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Configure a peer relay for Tailscale containers on k8s
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| --- | |
| apiVersion: v1 | |
| kind: Secret | |
| metadata: | |
| name: tailscale-peer-relay-state | |
| namespace: kube-public | |
| stringData: | |
| TS_AUTHKEY: tskey-auth-REDACTED_NOT_THAT_IT_MATTERS | |
| --- | |
| apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1 | |
| kind: Role | |
| metadata: | |
| name: tailscale-peer-relay | |
| namespace: kube-public | |
| rules: | |
| - apiGroups: [""] # "" indicates the core API group | |
| resources: ["secrets"] | |
| # Create can not be restricted to a resource name. | |
| verbs: ["create"] | |
| - apiGroups: [""] # "" indicates the core API group | |
| resourceNames: ["tailscale-peer-relay-state"] | |
| resources: ["secrets"] | |
| verbs: ["get", "update", "patch"] | |
| - apiGroups: [""] # "" indicates the core API group | |
| resources: ["events"] | |
| verbs: ["get", "create", "patch"] | |
| --- | |
| apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1 | |
| kind: RoleBinding | |
| metadata: | |
| name: tailscale-peer-relay | |
| namespace: kube-public | |
| subjects: | |
| - kind: ServiceAccount | |
| name: "tailscale-peer-relay" | |
| roleRef: | |
| kind: Role | |
| name: tailscale-peer-relay | |
| apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io | |
| --- | |
| apiVersion: v1 | |
| kind: ServiceAccount | |
| metadata: | |
| name: tailscale-peer-relay | |
| namespace: kube-public | |
| --- | |
| apiVersion: v1 | |
| kind: Service | |
| metadata: | |
| name: tailscale-peer-relay | |
| namespace: kube-public | |
| labels: | |
| app: tailscale-peer-relay | |
| annotations: | |
| metallb.io/loadBalancerIPs: fdc9:b01a:9d26:0:2::3,172.16.2.3 | |
| spec: | |
| type: LoadBalancer | |
| ipFamilyPolicy: RequireDualStack | |
| ports: | |
| - name: peer-relay | |
| protocol: UDP | |
| port: 61441 | |
| targetPort: 61441 | |
| selector: | |
| app: tailscale-peer-relay | |
| --- | |
| apiVersion: apps/v1 | |
| kind: Deployment | |
| metadata: | |
| name: tailscale-peer-relay | |
| namespace: kube-public | |
| labels: | |
| app: tailscale-peer-relay | |
| spec: | |
| replicas: 1 | |
| selector: | |
| matchLabels: | |
| app: tailscale-peer-relay | |
| template: | |
| metadata: | |
| labels: | |
| app: tailscale-peer-relay | |
| spec: | |
| serviceAccountName: tailscale-peer-relay | |
| containers: | |
| - name: tailscale | |
| imagePullPolicy: Always | |
| image: "ghcr.io/tailscale/tailscale:latest" | |
| env: | |
| - name: TS_KUBE_SECRET | |
| value: "tailscale-peer-relay-state" | |
| - name: TS_USERSPACE | |
| value: "false" | |
| - name: TS_DEBUG_FIREWALL_MODE | |
| value: auto | |
| - name: TS_AUTHKEY | |
| valueFrom: | |
| secretKeyRef: | |
| name: tailscale-peer-relay-state | |
| key: TS_AUTHKEY | |
| optional: true | |
| - name: TS_EXTRA_ARGS | |
| value: "--hostname=k8s-peer-relay" # --relay-server-port=61441 --relay-server-static-endpoints=\"[fdc9:b01a:9d26:0:2::3]:81441,172.16.2.3:61441\"" | |
| - name: POD_NAME | |
| valueFrom: | |
| fieldRef: | |
| fieldPath: metadata.name | |
| - name: POD_UID | |
| valueFrom: | |
| fieldRef: | |
| fieldPath: metadata.uid | |
| securityContext: | |
| privileged: true |
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