Skip to main content
Version: v1.2

FAQ

Compare to X#

What is the difference between KubeVela and Helm?#

KubeVela is a platform builder tool to create easy-to-use yet extensible app delivery/management systems with Kubernetes. KubeVela relies on Helm as templating engine and package format for apps. But Helm is not the only templating module that KubeVela supports. Another first-class supported approach is CUE.

Also, KubeVela is by design a Kubernetes controller (i.e. works on server side), even for its Helm part, a Helm operator will be installed.

Issues#

Error: unable to create new content in namespace cert-manager because it is being terminated#

Occasionally you might hit the issue as below. It happens when the last KubeVela release deletion hasn't completed.

vela install
- Installing Vela Core Chart:
install chart vela-core, version 0.1.0, desc : A Helm chart for Kube Vela core, contains 35 file
Failed to install the chart with error: serviceaccounts "cert-manager-cainjector" is forbidden: unable to create new content in namespace cert-manager because it is being terminated
failed to create resource
helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/kube.(*Client).Update.func1
/home/runner/go/pkg/mod/helm.sh/helm/v3@v3.2.4/pkg/kube/client.go:190
...
Error: failed to create resource: serviceaccounts "cert-manager-cainjector" is forbidden: unable to create new content in namespace cert-manager because it is being terminated

Take a break and try again in a few seconds.

vela install
- Installing Vela Core Chart:
Vela system along with OAM runtime already exist.
Automatically discover capabilities successfully ✅ Add(0) Update(0) Delete(8)
TYPE CATEGORY DESCRIPTION
-task workload One-off task to run a piece of code or script to completion
-webservice workload Long-running scalable service with stable endpoint to receive external traffic
-worker workload Long-running scalable backend worker without network endpoint
-autoscale trait Automatically scale the app following certain triggers or metrics
-metrics trait Configure metrics targets to be monitored for the app
-rollout trait Configure canary deployment strategy to release the app
-route trait Configure route policy to the app
-scaler trait Manually scale the app
- Finished successfully.

And manually apply all WorkloadDefinition and TraitDefinition manifests to have all capabilities back.

vela up -f charts/vela-core/templates/defwithtemplate
traitdefinition.core.oam.dev/autoscale created
traitdefinition.core.oam.dev/scaler created
traitdefinition.core.oam.dev/metrics created
traitdefinition.core.oam.dev/rollout created
traitdefinition.core.oam.dev/route created
workloaddefinition.core.oam.dev/task created
workloaddefinition.core.oam.dev/webservice created
workloaddefinition.core.oam.dev/worker created
vela workloads
Automatically discover capabilities successfully ✅ Add(8) Update(0) Delete(0)
TYPE CATEGORY DESCRIPTION
+task workload One-off task to run a piece of code or script to completion
+webservice workload Long-running scalable service with stable endpoint to receive external traffic
+worker workload Long-running scalable backend worker without network endpoint
+autoscale trait Automatically scale the app following certain triggers or metrics
+metrics trait Configure metrics targets to be monitored for the app
+rollout trait Configure canary deployment strategy to release the app
+route trait Configure route policy to the app
+scaler trait Manually scale the app
NAME DESCRIPTION
task One-off task to run a piece of code or script to completion
webservice Long-running scalable service with stable endpoint to receive external traffic
worker Long-running scalable backend worker without network endpoint

Error: ScopeDefinition exists#

Occasionally you might hit the issue as below. It happens when there is an old OAM Kubernetes Runtime release, or you applied ScopeDefinition before.

vela install
- Installing Vela Core Chart:
install chart vela-core, version 0.1.0, desc : A Helm chart for Kube Vela core, contains 35 file
Failed to install the chart with error: ScopeDefinition "healthscopes.core.oam.dev" in namespace "" exists and cannot be imported into the current release: invalid ownership metadata; annotation validation error: key "meta.helm.sh/release-name" must equal "kubevela": current value is "oam"; annotation validation error: key "meta.helm.sh/release-namespace" must equal "vela-system": current value is "oam-system"
rendered manifests contain a resource that already exists. Unable to continue with install
helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/action.(*Install).Run
/home/runner/go/pkg/mod/helm.sh/helm/v3@v3.2.4/pkg/action/install.go:274
...
Error: rendered manifests contain a resource that already exists. Unable to continue with install: ScopeDefinition "healthscopes.core.oam.dev" in namespace "" exists and cannot be imported into the current release: invalid ownership metadata; annotation validation error: key "meta.helm.sh/release-name" must equal "kubevela": current value is "oam"; annotation validation error: key "meta.helm.sh/release-namespace" must equal "vela-system": current value is "oam-system"

Delete ScopeDefinition "healthscopes.core.oam.dev" and try again.

kubectl delete ScopeDefinition "healthscopes.core.oam.dev"
scopedefinition.core.oam.dev "healthscopes.core.oam.dev" deleted
vela install
- Installing Vela Core Chart:
install chart vela-core, version 0.1.0, desc : A Helm chart for Kube Vela core, contains 35 file
Successfully installed the chart, status: deployed, last deployed time = 2020-12-03 16:26:41.491426 +0800 CST m=+4.026069452
WARN: handle workload template `containerizedworkloads.core.oam.dev` failed: no template found, you will unable to use this workload capabilityWARN: handle trait template `manualscalertraits.core.oam.dev` failed
: no template found, you will unable to use this trait capabilityAutomatically discover capabilities successfully ✅ Add(8) Update(0) Delete(0)
TYPE CATEGORY DESCRIPTION
+task workload One-off task to run a piece of code or script to completion
+webservice workload Long-running scalable service with stable endpoint to receive external traffic
+worker workload Long-running scalable backend worker without network endpoint
+autoscale trait Automatically scale the app following certain triggers or metrics
+metrics trait Configure metrics targets to be monitored for the app
+rollout trait Configure canary deployment strategy to release the app
+route trait Configure route policy to the app
+scaler trait Manually scale the app
- Finished successfully.

You have reached your pull rate limit#

When you look into the logs of Pod kubevela-vela-core and found the issue as below.

kubectl get pod -n vela-system -l app.kubernetes.io/name=vela-core
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
kubevela-vela-core-f8b987775-wjg25 0/1 - 0 35m

Error response from daemon: toomanyrequests: You have reached your pull rate limit. You may increase the limit by authenticating and upgrading: https://www.docker.com/increase-rate-limit

You can use github container registry instead.

docker pull ghcr.io/kubevela/kubevela/vela-core:latest

Warning: Namespace cert-manager exists#

If you hit the issue as below, an cert-manager release might exist whose namespace and RBAC related resource conflict with KubeVela.

vela install
- Installing Vela Core Chart:
install chart vela-core, version 0.1.0, desc : A Helm chart for Kube Vela core, contains 35 file
Failed to install the chart with error: Namespace "cert-manager" in namespace "" exists and cannot be imported into the current release: invalid ownership metadata; label validation error: missing key "app.kubernetes.io/managed-by": must be set to "Helm"; annotation validation error: missing key "meta.helm.sh/release-name": must be set to "kubevela"; annotation validation error: missing key "meta.helm.sh/release-namespace": must be set to "vela-system"
rendered manifests contain a resource that already exists. Unable to continue with install
helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/action.(*Install).Run
/home/runner/go/pkg/mod/helm.sh/helm/v3@v3.2.4/pkg/action/install.go:274
...
/opt/hostedtoolcache/go/1.14.12/x64/src/runtime/asm_amd64.s:1373
Error: rendered manifests contain a resource that already exists. Unable to continue with install: Namespace "cert-manager" in namespace "" exists and cannot be imported into the current release: invalid ownership metadata; label validation error: missing key "app.kubernetes.io/managed-by": must be set to "Helm"; annotation validation error: missing key "meta.helm.sh/release-name": must be set to "kubevela"; annotation validation error: missing key "meta.helm.sh/release-namespace": must be set to "vela-system"

Try these steps to fix the problem.

  • Delete release cert-manager
  • Delete namespace cert-manager
  • Install KubeVela again
helm delete cert-manager -n cert-manager
release "cert-manager" uninstalled
kubectl delete ns cert-manager
namespace "cert-manager" deleted
vela install
- Installing Vela Core Chart:
install chart vela-core, version 0.1.0, desc : A Helm chart for Kube Vela core, contains 35 file
Successfully installed the chart, status: deployed, last deployed time = 2020-12-04 10:46:46.782617 +0800 CST m=+4.248889379
Automatically discover capabilities successfully ✅ (no changes)
TYPE CATEGORY DESCRIPTION
task workload One-off task to run a piece of code or script to completion
webservice workload Long-running scalable service with stable endpoint to receive external traffic
worker workload Long-running scalable backend worker without network endpoint
autoscale trait Automatically scale the app following certain triggers or metrics
metrics trait Configure metrics targets to be monitored for the app
rollout trait Configure canary deployment strategy to release the app
route trait Configure route policy to the app
scaler trait Manually scale the app
- Finished successfully.

How to fix issue: MutatingWebhookConfiguration mutating-webhook-configuration exists?#

If you deploy some other services which will apply MutatingWebhookConfiguration mutating-webhook-configuration, installing KubeVela will hit the issue as below.

- Installing Vela Core Chart:
install chart vela-core, version v0.2.1, desc : A Helm chart for Kube Vela core, contains 36 file
Failed to install the chart with error: MutatingWebhookConfiguration "mutating-webhook-configuration" in namespace "" exists and cannot be imported into the current release: invalid ownership metadata; label validation error: missing key "app.kubernetes.io/managed-by": must be set to "Helm"; annotation validation error: missing key "meta.helm.sh/release-name": must be set to "kubevela"; annotation validation error: missing key "meta.helm.sh/release-namespace": must be set to "vela-system"
rendered manifests contain a resource that already exists. Unable to continue with install
helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/action.(*Install).Run
/home/runner/go/pkg/mod/helm.sh/helm/v3@v3.2.4/pkg/action/install.go:274
github.com/kubevela/kubevela/pkg/commands.InstallOamRuntime
/home/runner/work/kubevela/kubevela/pkg/commands/system.go:259
github.com/kubevela/kubevela/pkg/commands.(*initCmd).run
/home/runner/work/kubevela/kubevela/pkg/commands/system.go:162
github.com/kubevela/kubevela/pkg/commands.NewInstallCommand.func2
/home/runner/work/kubevela/kubevela/pkg/commands/system.go:119
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).execute
/home/runner/go/pkg/mod/github.com/spf13/cobra@v1.1.1/command.go:850
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).ExecuteC
/home/runner/go/pkg/mod/github.com/spf13/cobra@v1.1.1/command.go:958
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).Execute
/home/runner/go/pkg/mod/github.com/spf13/cobra@v1.1.1/command.go:895
main.main
/home/runner/work/kubevela/kubevela/references/cmd/cli/main.go:16
runtime.main
/opt/hostedtoolcache/go/1.14.13/x64/src/runtime/proc.go:203
runtime.goexit
/opt/hostedtoolcache/go/1.14.13/x64/src/runtime/asm_amd64.s:1373
Error: rendered manifests contain a resource that already exists. Unable to continue with install: MutatingWebhookConfiguration "mutating-webhook-configuration" in namespace "" exists and cannot be imported into the current release: invalid ownership metadata; label validation error: missing key "app.kubernetes.io/managed-by": must be set to "Helm"; annotation validation error: missing key "meta.helm.sh/release-name": must be set to "kubevela"; annotation validation error: missing key "meta.helm.sh/release-namespace": must be set to "vela-system"

To fix this issue, please upgrade KubeVela Cli vela version to be higher than v0.2.2 from KubeVela releases.

Operating#

Autoscale: how to enable metrics server in various Kubernetes clusters?#

Operating Autoscale depends on metrics server, so it has to be enabled in various clusters. Please check whether metrics server is enabled with command kubectl top nodes or kubectl top pods.

If the output is similar as below, the metrics is enabled.

kubectl top nodes
NAME CPU(cores) CPU% MEMORY(bytes) MEMORY%
cn-hongkong.10.0.1.237 288m 7% 5378Mi 78%
cn-hongkong.10.0.1.238 351m 8% 5113Mi 74%
kubectl top pods
NAME CPU(cores) MEMORY(bytes)
php-apache-65f444bf84-cjbs5 0m 1Mi
wordpress-55c59ccdd5-lf59d 1m 66Mi

Or you have to manually enable metrics server in your Kubernetes cluster.

  • ACK (Alibaba Cloud Container Service for Kubernetes)

Metrics server is already enabled.

  • ASK (Alibaba Cloud Serverless Kubernetes)

Metrics server has to be enabled in Operations/Add-ons section of Alibaba Cloud console as below.

Please refer to metrics server debug guide if you hit more issue.

  • Kind

Install metrics server as below, or you can install the latest version.

kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/metrics-server/releases/download/v0.3.7/components.yaml

Also add the following part under .spec.template.spec.containers in the yaml file loaded by kubectl edit deploy -n kube-system metrics-server.

Noted: This is just a walk-around, not for production-level use.

command:
- /metrics-server
- --kubelet-insecure-tls
  • MiniKube

Enable it with following command.

minikube addons enable metrics-server

Have fun to set autoscale on your application.

Edit this page
Last updated on by Jianbo Sun