Helm Based Deployment

This section describes how to install nextgen gateway through Helm based deployment.

Pre-requisites

Helm 3.8.2 or higher
Kubernetes (K3S or K8S) - 1.20.x - 1.17.x or higher
8 GB Memory
50 GB Disk
4 Core of CPU
AMD64/ARM64 Arch
Configure the default storage class and CSI plugin in the Kubernetes cluster.

Deployment Process

To deploy Helm, follow below steps:

Pull the Helm chart using the following command.

helm pull oci://us-docker.pkg.dev/opsramp-registry/gateway-cluster-charts/nextgen-gw --version 1.6.0

Update the following values in the Helm chart using set command.

gatewayName: "nexgen-gw"             #To set Custom hostname

opsramp_cloud_native: "enable"       #Default it is disable

vprobe:
    reginfo: 
       API_SERVER:                  #Enter API Server URL
       ACTIVATION_KEY:               #Enter Activation Token Generated from Management Profile

proxy:
    ConnectionType: direct           #Set as proxy if connecting via proxy
    ProxyIp:                           #Set Proxy IP if available
    ProxyPort:                         #Set Proxy Port if available
    ProxyUsername:                     #Set Proxy UserName if available
    ProxyPassword:                     #Set Proxy Password if available
    Protocol: http

Now, install the Helm chart using the following command from where nextgen-gw-1.6.0.tgz file is available.

helm install nextgen-gw nextgen-gw-1.6.0.tgz --set opsramp_cloud_native="enable" --set vprobe.reginfo.API_SERVER="<API SERVER URL>" --set vprobe.reginfo.ACTIVATION_KEY="<ACTIVATION KEY>" -n <NAMESPACE>

Note

Replace the API SERVER URL with the OpsRamp URL.
If namespace is not passed it will use the default namespace.
While installing the nextgen gateway, the release name should be nextgen-gw.

To register a gateway with proxy settings. (Optional)

helm install nextgen-gw nextgen-gw-1.6.0.tgz --set opsramp_cloud_native="enable" --set vprobe.reginfo.API_SERVER="<API SERVER URL>" --set vprobe.reginfo.ACTIVATION_KEY="<ACTIVATION KEY>" --set proxy.ConnectionType.ProxyIp="<Proxy IP>" --set proxy.ConnectionType.ProxyPort="<Proxy Port>" -n <NAMESPACE>

To enable Proxy Authentication, add the following parameters to the above command.

--set proxy.ConnectionType.ProxyUsername="<Proxy UserName>" 
--set proxy.ConnectionType.ProxyPassword="<Proxy Password>"

Note

Replace the Proxy IP and Proxy Port with your proxy server IP and Port.
Replace the Proxy Username and Password with your proxy server Credentials.
While installing the nextgen gateway, the release name should be nextgen-gw.

To enable Squid Proxy, add the following parameters while installing the helm chart. (Optional)
```
--set squidproxy="enable" 
```
Make sure nextgen-gw-0 pod status is running.
Once the Helm deployment is successful, navigate to Setup > Resource > Management Profile to check if the gateway is registered successfully.
Gateway connection status: