Troubleshooting Docker

Kubernetes setup troubleshooting

We need to set up the proper environment variables to connect remotely to the ESX server to deploy the Kubernetes cluster. The following environment variables should be set in order to progress with Kubernetes setup on vSphere:

export GOVC_URL='https://[USERNAME]:[PASSWORD]@[ESXI-HOSTNAME-IP]/sdk'
export GOVC_DATASTORE='[DATASTORE-NAME]'
export GOVC_DATACENTER='[DATACENTER-NAME]'
#username & password used to login to the deployed kube VM
export GOVC_RESOURCE_POOL='*/Resources'
export GOVC_GUEST_LOGIN='kube:kube' 
export GOVC_INSECURE=true

Note

Use ESX and vSphere version v5.5 for this tutorial.

Upload the kube.vmdk to the ESX datastore. The VMDK will be stored in the kube directory, which will get created by the ...