Helm chart for installation and maintenance of Aqua Container Security Platform Gateway component to support multi-cluster use-case.
- Aqua Security Gateway Helm Chart
Follow the steps in this section for production grade deployments. You can either clone aqua-helm git repo or you can add our helm private repository (https://helm.aquasec.com)
- Clone the GitHub repository with the charts
git clone -b 2022.4 https://github.com/aquasecurity/aqua-helm.git cd aqua-helm/
1. global.db.external.name - External database name
2. global.db.external.host - External database public IP or endpoint URL
3. global.db.external.port - External database port
4. global.db.external.user - External database username
5. global.db.external.password - External database password
6. global.db.external.auditName - External audit database name
7. global.db.external.auditHost - External audit database public IP or endpoint URL
8. global.db.external.auditPort - External audit database port
9. global.db.external.auditUser - External audit database username
10. global.db.external.auditPassword - External audit database password
11. console.publicIP - Aqua CSP console public IP or endpoint URL
12. console.publicPort - Aqua CSP console public port
// To load DB passswords from secrets:
// change passwordFromSecret.enable to true
// for loading DB password from secret edit passwordFromSecret.dbPasswordName passwordFromSecret.dbPasswordName with secret name and secret key
// for loading Audit-DB password from secret edit passwordFromSecret.dbAuditPasswordName passwordFromSecret.dbAuditPasswordName with secret name and secret key
// for loading PubSub DB password from secret edit passwordFromSecret.dbPubsubPasswordName passwordFromSecret.dbPubsubPasswordName with secret name and secret key
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Create
aqua
namespace if gateway is being deployed to a new cluster.kubectl create namespace aqua
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Install Aqua
helm upgrade --install --namespace aqua gateway ./gateway --set imageCredentials.username=<>,imageCredentials.password=<>,platform=<>
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Add Aqua Helm Repository
helm repo add aqua-helm https://helm.aquasec.com
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Check for available chart versions either from Changelog or by running the below command
helm search repo aqua-helm/gateway --versions
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Create
aqua
namespace if gateway is being deployed to a new cluster.kubectl create namespace aqua
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copy the values.yaml content from Values.yaml to a file and make the respective changes values then run the following command:
helm upgrade --install --namespace aqua gateway aqua-helm/gateway --values values.yaml --version <>
- Add the external DB values under
global.db.external
section - Change
global.db.ssl
andglobal.db.auditssl
to true - Create secret with external DB public certificate
kubectl create secret generic <<dbcert_secret_name>> --from-file <<db_certificate.pem_file_path>> -n aqua
- Set the following variables
global.db.externalDBCerts.enable: true global.db.externalDBCerts.certSecretName: <<dbcert_secret_name>>
- Select ssl mode for external databases
sslmode: require # accepts: allow | prefer | require | verify-ca | verify-full (Default: Require) auditsslmode: require # accepts: allow | prefer | require | verify-ca | verify-full (Default: Require)
- Note: In Active-Active mode set respective values to pubsub variables
Parameter | Description | Default | Mandatory |
---|---|---|---|
imageCredentials.create |
Set if to create new pull image secret | true |
YES |
imageCredentials.name |
Your Docker pull image secret name | aqua-registry-secret |
YES |
imageCredentials.repositoryUriPrefix |
Repository uri prefix for dockerhub set docker.io |
registry.aquasec.com |
YES |
imageCredentials.registry |
Set the registry url for dockerhub set index.docker.io/v1/ |
registry.aquasec.com |
YES |
imageCredentials.username |
Your Docker registry (DockerHub, etc.) username | aqua-registry-secret |
YES |
imageCredentials.password |
Your Docker registry (DockerHub, etc.) password | unset |
YES |
rbac.create |
To create RBAC for gateway component | false |
YES if gateway alone is deploying in new cluster |
clusterRole.roleRef |
Cluster role reference name for cluster roleBinding | unset |
NO |
console.publicIP |
Address of the server | aqua-console-svc |
YES |
console.publicPort |
Server endpoint Port value | 443 |
YES |
serviceAccount.name |
Name of the ServiceAccount | aqua-sa |
YES |
serviceAccount.annotations |
Annotations of the ServiceAccount | `` | NO |
headlessService |
Create headless service for envoy | true |
YES |
global.platform |
Specify the Kubernetes (k8s) platform acronym, allowed values are: aks, eks, gke, openshift, tkg, tkgi, k8s, rancher, gs, k3s, mke. | unset |
YES |
global.db.external.enabled |
Avoid installing a Postgres container and use an external database instead | false |
YES |
global.db.external.name |
PostgreSQL DB name | unset |
YES if db.external.enabled is set to true |
global.db.external.host |
PostgreSQL DB hostname | unset |
YES if db.external.enabled is set to true |
global.db.external.port |
PostgreSQL DB port | unset |
YES if db.external.enabled is set to true |
global.db.external.user |
PostgreSQL DB username | unset |
YES if db.external.enabled is set to true |
global.db.external.password |
PostgreSQL DB password | unset |
YES if db.external.enabled is set to true |
global.db.external.auditName |
PostgreSQL DB audit name | unset |
NO |
global.db.external.auditHost |
PostgreSQL DB audit hostname | unset |
NO |
global.db.external.auditPort |
PostgreSQL DB audit port | unset |
NO |
global.db.external.auditUser |
PostgreSQL DB audit username | unset |
NO |
global.db.external.auditPassword |
PostgreSQL DB audit password | unset |
NO |
global.db.external.pubsubName |
PostgreSQL DB pubsub name | unset |
NO |
global.db.external.pubsubHost |
PostgreSQL DB pubsub hostname | unset |
NO |
global.db.external.pubsubPort |
PostgreSQL DB pubsub port | unset |
NO |
global.db.external.pubsubUser |
PostgreSQL DB pubsub username | unset |
NO |
global.db.external.pubsubPassword |
PostgreSQL DB pubsub password | unset |
NO |
global.db.passwordFromSecret.enabled |
Enable to load DB passwords from Secrets | false |
YES |
global.db.passwordFromSecret.dbPasswordName |
Password secret name | null |
NO |
global.db.passwordFromSecret.dbPasswordKey |
Password secret key | null |
NO |
global.db.passwordFromSecret.dbAuditPasswordName |
Audit password secret name | null |
NO |
global.db.passwordFromSecret.dbAuditPasswordKey |
Audit password secret key | null |
NO |
global.db.passwordFromSecret.dbPubsubPasswordName |
Pubsub password secret name | null |
NO |
global.db.passwordFromSecret.dbPubsubPasswordKey |
Pubsub password secret key | null |
NO |
global.db.ssl |
If require an SSL-encrypted connection to the Postgres configuration database. | false |
NO |
global.db.sslmode |
If ssl is true, select the type of SSL mode between db and console/gateway accepts: allow, prefer, require, verify-ca, verify-full (Default: Require) |
require |
NO |
global.db.auditssl |
If require an SSL-encrypted connection to the Postgres configuration audit database. | false |
NO |
global.db.auditsslmode |
If auditssl is true, select the type of SSL mode between db and console/gateway accepts: allow, prefer, require, verify-ca, verify-full (Default: Require) |
require |
NO |
global.db.pubsubssl |
If require an SSL-encrypted connection to the Postgres configuration pubsub database. | false |
NO |
global.db.pubsubsslmode |
If pubsubssl is true, select the type of SSL mode between db and console/gateway accepts: allow, prefer, require, verify-ca, verify-full (Default: Require) |
require |
NO |
global.db.externalDbCerts.enable |
If true, external db can connect with mTLS i.e.., verify-ca/verify-full ssl mode by mounting the ca cert to console & gateway | false |
NO |
global.db.externalDbCerts.certSecretName |
If global.db.externalDbCerts.enable true, Secret name which holds external db ca certificate files |
null |
NO |
image.repository |
The docker image name to use | gateway |
NO |
image.tag |
The image tag to use. | 2022.4 |
NO |
image.pullPolicy |
The kubernetes image pull policy. | IfNotPresent |
NO |
service.type |
Kubernetes service type | ClusterIP |
NO |
service.loadbalancerIP |
Can specify loadBalancerIP address for aqua-gateway in AKS platform | null |
NO |
service.loadBalancerSourceRanges |
In order to limit which client IP's can access the Network Load Balancer, specify a list of CIDRs | null |
NO |
service.annotations |
Service annotations | {} |
NO |
service.ports |
Array of ports settings | array |
NO |
publicIP |
Gateway public ip | aqua-gateway |
NO |
replicaCount |
Replica count | 1 |
NO |
resources |
Resource requests and limits | {} |
NO |
nodeSelector |
Kubernetes node selector | {} |
NO |
tolerations |
Kubernetes node tolerations | [] |
NO |
affinity |
Kubernetes node affinity | {} |
NO |
podAnnotations |
Kubernetes pod annotations | {} |
NO |
securityContext |
Set of security context for the container | nil |
NO |
pdb.minAvailable |
Set minimum available value for gate | 1 |
NO |
pdb.apiVersion |
Override the API version of the gate PDB | `` | NO |
TLS.enabled |
If require secure channel communication | false |
NO |
TLS.secretName |
Certificates secret name | nil |
YES if gate.TLS.enabled is set to true |
TLS.publicKey_fileName |
Filename of the public key eg: aqua_gateway.crt | nil |
YES if gate.TLS.enabled is set to true |
TLS.privateKey_fileName |
Filename of the private key eg: aqua_gateway.key | nil |
YES if gate.TLS.enabled is set to true |
TLS.rootCA_fileName |
Filename of the rootCA, if using self-signed certificates eg: rootCA.crt | nil |
NO if gate.TLS.enabled is set to true and using self-signed certificates for TLS/mTLS |
TLS.aqua_verify_enforcer |
Change it to "1" or "0" for enabling/disabling mTLS between enforcer and gateway/envoy | 0 |
YES if gate.TLS.enabled is set to true |
extraEnvironmentVars |
Is a list of extra environment variables to set in the gateway deployments. | {} |
NO |
extraSecretEnvironmentVars |
Is a list of extra environment variables to set in the gateway deployments, these variables take value from existing Secret objects. | [] |
NO |
extraVolumes |
extraVolumes is a list of volumes that can be mounted inside the KubeEnforcer deployment | [] |
NO |
extraVolumeMounts |
extraVolumeMounts is a list of extra volumes to mount into the container's filesystem of the KubeEnforcer deployment | [] |
NO |