Deploy Edge Node Manually

Edge node can be registered automatically. But if you want to deploy edge node manually, here is an example.

• Generate node’s configuration file

cat>./node.json<<EOF
{
  "kind": "Node",
  "apiVersion": "v1",
  "metadata": {
    "name": $nodename,
    "labels": {
      "name": "$nodename",
      "node-role.kubernetes.io/edge": ""
    }
  }
}
EOF

Note:

1. the metadata.name must keep in line with edgecore’s config modules.edged.hostnameOverride.
2. Make sure role is set to edge for the node. For this a key of the form "node-role.kubernetes.io/edge" must be present in metadata.labels. If role is not set for the node, the pods, configmaps and secrets created/updated in the cloud cannot be synced with the node they are targeted for.

• Deploy edge node (you must run the command on cloud side)

kubectl apply -f ./node.json