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Postgres SPIRE 1.5.1 deployment

This configuration is an example of a SPIRE deployment for Kubernetes using Postgres as a datastore for the SPIRE server. This configuration provides better resiliency and allows for scaling up the number of SPIRE servers.

  • postgres runs as a StatefulSet using a PersistentVolume.
  • The SPIRE server runs as a stateless Deployment.
  • The SPIRE agent runs as a DaemonSet - note this configuration is a symlink to the simple sat example.

Both SPIRE agent and server, along with postgres, run in the spire namespace, using service accounts of spire-database, spire-server, and spire-agent.

Compare the simple sat server configuration with this postgres backed server to see the differences, which consist of: a Deployment instead of a StatefulSet, a datastore plugin change, an InitContainer that waits for postgres to be up, and removal of the PersistentVolumeClaim.

The SPIRE server can be deployed either stateless or stateful, however in either case it's imperative to configure the server appropriately to handle failures and scalability.

  • stateless - To run the SPIRE server stateless (as in this example), the UpstreamAuthority plugin needs to be used.
  • stateful - To run the SPIRE server stateful, the directory specified in data_dir must be persistent (such as in the simple sat example where a StatefulSet and PersistentVolumeClaim are used.

In this example deployment, the SPIRE server is stateless, using the example dummy upstream authority.

One other important note: In a production environment it is very important to use a highly available Postgres configuration, unlike this configuration where there is only a single Postgres instance. Doing so is outside the scope of this example - there are a number of ways to achieve this.

Usage

Configuration

  • Set trust_domain and the cluster name for the k8s NodeAttestor.
  • Modify the path in the k8s-sa-cert volume for SPIRE server as appropriate for your deployment - this is the certificate used to verify service accounts in the cluster. This example assumes minikube.
  • Replace MYSECRET in both spire-database.yaml and spire-server.yaml. This is the password for the Postgres account used by the SPIRE server's datastore.

Deployment

Start the postgres StatefulSet:

$ kubectl apply -f spire-database.yaml

Start the server Deployment:

$ kubectl apply -f spire-server.yaml

Start the agent DaemonSet:

$ kubectl apply -f spire-agent.yaml