Deploying TFS™ on Sawtooth¶
IMPORTANT TFS™ on Sawtooth
is still in beta so you will need to be granted
access to the appropriate private docker hub repository.
Assuming you have been granted access using your docker hub credentials you will
need to create the target namespace for your deployment and create an image pull
secret in that namespace that you can reference later. In this example the
namespace is tfs-namespace
and the image pull secret is dockerhub
:
kubectl create namespace tfs-namespace
kubectl config set-context --current --namespace=tfs-namespace
kubectl create secret docker-registry dockerhub --docker-username=<username> \
--docker-password='<password>' --docker-email=<email>
Selecting TFS™ on Sawtooth
in the deployments marketplace takes you to
its deployment form. Here you need to give your deployment a name
and specify its namespace using the one created above:
Then you need to scroll down, enable image pull secrets and add the image pull
secret dockerhub
you created above:
Click Deploy
and the deployment will be created and added to the cluster:
Note that this deployment includes a Settings
option - the gear icon - which
is covered here.
Once your deployment has been added, you can view and interact with it as described here.
Warning
Deployment is not instantaneous as under the covers Sextant uses the appropriate helm chart to create your deployment which may involve pulling the appropriate images if these aren't already cached by the Kubernetes cluster.
Sawtooth Services¶
Once a TFS™ on Sawtooth
deployment is running it is possible to expose various
Sawtooth features using Kubernetes services. This is covered in depth
here.
Deployment Options¶
Beyond configuring Sawtooth itself these are the deployment options supported by Sextant.
Custom Containers¶
This option allows you to specify, for example, a custom transaction processor.
Image Pull Secrets¶
This option allows you to specify any image pull secrets that may be required in order to access images related to your deployment that are hosted in a private repository. These all need to be available in your target namespace.
Advanced Options¶
Genesis Seed¶
This option allows you to change the genesis seed on redeployment.
Advanced Deployment Customization¶
This option provides advanced users with the ability to specify Additional YAML which will override default template options. We recommend that you discuss any proposed customization with us first.