License Server

The license server enables you to manage your organization’s seats without sending any data to mirrord’s servers. It can aggregate license metrics from multiple operators (useful if you’re running mirrord across multiple clusters) and provides visibility into seat usage across your organization.

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Basic Setup

The license server is installable via Helm. First, add the MetalBear Helm repository:

helm repo add metalbear-co https://metalbear-co.github.io/charts

Next, save the following yaml as values.yaml on your machine.

# ./values.yaml
createNamespace: true

service:
  type: ClusterIP

license:
  key: secret
  file:
    data:
      license.pem: |
        ----- ... 
        MIRRORD-LICENSE 
        ... -----

Fill in the license.key and license.pem fields according to the following guidelines:

• License key - Can be any string of your choosing. We recommend using random characters or a UUID.
• License file - Must be a valid operator license. This can also be a secret under the license.pem key.

You can customize the license server deployment further - all values.yaml configuration options can found here

NOTE: The license server needs to be accessible to any mirrord operators you want to track. To that end, the default value for service.type is ClusterIP, but can be changed to NodePort or LoadBalancer, according to your requirements.

Next, install the license server on your cluster:

helm install metalbear-co/mirrord-operator-license-server -f ./values.yaml --generate-name --wait

To make sure it’s been installed successfully and is running:

kubectl get deployment -n mirrord mirrord-license-server

If your operator(s) are running at on a different cluster, make sure the mirrord-operator-license-server service is exposed to them via ingress.

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Connecting Operators to the License Server

First update your operator values.yaml for quickstart helm setup for operator) file:

# ./values.yaml
license:
  key: secret
  licenseServer: http://<license-server-addr>

NOTE: The server value must contain the protocol and the prefix for any ingress that the the license server can be behind.

Then run:

helm install metalbear-co/mirrord-operator -f ./values.yaml --generate-name --wait