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Enable KAS ("Kubernetes Agent Server")

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      niels
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      GitLab supplies various DevOps tools to manage and run CI pipelines and even production deployments.

      This is most convenient when connecting GitLab to a Kubernetes cluster. GitLab can then self-provision pods as needed to launch CI runners, deploy applications, run red/green deployments, and so on.

      Starting with GitLab 14.5, the preferred way of managing such Kubernetes clusters is with a GitOps approach using GitLab's Kuberentes agent called KAS.

      This is a separate service which the Kubernetes cluster can poll to pull in information and infrastructure specifications from GitLab.

      Other methods of managing a Kubernetes cluster have been deprecated in GitLab 14.5. and will thus be removed in future versions (https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/configure/-/epics/8).

      The documentation for enabling KAS can be found at https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/clusters/kas.html.

      However, setting

      production:
        gitlab_kas:
          enabled: true
      

      in /app/data/gitlab.yml seems to have no effect in Cloudron.

      It would be great if the Cloudron package could be modified to allow for a KAS to be started.

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        GitLab supplies various DevOps tools to manage and run CI pipelines and even production deployments.

        This is most convenient when connecting GitLab to a Kubernetes cluster. GitLab can then self-provision pods as needed to launch CI runners, deploy applications, run red/green deployments, and so on.

        Starting with GitLab 14.5, the preferred way of managing such Kubernetes clusters is with a GitOps approach using GitLab's Kuberentes agent called KAS.

        This is a separate service which the Kubernetes cluster can poll to pull in information and infrastructure specifications from GitLab.

        Other methods of managing a Kubernetes cluster have been deprecated in GitLab 14.5. and will thus be removed in future versions (https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/configure/-/epics/8).

        The documentation for enabling KAS can be found at https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/clusters/kas.html.

        However, setting

        production:
          gitlab_kas:
            enabled: true
        

        in /app/data/gitlab.yml seems to have no effect in Cloudron.

        It would be great if the Cloudron package could be modified to allow for a KAS to be started.

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        girish
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        @niels I think you have to use an external KAS server. Or is your request to bundle this KAS agent as part of the GitLab package? https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/blob/master/config/gitlab.yml.example#L1253 has the info on how to configure for use with an external agent.

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          @niels I think you have to use an external KAS server. Or is your request to bundle this KAS agent as part of the GitLab package? https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/blob/master/config/gitlab.yml.example#L1253 has the info on how to configure for use with an external agent.

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          @girish The request, or maybe more of a pious wish, is for the KAS to be available within the Cloudron app itself.

          My understanding regarding running a separate KAS is that this would effectively require spinning up a GitLab Omnibus instance, thus sort of defeating the purpose / convenience of the Cloudron instance. There doesn't seem to be a standalone KAS binary.

          The request for the container registry (https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/1837/gitlab-how-to-run-container-registry/25) is somewhat similar.

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            rlaures
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            Hello,

            Any news on that front. It seems to me that gitlab-kas component is just not installed on your package, isn't it?

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              joseph
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              It's currently out of scope.

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                arnaudguy
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                Should I understand that GitLab on Cloudron cannot handle KAS

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                  Should I understand that GitLab on Cloudron cannot handle KAS

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                  @arnaudguy yes

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