FLAME Node deployment

The FLAME Node Deployment contains all files to deploy a FLAME Node.

Table of Contents

• Software Requirements
• Prerequisites
• Deploy the FLAME Node
• Access the FLAME Node

Software Requirements

For the deployment of a FLAME Node, you need to have the following software:

Make sure you have the following installed and setup:

• Docker
• Minikube (or a different kubernetes distribution such as microk8s)
  • For extra security a Network Policy Controller like Calico
• kubectl
• Helm

FLAME Node Setup Overview

To deploy a FLAME Node, you need to follow these steps (details below):

1. Clone the repository.
2. Adjust the values in the values_min.yaml file to your needs
   • (Optional) Create a copy of the values_min.yaml for your own custom values.
   • NOTE: The values.yaml contains all the available helm chart options and is used for advanced configuration
3. Deploy the FLAME Node
   • Using helm or the provided setup.sh script
4. Access the FLAME Node using your browser

Prerequisites

Start Minikube (optional)

NOTE: This step is only required if you just installed Minikube and are administrating it.

Start Minikube with the following command:

minikube start --driver=docker --nodes 1 --memory=8192 --cpus=2 --network-plugin=cni --cni=calico --addons=dashboard --addons=ingress --profile=node1

Deploy the FLAME Node

1. Clone the Repo

Clone the repository and change into the directory:

git clone https://github.com/PrivateAIM/node-deployment.git
cd node-deployment

2. Copy (optional) and Modify values_min.yaml

(Optional) Create a copy of the values_min.yaml file:

cp values_min.yaml values_min_node1.yaml

Open the values_min_node1.yaml file and modify the values for your installation. At minimum, you will need to enter the node robot "ID" and "Secret" for the robotUser and robotSecret values, respectively. These can obtained from the Hub:

global:
  hub:
    endpoints:
      auth: https://auth.privateaim.dev
      core: https://core.privateaim.dev
      messenger: https://messenger.privateaim.dev
      storage: https://storage.privateaim.dev
    auth:
      robotUser: ""      # <-- Modify this line with the robot "ID"
      robotSecret: ""    # <-- Modify this line with the robot "Secret"

IMPORTANT: Adding a Hostname

If you have a hostname that you'd like to use for your instance, change all instances of "localhost" in the values file to your hostname. Be sure to leave the text (e.g. "https://") before and after "localhost" the same. Be sure this hostname is properly configured in your DNS settings and your reverse proxy to point to your kubernetes cluster.

3. Deploy the Flame Node

Initial deployment will take some time (minutes) to pull of the images, execute the jobs, and to populate the containers. Please be patient during the installation process.

Once you have your configured values YAML file, you can perform installation using helm:

helm dependency build
helm install flame-node . -f values_min_node1.yaml

OR using the setup script:

chmod +x setup.sh
bash setup.sh

See the setup script instructions for details on how to use this script.

NOTE: The values_min_node1.yaml should be substituted with whichever values file you modified with your values.

Access the FLAME Node

If you did not replace "localhost" in the values file with a hostname, then to access the FLAME Node, you need to port-forward the minikube ingress service (or minikube ip) to your local machine:

kubectl port-forward -n ingress-nginx service/ingress-nginx-controller 80:80

Open a browser and navigate to http://localhost to access the FLAME Node UI.