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Note: For Development environment two nodes  is sufficient, where one node plays a dual role of One-Click Deployment Node and MECM Node with other as MEC Host.

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      Update ansible inventory file provided in kubesrpay repo with MECM Cluster node IP's 

4. Review and Change Parameters under inventory/mycluster/group_vars

      Example:   cat inventory/mycluster/group_vars/all/all.yml
       declare -a IPS=(158.176.15.55 158.176.15.56 158.176.15.57)

       CONFIG_FILE=inventory/mycluster/hosts.yaml python3 contrib/inventory_builder/inventory.py ${IPS[@]}

4. Review and Change Parameters under inventory/mycluster/group_vars

        cat inventory/mycluster/group_vars/all/all.yml
        cat inventory/mycluster/group_vars/k8s-cluster/k8s-cluster.yml

5. Alter the config.yml and change parameters under path 

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Installing Mode : EALTEdge using Ansible-Playbooks

1. git clone the ealt-edge repo, to download the software to install the EALTEdge Environment.

root@akraino-mec-0002:~# git clone "https://gerrit.akraino.org/r/ealt-edge"

  cat inventory/mycluster/group_vars/k8s-cluster/k8s-cluster.yml

5. Alter the config.yml and change parameters under path 

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Installing Mode : EALTEdge using Ansible-Playbooks

1. git clone the ealt-edge repo, to download the software to install the EALTEdge Environment.

root@akraino-mec-0002:~# git clone "https://gerrit.akraino.org/r/ealt-edge"

2. go to the below directory 

root@akraino-mec-0002:~# cd ealt/infra/playbooks

3. Modify the Configuration File : ealt-inventory.ini with the details of CENTER and EDGE Nodes. 

root@akraino-mec-0002:~# vi ealt-inventory.ini

4. Execute the below command 
**Setup environment - 

root@akraino-mec-0002:~# ansible-playbook ealt-all.yml -i ealt-inventory.ini --extra-vars "operation=install"

Once the execution is completed in console will see prompt "EALTEdge Environment Installed  , Components Install CENTER and EDGE Nodes Successfully"

Other Options:

To Install only Edge node2. go to the below directory 
root@akraino-mec-0002:~# cd ealt/infra/playbooks3. Modify the Configuration File : ~# ansible-playbook ealt-all.yml -i ealt-inventory.ini with the details of CENTER and EDGE Nodes. root@akraino -mec-0002:~# vi ealt-inventory.ini

4. Execute the below command 
**Setup environment - 

root@akraino-mec-0002:~# ansible-playbook ealt-all.yml -i ealt-inventory.ini ---tags "edge" --extra-vars "operation=install"

Once the execution is completed in console will see prompt "EALTEdge Environment Installed  , Components Install CENTER and EDGE Nodes Successfully"

Other Options:

Installing Mode : EALTEdge using CLI

1. git clone the ealt-edge repo, to download the software to install the EALTEdge Environment.

To Install only Edge node
root@akraino-mec-0002:~# ansible-playbook ealt-all.yml -i ealt-inventory.ini --tags "edge" --extra-vars "operation=install"

Installing Mode : EALTEdge using CLI

1. git clone the ealt-edge repo, to download the software to install the EALTEdge Environment.

root@akraino-mec-0002:~# git clone "https://gerrit.akraino.~# git clone "https://gerrit.akraino.org/r/ealt-edge"

2. go to CLI directory 

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Troubleshooting

Error Message Guide

Error: Most of mecm-pods down state including service center pod,

In service center pod logs , "decryption password incorrect" issue

Solution: Please use common_pwd in config.yaml as te9Fmv%qaqN/A

Maintenance

Blueprint Package Maintenance

Software maintenance

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Hardware maintenance

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Blueprint Deployment Maintenance

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Blueprint Deployment Maintenance

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Frequently Asked Questions

1) k3s not installed on mec host (edge node) Port 6443

This issue might be due to Port on EDGE node 6443 occupied by some other process.  In such case, it will not install k3s and ansible command will fail.

Solution:

We need to release port 6443 and completely uninstall the platform and re-install platform

2) eg_trans_certs failure: 

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The above issue during installation process due to certificate generation again and again continuously without uninstallation process.

Every time our mec edge node installation requires new sets of certs to download and install the Edge gallery related things i.e pods services and so on.

Solution:

So, if once the installation process failed.  We ought to completely uninstall and re-install the ealt-edge platform using ansible commands.

Please refer the installation and uninstallation steps provdied above using ansible commands

3) K8s remove / uninstallation issue through ansible

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If k8s not getting removed or not installed properly or if version changed than our recommended version 1.17.2,  

Solution:

In such cases, there might be problem in configuration of kubespray folder and its relevant configurations. 

We recommend to configure pre-requisite kubepspray prior to installation process

4) eg_registry Download 0.9 tar : issue

If downloading edge gallery 0.9 version tar failed for no reason,

Solution: We can add –no-check-certificate in the wget of Download 0.9 tar in install.yml of eg_registry role.  This issue occurs in extremely rare secure environments.

We will be fixing this issue ASAP.

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License

Any software developed by the "Akraino Enterprise Applications on Lightweight 5G Telco Edge Project is licensed under the
Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use the content of this software bundle except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at <https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>

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