f8a637eb/Documentation/troubleshooting.md#Vagrant  # noqa yaml[line-length]
+        flannel_iface: eth1
+
+        # The test VMs might be a bit slow, so we give them more time to join the cluster:
+        retry_count: 45
+
+        # IPv6 configuration
+        # ######################################################################
+
+        # The API server will be reachable on IPv6 only
+        apiserver_endpoint: fdad:bad:ba55::333
+
+        # We give MetalLB address space for both IPv4 and IPv6
+        metal_lb_ip_range:
+          - fdad:bad:ba55::1b:0/112
+          - 192.168.123.80-192.168.123.90
+
+        # k3s_node_ip is by default set to the IPv4 address of flannel_iface.
+        # We want IPv6 addresses here of course, so we just specify them
+        # manually below.
+        k3s_node_ip: "{{ node_ipv4 }},{{ node_ipv6 }}"
+
+    - name: Override host variables (2/2)
+      # Since "extra_args" depends on "k3s_node_ip" and "flannel_iface" we have
+      # to set this AFTER overriding the both of them.
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        # A few extra server args are necessary:
+        #  - the network policy needs to be disabled.
+        #  - we need to manually specify the subnets for services and pods, as
+        #    the default has IPv4 ranges only.
+        extra_server_args: >-
+          {{ extra_args }}
+          --disable servicelb
+          --disable traefik
+          --disable-network-policy
+          --cluster-cidr=10.42.0.0/16,fdad:bad:ba55:4200::/56
+          --service-cidr=10.43.0.0/16,fdad:bad:ba55:4300::/108

molecule/ipv6/prepare.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+---
+- name: Apply overrides
+  ansible.builtin.import_playbook: >-
+    {{ lookup("ansible.builtin.env", "MOLECULE_SCENARIO_DIRECTORY") }}/overrides.yml
+
+- name: Configure dual-stack networking
+  hosts: all
+  become: true
+
+  # Unfortunately, as of 2022-09, Vagrant does not support the configuration
+  # of both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses for a single network adapter. So we have
+  # to configure that ourselves.
+  # Moreover, we have to explicitly enable IPv6 for the loopback interface.
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: Enable IPv6 for network interfaces
+      ansible.posix.sysctl:
+        name: net.ipv6.conf.{{ item }}.disable_ipv6
+        value: "0"
+      with_items:
+        - all
+        - default
+        - lo
+
+    - name: Disable duplicate address detection
+      # Duplicate address detection did repeatedly fail within the virtual
+      # network. But since this setup does not use SLAAC anyway, we can safely
+      # disable it.
+      ansible.posix.sysctl:
+        name: net.ipv6.conf.{{ item }}.accept_dad
+        value: "0"
+      with_items:
+        - "{{ flannel_iface }}"
+
+    - name: Write IPv4 configuration
+      ansible.builtin.template:
+        src: 55-flannel-ipv4.yaml.j2
+        dest: /etc/netplan/55-flannel-ipv4.yaml
+        owner: root
+        group: root
+        mode: 0644
+      register: netplan_template
+
+    - name: Apply netplan configuration
+      # Conceptually, this should be a handler rather than a task.
+      # However, we are currently not in a role context - creating
+      # one just for this seemed overkill.
+      when: netplan_template.changed
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: netplan apply
+      changed_when: true

molecule/ipv6/templates/55-flannel-ipv4.yaml.j2

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+network:
+  version: 2
+  renderer: networkd
+  ethernets:
+    {{ flannel_iface }}:
+      addresses:
+      - {{ node_ipv4 }}/24

molecule/resources/verify/from_outside/tasks/test/deploy-example.yml

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
     - name: Assert that the nginx welcome page is available
       ansible.builtin.uri:
-        url: http://{{ ip }}:{{ port }}/
+        url: http://{{ ip | ansible.utils.ipwrap }}:{{ port }}/
         return_content: yes
       register: result
       failed_when: "'Welcome to nginx!' not in result.content"

requirements.txt

@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ jsonpatch
 kubernetes>=12.0.0
 molecule-vagrant>=1.0.0
 molecule>=4.0.1
+netaddr>=0.8.0
 pyyaml>=3.11

roles/k3s/master/tasks/main.yml

@@ -152,10 +152,10 @@
     owner: "{{ ansible_user }}"
     mode: "u=rw,g=,o="
 
-- name: Configure kubectl cluster to https://{{ apiserver_endpoint }}:6443
+- name: Configure kubectl cluster to https://{{ apiserver_endpoint | ansible.utils.ipwrap }}:6443
   command: >-
     k3s kubectl config set-cluster default
-      --server=https://{{ apiserver_endpoint }}:6443
+      --server=https://{{ apiserver_endpoint | ansible.utils.ipwrap }}:6443
       --kubeconfig ~{{ ansible_user }}/.kube/config
   changed_when: true
 

roles/k3s/master/templates/vip.yaml.j2

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ spec:
         - name: vip_interface
           value: {{ flannel_iface }}
         - name: vip_cidr
-          value: "32"
+          value: "{{ apiserver_endpoint | ansible.utils.ipsubnet | ansible.utils.ipaddr('prefix') }}"
         - name: cp_enable
           value: "true"
         - name: cp_namespace

roles/k3s/node/templates/k3s.service.j2

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ After=network-online.target
 Type=notify
 ExecStartPre=-/sbin/modprobe br_netfilter
 ExecStartPre=-/sbin/modprobe overlay
-ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/k3s agent --server https://{{ apiserver_endpoint }}:6443 --token {{ hostvars[groups['master'][0]]['token'] | default(k3s_token) }} {{ extra_agent_args | default("") }}
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/k3s agent --server https://{{ apiserver_endpoint | ansible.utils.ipwrap }}:6443 --token {{ hostvars[groups['master'][0]]['token'] | default(k3s_token) }} {{ extra_agent_args | default("") }}
 KillMode=process
 Delegate=yes
 # Having non-zero Limit*s causes performance problems due to accounting overhead

roles/k3s/post/templates/metallb.crs.j2

@@ -5,7 +5,14 @@ metadata:
   namespace: metallb-system
 spec:
   addresses:
-  - {{ metal_lb_ip_range }}
+{% if metal_lb_ip_range is string %}
+{# metal_lb_ip_range was used in the legacy way: single string instead of a list #}
+{#   => transform to list with single element #}
+{% set metal_lb_ip_range = [metal_lb_ip_range] %}
+{% endif %}
+{% for range in metal_lb_ip_range %}
+  - {{ range }}
+{% endfor %}
 ---
 apiVersion: metallb.io/v1beta1
 kind: L2Advertisement

roles/prereq/tasks/main.yml

@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@
     state: present
     reload: yes
 
+- name: Enable IPv6 router advertisements
+  sysctl:
+    name: net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_ra
+    value: "2"
+    state: present
+    reload: yes
+
 - name: Add br_netfilter to /etc/modules-load.d/
   copy:
     content: "br_netfilter"

roles/reset/tasks/main.yml

@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
     - /var/lib/kubelet
     - /var/lib/rancher/k3s
     - /var/lib/rancher/
-    - /usr/local/bin/k3s
     - /var/lib/cni/
 
 - name: Reload daemon_reload