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Civo

ATTENTION

Otomi can also be installed using the Civo marketplace. When Otomi is installed using the Civo marketplace, Otomi is installed without DNS! To see the full potential of Otomi, install Otomi with DNS as described here.

Install Otomi on Civo with DNS

Create a K3s cluster in Civo​

  1. Sign in to the Civo dashboard
  2. Click on Kubernetes in the left menu
  3. Click Create new cluster
  4. Provide a name for the cluster
  5. Select the Standard Large node pool size (3 nodes)
  6. Configure Network and Firewall
  7. Show advanced options
  8. Choose Flannel, Cluster type K3S and Kubernetes version 1.27.1
  9. In the Marketplace, under Architecture, de-activate Traefik v2 (NodePort)
  10. Click Create cluster

Configure DNS​

Set up DNS in Civo:

  1. Under Networking in the Civo Dashboard, click DNS and then Add a domain name
  2. Fill in a domain name and then click Add domain
  3. Create a NS record in the zone where your domain is hosted and add the Civo name servers ns0.civo.com ans ns1.civo.com
  4. Under Settings, Profile, click on the tab Security and copy the API key

Add the API key to your environment variables:

CIVO_TOKEN="<your-api-key>"

Create the values.yaml file​

tee values.yaml<<EOF
cluster:
  name: otomi
  provider: civo
  domainSuffix: civo.example.com
otomi:
  hasExternalDNS: true
dns:
  domainFilters: 
    - example.com
  provider:
    civo:
      apiToken: $CIVO_TOKEN
apps:
  cert-manager:
    issuer: letsencrypt
    stage: production
    email: admin@your-domain.com
EOF

And adjust the domainSuffix, domainFilters and email.

Install Otomi​

ALERT

There are some known issues when installing Otomi on Civo. Check them here

Install Otomi using Helm:

helm repo add otomi https://otomi.io/otomi-core
helm repo update
helm install -f values.yaml otomi otomi/otomi

Monitor the logs of the installer job:

kubectl logs jobs/otomi -n default -f

When the installer is finished, copy the url and admin-password from the console output.

Follow the activation steps here.

tip

Like to learn how to use Otomi? Go through the Get Started labs