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diff --git a/doc/administration/clusters/kas.md b/doc/administration/clusters/kas.md index a7f8f8e712b..7a289b6a500 100644 --- a/doc/administration/clusters/kas.md +++ b/doc/administration/clusters/kas.md @@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ To enable the agent server on multiple nodes: 1. For each agent server node, edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`: ```ruby + gitlab_kas_external_url 'wss://kas.gitlab.example.com/' + gitlab_kas['enable'] = true gitlab_kas['api_secret_key'] = '<32_bytes_long_base64_encoded_value>' gitlab_kas['private_api_secret_key'] = '<32_bytes_long_base64_encoded_value>' @@ -65,17 +67,23 @@ To enable the agent server on multiple nodes: gitlab_rails['gitlab_kas_external_k8s_proxy_url'] = 'https://gitlab.example.com/-/kubernetes-agent/k8s-proxy/' ``` - In this configuration: +1. [Reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure). - - `gitlab_kas['private_api_listen_address']` is the address the agent server listens on. You can set it to `0.0.0.0` or an IP address reachable by other nodes in the cluster. - - `OWN_PRIVATE_API_URL` is the environment variable used by the KAS process for service discovery. You can set it to a hostname or IP address of the node you're configuring. The node must be reachable by other nodes in the cluster. - - `gitlab_kas['api_secret_key']` is the shared secret used for authentication between KAS and GitLab. This value must be Base64-encoded and exactly 32 bytes long. - - `gitlab_kas['private_api_secret_key']` is the shared secret used for authentication between different KAS instances. This value must be Base64-encoded and exactly 32 bytes long. - - `gitlab_rails['gitlab_kas_external_url']` is the user-facing URL for the in-cluster `agentk`. - - `gitlab_rails['gitlab_kas_internal_url']` is the internal URL the GitLab backend uses to communicate with KAS. - - `gitlab_rails['gitlab_kas_external_k8s_proxy_url']` is the user-facing URL for Kubernetes API proxying. +##### Agent server node settings -1. [Reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure). +| Setting | Description | +|---------|-------------| +| `gitlab_kas['private_api_listen_address']` | The address the agent server listens on. Set to `0.0.0.0` or to an IP address reachable by other nodes in the cluster. | +| `gitlab_kas['api_secret_key']` | The shared secret used for authentication between KAS and GitLab. The value must be Base64-encoded and exactly 32 bytes long. | +| `gitlab_kas['private_api_secret_key']` | The shared secret used for authentication between different KAS instances. The value must be Base64-encoded and exactly 32 bytes long. | +| `OWN_PRIVATE_API_URL` | The environment variable used by KAS for service discovery. Set to the hostname or IP address of the node you're configuring. The node must be reachable by other nodes in the cluster. | +| `gitlab_kas_external_url` | The user-facing URL for the in-cluster `agentk`. Can be a fully qualified domain or subdomain, <sup>**1**</sup> or a GitLab external URL. <sup>**2**</sup> If blank, defaults to a GitLab external URL. | +| `gitlab_rails['gitlab_kas_external_url']` | The user-facing URL for the in-cluster `agentk`. If blank, defaults to the `gitlab_kas_external_url`. | +| `gitlab_rails['gitlab_kas_external_k8s_proxy_url']` | The user-facing URL for Kubernetes API proxying. If blank, defaults to a URL based on `gitlab_kas_external_url`. | +| `gitlab_rails['gitlab_kas_internal_url']` | The internal URL the GitLab backend uses to communicate with KAS. | + +1. For example, `wss://kas.gitlab.example.com/`. +1. For example, `wss://gitlab.example.com/-/kubernetes-agent/`. ### For GitLab Helm Chart @@ -105,6 +113,24 @@ For GitLab [Helm Chart](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/) installations: For details, see [how to use the GitLab-KAS chart](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/gitlab/kas/). +## Kubernetes API proxy cookie + +> Introduced in GitLab 15.10 [with feature flags](../feature_flags.md) named `kas_user_access` and `kas_user_access_project`. Disabled by default. + +FLAG: +On self-managed GitLab, by default this feature is not available. To make it available, ask an administrator to [enable the feature flags](../feature_flags.md) named `kas_user_access` and `kas_user_access_project`. + +KAS proxies Kubernetes API requests to the GitLab agent with either: + +- A [CI/CD job](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cluster-integration/gitlab-agent/-/blob/master/doc/kubernetes_ci_access.md). +- [GitLab user credentials](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cluster-integration/gitlab-agent/-/blob/master/doc/kubernetes_user_access.md). + +To authenticate with user credentials, Rails sets a cookie for the GitLab frontend. +This cookie is called `_gitlab_kas` and it contains an encrypted +session ID, like the [`_gitlab_session` cookie](../../user/profile/index.md#cookies-used-for-sign-in). +The `_gitlab_kas` cookie must be sent to the KAS proxy endpoint with every request +to authenticate and authorize the user. + ## Troubleshooting If you have issues while using the agent server for Kubernetes, view the |