Migrate from kind to k3d for cluster fromation

facilitator/assets/exams/labs.json

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
         "name": "CKAD Comprehensive Lab - 1",
         "category": "CKAD",
         "description": "Hands-on exercises covering core Kubernetes concepts, pod configuration, deployments, and services with practical tasks for application deployment in a cluster.",
-        "warmUpTimeInSeconds": 180,
+        "warmUpTimeInSeconds": 260,
          "difficulty": "Medium",
          "examDurationInMinutes": 120
       },
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         "name": "CKS Practice Lab - Kubernetes Security Essentials",
         "category": "CKS",
         "description": "Practice essential Kubernetes security concepts including network policies, RBAC, supply chain security, and runtime protection",
-        "warmUpTimeInSeconds": 180,
+        "warmUpTimeInSeconds": 260,
         "difficulty": "Hard",
         "examDurationInMinutes": 120
       },
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         "name": "CKA Practice Lab - Core Concepts",
         "category": "CKA",
         "description": "Practice essential Kubernetes administrator tasks covering cluster management, networking, storage, and security",
-        "warmUpTimeInSeconds": 160,
+        "warmUpTimeInSeconds": 260,
         "difficulty": "Easy",
         "examDurationInMinutes": 60
       },
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
         "name": "Helm Fundamentals Lab",
         "category": "Other",
         "description": "Comprehensive lab covering Helm basics including chart installation, repositories, customization, packaging, debugging, and advanced Helm operations for Kubernetes applications.",
-        "warmUpTimeInSeconds": 120,
+        "warmUpTimeInSeconds": 260,
         "difficulty": "Medium",
         "examDurationInMinutes": 90
       }

jumphost/Dockerfile

@@ -20,11 +20,19 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     docker.io\
     jq
 
+# Accept build-time architecture argument
+ARG TARGETARCH
 
-#kubectl
+#install kubectl for x86_64 and ARM64 architectures
-RUN curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl" \
+RUN if [ "$TARGETARCH" = "amd64" ]; then \
+    curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl" \
     && chmod +x kubectl \
-    && mv kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
+    && mv kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl; \
+    elif [ "$TARGETARCH" = "arm64" ]; then \
+    curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/arm64/kubectl" \
+    && chmod +x kubectl \
+    && mv kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl; \
+    fi
 
 # Install Helm
 RUN curl -fsSL -o get_helm.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/main/scripts/get-helm-3 \

jumphost/scripts/cleanup-exam-env.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+exec >> /proc/1/fd/1 2>&1
 
 # cleanup-exam-env.sh
 # 
@@ -20,14 +21,9 @@ ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null candidate@k8s-ap
 
 #cleanup docker env
 log "Cleaning up docker environment"
-docker system prune -a --volumes -f
+docker system prune -a --volumes -fa
-docker rm -f $(docker ps -a -q)
+docker network prune -fa
-docker rmi -f $(docker images -q)
+docker image prune -fa
-docker volume rm $(docker volume ls -q)
-docker network rm $(docker network ls -q)
-docker container rm $(docker container ls -q)
-docker image rm $(docker image ls -q)
-docker volume rm $(docker volume ls -q)
 
 # Remove the exam environment directory
 log "Removing exam environment directory"

jumphost/scripts/prepare-exam-env.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+exec >> /proc/1/fd/1 2>&1
 
 
 # Log function with timestamp

kind-cluster/Dockerfile

@@ -3,24 +3,8 @@ FROM docker:dind
 # Accept build-time architecture argument
 ARG TARGETARCH
 
-# install kind for x86_64 architecture
+#install curl
-RUN if [ "$TARGETARCH" = "amd64" ]; then \
+RUN apk add --no-cache curl
-    wget https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/dl/v0.27.0/kind-linux-amd64 && \
-    chmod +x kind-linux-amd64 && \
-    mv kind-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/kind && \
-    echo "Building for x86_64 platform"; \
-    touch /amd64-ready; \
-    fi
-
-# install kind for ARM64 architecture
-RUN if [ "$TARGETARCH" = "arm64" ]; then \
-    wget https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/dl/v0.27.0/kind-linux-arm64 && \
-    chmod +x kind-linux-arm64 && \
-    mv kind-linux-arm64 /usr/local/bin/kind && \
-    echo "Building for ARM64 platform"; \
-    touch /arm64-ready; \
-    fi
-
 # use our own to start kind cluster
 COPY entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh
 RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh

kind-cluster/entrypoint.sh

@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@
 echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') | ===== INITIALIZATION STARTED ====="
 echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') | Executing container startup script..."
 
-# Execute current entrypoint 
+# Execute current entrypoint script
-sh /usr/local/bin/startup.sh &
+if [ -f /usr/local/bin/startup.sh ]; then
+    sh /usr/local/bin/startup.sh &
+else
+    echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') | [INFO] Default startup script not found at /usr/local/bin/startup.sh"
+fi
 
 # ===============================================================================
 #   Docker Readiness Check
@@ -36,6 +40,9 @@ adduser -S -D -H -s /sbin/nologin -G sshd sshd
 #start ssh service
 /usr/sbin/sshd -D &
 
+#install k3d
+wget -q -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/k3d-io/k3d/main/install.sh | TAG=v5.8.3 bash
+
 sleep 10
 touch /ready
 

kind-cluster/scripts/env-cleanup

@@ -1,43 +1,48 @@
-# Cleanup script to remove the Kind cluster
+#!/bin/bash
+exec >> /proc/1/fd/1 2>&1
+
+# Cleanup script to remove the K3d cluster
 
 CLUSTER_NAME=${1:-cluster}
 
-#check if CLUSTER_NAME is set
+# Check if CLUSTER_NAME is set
 if [ -z "$CLUSTER_NAME" ]; then
     echo "CLUSTER_NAME is not set"
     exit 1
 fi
 
-# Check if the Kind cluster is running
+# Check if the K3d cluster is running
-if kind get clusters | grep -q "$CLUSTER_NAME"; then
+if k3d cluster list | grep -q "$CLUSTER_NAME"; then
-    # Delete the Kind cluster
+    # Delete the K3d cluster
-    kind delete cluster --name "$CLUSTER_NAME"
+    k3d cluster delete "$CLUSTER_NAME"
 
     # Wait until the cluster is fully deleted
-    while kind get clusters -q | grep -q "$CLUSTER_NAME"; do
+    while k3d cluster list | grep -q "$CLUSTER_NAME"; do
         sleep 1
     done
 
-    echo "Kind cluster $CLUSTER_NAME has been deleted."
+    echo "K3d cluster '$CLUSTER_NAME' has been deleted."
 else
-    echo "Kind cluster $CLUSTER_NAME is not running."
+    echo "K3d cluster '$CLUSTER_NAME' is not running."
     exit 0
 fi
 
-# Perform a full Docker system prune (removes all unused data) but do not remove kindest/node images
+# Perform a full Docker system prune (removes all unused containers, networks, images, and build cache)
-docker system prune -a -f --filter "label=org.opencontainers.image.name=kindest/node"
+# This does NOT remove K3d images, unless you manually want to
 docker volume prune -f 
+docker network prune -f
+docker image prune -f --filter "label!=ghcr.io/k3d-io"
 echo "Docker system cleaned up."
 
-#delete kind-config.yaml if present
+# Delete K3d config file if present
-if [ -f "/tmp/kind-config.yaml" ]; then
+if [ -f "/tmp/k3d-config.yaml" ]; then
-    rm -f /tmp/kind-config.yaml
+    rm -f /tmp/k3d-config.yaml
-    echo "Kind-config.yaml file deleted."
+    echo "K3d config file deleted."
 fi
 
-#delete kubeconfig file if present in the /root/.kube/kubeconfig
+# Delete kubeconfig file if present in /home/candidate/.kube/kubeconfig (adjust path if needed)
-if [ -f "/root/.kube/kubeconfig" ]; then
+if [ -f "/home/candidate/.kube/kubeconfig" ]; then
-    rm -f /root/.kube/kubeconfig
+    rm -f /home/candidate/.kube/kubeconfig
     echo "Kubeconfig file deleted."
 fi
 

kind-cluster/scripts/env-setup

@@ -1,54 +1,58 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+exec >> /proc/1/fd/1 2>&1
 # ===============================================================================
-#   KIND Cluster Creation
+#   K3D Cluster Creation
 #   this script access the parametter i.e num of nodes i.e NUM_WORKERS
 #   example command to run this script  ./setup.sh 3 cluster1
 # ===============================================================================
 
 NUM_WORKERS=${1:-0}  # Default to 1 worker if not provided
 CLUSTER_NAME=${2:-cluster}
-NODE_IMAGE=${3:-kindest/node:v1.32.3}
 
-#delete  kind-config.yaml if present
+# Delete cluster config if exists
-if [ -f "kind-config.yaml" ]; then  
+if [ -f "k3d-config.yaml" ]; then  
-    echo "kind-config.yaml already exists, deleting it"
+    echo "k3d-config.yaml already exists, deleting it"
-    rm -f kind-config.yaml
+    rm -f k3d-config.yaml
 fi
 
-cat <<EOF > /tmp/kind-config.yaml
+# Generate K3d config
-kind: Cluster
+cat <<EOF > /tmp/k3d-config.yaml
-apiVersion: kind.x-k8s.io/v1alpha4
+apiVersion: k3d.io/v1alpha5
-nodes:
+kind: Simple
-  - role: control-plane
+metadata:
-    extraPortMappings:
+  name: $CLUSTER_NAME
-      - containerPort: 6443
+servers: 1
-        hostPort: 6443
+agents: $NUM_WORKERS
-    kubeadmConfigPatches:
+ports:
-      - |
+  - port: "$API_PORT:6443"
-        apiVersion: kubeadm.k8s.io/v1beta3
+    nodeFilters:
-        kind: ClusterConfiguration
+      - loadbalancer
-        apiServer:
+kubeAPI:
-          certSANs:
+  host: "127.0.0.1"
-            - "k8s-api-server"
+  hostPort: "$API_PORT"
-            - "127.0.0.1"
+options:
-            - "localhost"
+  k3s:
+    extraArgs:
+      - arg: "--tls-san=k8s-api-server"
+        nodeFilters:
+          - server:*
+      - arg: "--tls-san=127.0.0.1"
+        nodeFilters:
+          - server:*
+      - arg: "--tls-san=localhost"
+        nodeFilters:
+          - server:*
 EOF
 
-for i in $(seq 1 "$NUM_WORKERS"); do
+echo "Cluster config with $NUM_WORKERS worker nodes generated: /tmp/k3d-config.yaml"
-    echo "  - role: worker" >> /tmp/kind-config.yaml
-done
 
-echo "Cluster config with $NUM_WORKERS worker nodes generated: /tmp/kind-config.yaml"
+echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') | Creating K3d cluster with configuration..."
-
-
-echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') | Creating KIND cluster with configuration..."
 echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') | ├── Name:  $CLUSTER_NAME"
-echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') | ├── Image: $NODE_IMAGE"
+echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') | ├── Config: /tmp/k3d-config.yaml"
-echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') | ├── Config: /tmp/kind-config.yaml"
+echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') | └── Number of nodes: $((NUM_WORKERS + 1)) (1 server + $NUM_WORKERS agents)"
-echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') | └── Number of nodes: $NUM_WORKERS"
 
-# Create kind cluster
+# Create k3d cluster
-kind create cluster --name $CLUSTER_NAME --image $NODE_IMAGE --config /tmp/kind-config.yaml
+k3d cluster create --config /tmp/k3d-config.yaml
 
 # ===============================================================================
 #   Cluster Readiness Check
@@ -57,14 +61,14 @@ kind create cluster --name $CLUSTER_NAME --image $NODE_IMAGE --config /tmp/kind-
 echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') | Verifying cluster status..."
 CLUSTER_CHECK_COUNT=0
 
-# Wait for kind cluster to be ready
+# Wait for k3d cluster to be ready
-while ! kind get clusters | grep "$CLUSTER_NAME"; do
+while ! k3d cluster list | grep -q "$CLUSTER_NAME"; do
     CLUSTER_CHECK_COUNT=$((CLUSTER_CHECK_COUNT+1))
-    echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') | [WAITING] KIND cluster not ready yet... (attempt $CLUSTER_CHECK_COUNT)"
+    echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') | [WAITING] K3d cluster '$CLUSTER_NAME' not ready yet... (attempt $CLUSTER_CHECK_COUNT)"
-    sleep 10
+    sleep 5
 done
 
-echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') | [SUCCESS] KIND cluster $CLUSTER_NAME is ready and operational"
+echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') | ✅ K3d cluster '$CLUSTER_NAME' is up and running!"
 
 # ===============================================================================
 #   Setup Complete
@@ -74,9 +78,10 @@ echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') | Docker and KIND environment is ready for us
 
 # Save kubeconfig and set API server address
 cp /home/candidate/.kube/config /home/candidate/.kube/kubeconfig
-sed -i 's|server: https://.*|server: https://k8s-api-server:6443|' /home/candidate/.kube/kubeconfig
+sed -i 's|server: https://127\.0\.0\.1:\([0-9]*\)|server: https://k8s-api-server:\1|' /home/candidate/.kube/kubeconfig
-echo "127.0.0.1 k8s-api-server" >> /etc/hosts
+
 export KUBECONFIG=/home/candidate/.kube/kubeconfig
+
 #info on config file setup done 
 echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') | Config file setup done"