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Production Deployment Guideline¶

Kubernetes should be used for Choreo Connect production deployments. The common guidelines for deploying Choreo Connect in a production environment using the Helm deployment option provided below.

You can deploy Choreo Connect using one of the following options.

This document walk you through following sections.

Common Configurations - Common for both Standalone Gateway and API Manager as Control Plane
Mode 1: API Manager as Control Plane Configurations
Mode 2: Standalone Gateway Configurations

Common Configurations¶

Configuring Keystore¶

By default, Choreo Connect ships with default keystore certificates, and it is recommended to replace them with Self-Signed or CA signed certificates. Following steps describes steps to generate self-signed certificates and configure keystore of Choreo Connect Adapter, Enforcer and Router. If you have CA signed certificates you can skip Step: 1 of the following.

Step 1: Generate self-signed certs in PEM format (Optional)¶

Generate Self-Signed certs in PEM format by executing following sample commands. Let's create a directory called certs to hold certificates for Adapter, Enforcer and Router.

mkdir -p certs/adapter certs/enforcer certs/router

Format

openssl req -x509 -sha256 -nodes -days 3650 -newkey rsa:2048 \
    -subj "/C=<COUNTRY_CODE>/ST=<STATE_NAME>/L=<LOCALITY_NAME>/O=<ORGANIZATION_NAME>/OU=<ORGANIZATION_UNIT_NAME>/CN=<COMMON_NAME>"\
    -extensions SAN \
    -config <(cat /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf \
        <(printf "\n[SAN]\nsubjectAltName=DNS:<DNS1>,DNS:<DNS2>")) \
    -keyout <KEY_FILE_PATH> \
    -out <CERT_FILE_PATH>

Adapter Sample

openssl req -x509 -sha256 -nodes -days 3650 -newkey rsa:2048 \
    -subj "/C=US/ST=CA/L=Mountain View/O=WSO2, Inc./OU=Choreo Connect/CN=yourdomain.com" \
    -extensions SAN \
    -config <(cat /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf \
        <(printf "\n[SAN]\nsubjectAltName=DNS:adapter")) \
    -keyout certs/adapter/tls.key \
    -out certs/adapter/tls.crt

Enforcer Sample

openssl req -x509 -sha256 -nodes -days 3650 -newkey rsa:2048 \
    -subj "/C=US/ST=CA/L=Mountain View/O=WSO2, Inc./OU=Choreo Connect/CN=yourdomain.com" \
    -extensions SAN \
    -config <(cat /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf \
        <(printf "\n[SAN]\nsubjectAltName=DNS:enforcer")) \
    -keyout certs/enforcer/tls.key \
    -out certs/enforcer/tls.crt

Router Sample

openssl req -x509 -sha256 -nodes -days 3650 -newkey rsa:2048 \
    -subj "/C=US/ST=CA/L=Mountain View/O=WSO2, Inc./OU=Choreo Connect/CN=yourdomain.com" \
    -extensions SAN \
    -config <(cat /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf \
        <(printf "\n[SAN]\nsubjectAltName=DNS:router")) \
    -keyout certs/router/tls.key \
    -out certs/router/tls.crt

By default, SSL Hostnames for adapter and enforcer is adapter and enforcer, in case if you want to have your own SAN names in the certificates, update the following values in the helm release with the SAN names in the certificates.

Tip

You can find the complete values.yaml file with default values and configuration description in the kubernetes-microgateway GitHub repository.

Format

wso2.deployment.adapter.security.sslHostname=<ADAPTER_HOST_NAME>
wso2.deployment.gatewayRuntime.enforcer.security.sslHostname=<ENFORCER_HOST_NAME>

Default Values

wso2.deployment.adapter.security.sslHostname=adapter
wso2.deployment.gatewayRuntime.enforcer.security.sslHostname=enforcer

Step 2: Create Kubernetes TLS Secrets¶

Create TLS secrets in the namespace that you wish to install Choreo Connect. Following are sample commands to create TLS secrets for above generated cert files.

Info

Change the value NAMESPACE_OF_CC=<NAMESPACE_OF_CC> in following samples with the namespace that you wish to install Choreo Connect.

Format

kubectl create secret tls <SECRET_NAME> -n <NAMESPACE_OF_CC> --cert=<CERT_PATH> --key=<KEY_PATH>

Adapter Sample

kubectl create secret tls adapter-keystore -n $NAMESPACE_OF_CC --cert=certs/adapter/tls.crt --key=certs/adapter/tls.key

Enforcer Sample

kubectl create secret tls enforcer-keystore -n $NAMESPACE_OF_CC --cert=certs/enforcer/tls.crt --key=certs/enforcer/tls.key

Router Sample

kubectl create secret tls router-keystore -n $NAMESPACE_OF_CC --cert=certs/router/tls.crt --key=certs/router/tls.key

Step 3: Configure Secrets¶

You can set the keystore secrets in the same namespace that Choreo Connect is going to be installed. Set the following values.

Tip

You can find the complete values.yaml file with default values and configuration description in the kubernetes-microgateway GitHub repository.

Format

        keystore:
          key:
            secretName: <SECRET_NAME_1>
            subPath: <KEY_OF_THE_SECRET_CONTAINS_THE_CERT>
          cert:
            secretName: <SECRET_NAME_2>
            subPath: <KEY_OF_THE_SECRET_CONTAINS_THE_CERT>

Adapter Keystore

wso2:
  deployment:
    adapter:
      security:
        keystore:
          key:
            secretName: "adapter-keystore"
            subPath: "tls.key"
          cert:
            secretName: "adapter-keystore"
            subPath: "tls.crt"

Enforcer Keystore

wso2:
  deployment:
    gatewayRuntime:
      enforcer:
        security:
          keystore:
            key:
              secretName: "enforcer-keystore"
              subPath: "tls.key"
            cert:
              secretName: "enforcer-keystore"
              subPath: "tls.crt"

Router Keystore

wso2:
  deployment:
    gatewayRuntime:
      router:
        security:
          keystore:
            key:
              secretName: "router-keystore"
              subPath: "tls.key"
            cert:
              secretName: "router-keystore"
              subPath: "tls.crt"

When you update the Keystore of any component, the Truststore of other components get updated automatically, so no need to update Truststore manually.

Configuring Truststore¶

You can explicitly mount certs to the truststore of each component. The following is a sample how to define the truststore. If you have created a secret in the same namespace that Choreo Connect going to be installed, you can refer them in the config as follows.

Tip

You can find the complete values.yaml file with default values and configuration description in the kubernetes-microgateway GitHub repository.

Format

...:
      security:
        truststore:
          - secretName: <SECRET_NAME_1>
            subPath: <KEY_OF_THE_SECRET_CONTAINS_THE_CERT>
            mountAs: <FILE_NAME_OF_THE_MOUNTED_CERT>
          - secretName: <SECRET_NAME_2>
            subPath: <KEY_OF_THE_SECRET_CONTAINS_THE_CERT>
            mountAs: <FILE_NAME_OF_THE_MOUNTED_CERT>

Adapter Truststore

wso2:
  deployment:
    adapter:
      security:
        truststore:
          - secretName: "abc-certs"
            subPath: "tls.crt"
            mountAs: "tls.crt"

Enforcer Truststore

wso2:
  deployment:
    gatewayRuntime:
      enforcer:
        security:
          truststore:
            - secretName: "controlplane-cert"
              subPath: "wso2carbon.pem"
              mountAs: "wso2carbon.pem"
            - secretName: "abc-certs"
              subPath: "tls.crt"
              mountAs: "tls.crt"

Note

You can use mountAs to have your own file name inside the container. For example, you can mount the cert tls.crt in the secret abc-certs as abc-tls-cert.crt. Refer to the following example values.yaml.

wso2:
  deployment:
    adapter:
      security:
        truststore:
          - secretName: "abc-certs"
            subPath: "tls.crt"
            mountAs: "abc-tls-cert.crt"

If mountAs is not defined, the Helm chart will rename the file as <secretName>-<subPath replace '.' with '-' >.pem.

You can verify the cert is successfully mounted to the container by executing the following command.

Format

NAMESPACE=<NAMESPACE>
kubectl exec -n "$NAMESPACE" \
    "$(kubectl get pod -n $NAMESPACE -l app.kubernetes.io/component=<COMPONENT_NAME> -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}')" \
    -c <CONTAINER_NAME> -- ls -alh /home/wso2/security/truststore/

Adapter Truststore

NAMESPACE=<NAMESPACE>
kubectl exec -n "$NAMESPACE" \
    "$(kubectl get pod -n $NAMESPACE -l app.kubernetes.io/component=choreo-connect-adapter -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}')" \
    -c choreo-connect-adapter -- ls -alh /home/wso2/security/truststore/

Enforcer Truststore

NAMESPACE=<NAMESPACE>
kubectl exec -n "$NAMESPACE" \
    "$(kubectl get pod -n $NAMESPACE -l app.kubernetes.io/component=choreo-connect-gateway-runtime -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}')" \
    -c choreo-connect-enforcer -- ls -alh /home/wso2/security/truststore/

Change Default Passwords¶

You can change the default passwords or environment variables by setting/overriding them by defining them in the field envOverride. These passwords or environment variables can be set directly as a plain text or can be referenced from a Kubernetes Secret. This configuration is the same way you can define environment variables in Kubernetes Pods.

In the following sample, the enforcer_admin_pwd is set using the value field and the tm_admin_pwd is referred using a secret.

Sample

wso2:
  deployment:
    gatewayRuntime:
      enforcer:
        envOverride:
          - name: enforcer_admin_pwd
            value: admin
          - name: tm_admin_pwd
            valueFrom:
              secretKeyRef:
                name: my-secret
                key: tm_password

Tip

You can find the complete values.yaml file with default values and configuration description in the kubernetes-microgateway GitHub repository.

Following are the default values, update to read them from a Kubernetes secret.

Adapter Defaults

wso2:
  deployment:
    adapter:
      envOverride:
        - name: cp_admin_pwd
          value: admin
        - name: adapter_admin_pwd
          value: admin

Enforcer Defaults

wso2:
  deployment:
    gatewayRuntime:
      enforcer:
        envOverride:
          - name: apim_admin_pwd
            value: "admin"
          - name: enforcer_admin_pwd
            value: "admin"
          - name: tm_admin_pwd
            value: "admin"

Configure Ingress Secrets¶

By default, the helm chart installation of Choreo Connect creates default certificates for ingress resources. Providing TLS Secret name in the following values will replace those default certs with provided certs.

Note

These Ingress Secrets should be TLS secrets

Adapter Ingress

wso2.deployment.adapter.ingress.tlsSecretName=<TLS_CERT_SECRET_IN_THE_SAME_NAMESPACE>

Router Ingress

wso2.deployment.gatewayRuntime.router.ingress.tlsSecretName=<TLS_CERT_SECRET_IN_THE_SAME_NAMESPACE>

Disable Test Token Issuer¶

Choreo Connect provides the ability to generate a JWT as a test key to access the APIs. It is recommended to disable the /testkey endpoint in the Production environments. Refer the document Generate a Test JWT to read more about Test JWT.

Set the following value to false when installing the helm chart or set it in the values.yaml file.

Tip

You can find the complete values.yaml file with default values and configuration description in the kubernetes-microgateway GitHub repository.

wso2.deployment.gatewayRuntime.enforcer.security.testTokenIssuer.enabled=false

Create Custom Docker Image (Optionally)¶

You can create your own docker image using Choreo Connect docker images as the base image.

For example lets say you want to replace the CA certificates of Choreo Connect Router with your own set of certificates. Create a Dockerfile as follows.

Format

FROM wso2/choreo-connect-router:1.1.0
<YOUR_DOCKER_COMMANDS>

Sample

FROM wso2/choreo-connect-router:1.1.0
COPY my-ca-certificates.crt /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt

Make sure the files you are adding or copying (with commands ADD and COPY) exist in the context path.

Format

docker build -t <IMAGE_NAME> -f <DOCKER_FILE_PATH> <CONTEXT>

Sample

docker build -t myimages/choreo-connect-router:1.1.0 -f Dockerfile .

Mode 1: API Manager as Control Plane Configurations¶

The default deployment mode of the Choreo Connect is Standalone Mode. You can change it by specifying the value wso2.deployment.mode as APIM_AS_CP. Then configure the externally installed WSO2 API Manager by updating the following values of the helm release.

Format

wso2:
  apim:
    controlPlane:
      # Hostname of the control plane
      hostName: <HOST_NAME_OF_THE_CONTROL_PLANE>
      # K8s service name (if in another namespace, `<serviceName>.<namespace>`) of the control plane
      serviceName: <K8S_SERVICE_NAME>.<K8S_NAMESPACE_OF_THE_CONTROL_PLANE>
    trafficManager:
      # K8s service name of the traffic manager. If not defined, default to control plane service name
      serviceName: <K8S_SERVICE_NAME>.<K8S_NAMESPACE_OF_THE_TRAFFIC_MANAGER>

  deployment:
    # Deployment option: one of "STANDALONE" or "APIM_AS_CP"
    # Refer deployment options: https://apim.docs.wso2.com/en/4.1.0/deploy-and-publish/deploy-on-gateway/choreo-connect/getting-started/deploy/cc-deploy-overview/
    mode: APIM_AS_CP

Sample

wso2:
  apim:
    controlPlane:
      # Hostname of the control plane
      hostName: am.wso2.com
      # K8s service name (if in another namespace, `<serviceName>.<namespace>`) of the control plane
      serviceName: wso2am-single-node-am-service.apim
    trafficManager:
      # K8s service name of the traffic manager. If not defined, default to control plane service name
      serviceName: ""

  deployment:
    # Deployment option: one of "STANDALONE" or "APIM_AS_CP"
    # Refer deployment options: https://apim.docs.wso2.com/en/4.1.0/deploy-and-publish/deploy-on-gateway/choreo-connect/getting-started/deploy/cc-deploy-overview/
    mode: "APIM_AS_CP"

Please follow the document about Deploying Choreo Connect on Kubernetes With WSO2 API Manager as a Control Plane - Helm Artifacts for deploying Choreo Connect.

Mode 2: Standalone Gateway Configurations¶

Deploy APIs as Immutable Gateway¶

The API Controller apictl can be used to deploy APIs in the standalone mode. Those APIs deployed with apictl will be lost if the Adapter container restarts for any reason. Hence, in a production deployment with the Standalone deployment option, it is recommend to create a custom docker image of Adapter by including the apictl projects.

Step 1: Create Projects¶

Follow the steps (step 1 and step 2) in the document Deploy APIs as Immutable Gateway to create an apictl project. You can include multiple apictl projects.

For example lets create a directory apictl-projects-dir and copy all apictl projects (petstore project for following sample) to this directory. These projects can be zip files, unzipped project directory or projects that are exported from WSO2 API Manager.

Sample

mkdir apictl-projects-dir
cp -r petstore/ apictl-projects-dir/petstore

Step 2: Create Custom Adapter Docker Image¶

Create a Dockerfile as follows.

Format

FROM wso2/choreo-connect-adapter:1.1.0
COPY <DIR_WITH_APICTL_PROJECTS> /home/wso2/artifacts/apis

Sample

FROM wso2/choreo-connect-adapter:1.1.0
COPY apictl-projects-dir /home/wso2/artifacts/apis

Make sure the files you are adding or copying (with commands ADD and COPY) exist in the context path.

Format

docker build -t <IMAGE_NAME> -f <DOCKER_FILE_PATH> <CONTEXT>

Sample

docker build -t myimages/choreo-connect-adapter-petstore:1.1.0 -f Dockerfile .

Step 3: Update Adapter Docker Image Name¶

Update the following values in the helm release with the Adapter docker image, image pull secrets. You can separate each gateway environments by specifying the value wso2.deployment.labelName.

Tip

You can find the complete values.yaml file with default values and configuration description in the kubernetes-microgateway GitHub repository.

Important

Make sure to set wso2.deployment.adapter.apiArtifactsMountEmptyDir=false. This field is available from Helm chart version 1.1.0.5.

Format

wso2:
  deployment:
    # Label (environment) name of the deployment
    labelName: "<ENVIRONMENT_LABEL_NAME>"
    # If a custom image must be used, define the docker registry. Default to DockerHub. If subscription specified it will be "docker.wso2.com"
    dockerRegistry: "<DOCKER_REGISTRY>"
    # Image pull secrets to pull images from docker registry. If subscriptions are specified a secret with subscriptions details are created and imagePullSecrets will be default to it.
    imagePullSecrets: <LIST_OF_PULL_SECRETS>

    adapter:
      # Docker registry. If this value is not empty, this overrides the value in 'wso2.deployment.dockerRegistry'
      dockerRegistry: <DOCKER_REGISTRY_FOR_ADAPTER>
      # Image name for adapter
      imageName: "<ADAPTER_IMAGE_NAME>"
      # Image tag for adapter
      imageTag: "<IMAGE_TAG>"
      # Refer to the Kubernetes documentation on updating images (https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/containers/images/#updating-images)
      imagePullPolicy: <IMAGE_PULL_POLICY>
      # Mount an empty directory on API artifacts directory
      apiArtifactsMountEmptyDir: false

Sample

wso2:
  deployment:
    # Label (environment) name of the deployment
    labelName: "default"
    # If a custom image must be used, define the docker registry. Default to DockerHub. If subscription specified it will be "docker.wso2.com"
    dockerRegistry: ""
    # Image pull secrets to pull images from docker registry. If subscriptions are specified a secret with subscriptions details are created and imagePullSecrets will be default to it.
    imagePullSecrets: []

    adapter:
      # Docker registry. If this value is not empty, this overrides the value in 'wso2.deployment.dockerRegistry'
      dockerRegistry: "myimages"
      # Image name for adapter
      imageName: "choreo-connect-adapter-petstore"
      # Image tag for adapter
      imageTag: "1.1.0"
      # Refer to the Kubernetes documentation on updating images (https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/containers/images/#updating-images)
      imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
      # Mount an empty directory on API artifacts directory
      apiArtifactsMountEmptyDir: false

Step 4: Disable the Adapter Rest API¶

Since we want to make our gateway immutable, we can disable the Adapter Rest API which is used by the apictl communicate the Choreo Connect to deploy, undeploy APIs. Update the following value of the helm release for that purpose.

Tip

You can find the complete values.yaml file with default values and configuration description in the kubernetes-microgateway GitHub repository.

wso2.deployment.adapter.security.adapterRestService.enabled="false"

Note

The above value is in String type which is one of "default", "true" or "false". It is not a Boolean value.

Step 5: Deploy Choreo Connect¶

Please follow the document about Deploying Choreo Connect as a Standalone Gateway on Kubernetes - Helm Artifacts for deploying Choreo Connect.

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