Deploy Dind and secure Docker Registry on Kubernetes (colon issues) - docker

Question

I have an issue with one of my project. Here is what I want to do :
Have a private docker registry on my cluster Kubernetes
Have a docker deamon running so that I can pull / push and build image directly inside the cluster
For this project I'm using some certificate to secure all those interactions.
1. How to reproduce :
Note: I'm working on a linux-based system
Here are the files that I'm using :
Deployment.yaml
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
name: docker
spec:
replicas: 1
selector:
matchLabels:
app: docker
template:
metadata:
labels:
app: docker
spec:
containers:
- name: docker
image: docker:dind
resources:
limits:
cpu: "0.5"
memory: "256Mi"
requests:
memory: "128Mi"
securityContext:
privileged: true
volumeMounts:
- name: dind-client-cert
mountPath: /certs/client/
- name: docker-graph-storage
mountPath: /var/lib/docker
- name: dind-registry-cert
mountPath: >-
/etc/docker/certs.d/registry:5000/ca.crt
ports:
- containerPort: 2376
volumes:
- name: docker-graph-storage
emptyDir: {}
- name: dind-client-cert
persistentVolumeClaim:
claimName: certs-client
- name: dind-registry-cert
secret:
secretName: ca.crt
- name: init-reg-vol
secret:
secretName: init-reg
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
name: registry
spec:
replicas: 1
selector:
matchLabels:
app: registry
template:
metadata:
labels:
app: registry
spec:
containers:
- name: registry
image: registry:2
env:
- name: DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR
value: /certs
- name: REGISTRY_HTTP_TLS_KEY
value: /certs/registry.pem
- name: REGISTRY_HTTP_TLS_CERTIFICATE
value: /certs/registry.crt
volumeMounts:
- name: dind-client-cert
mountPath: /certs/client/
- name: dind-registry-cert
mountPath: /certs/
- name: registry-data
mountPath: /var/lib/registry
ports:
- containerPort: 5000
volumes:
- name: dind-client-cert
persistentVolumeClaim:
claimName: certs-client
- name: dind-registry-cert
secret:
secretName: registry
- name: registry-data
persistentVolumeClaim:
claimName: registry-data
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
name: client
spec:
replicas: 1
selector:
matchLabels:
app: client
template:
metadata:
labels:
app: client
spec:
containers:
- name: client
image: docker
command: ['sleep','200']
resources:
limits:
cpu: "0.5"
memory: "256Mi"
requests:
memory: "128Mi"
env:
- name: DOCKER_HOST
value: tcp://docker:2376
- name: DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY
value: '1'
- name: DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR
value: /certs
- name: DOCKER_CERT_PATH
value: /certs/client
- name: REGISTRY_HTTP_TLS_CERTIFICATE
value: /certs/registry.crt
volumeMounts:
- name: dind-client-cert
mountPath: /certs/client/
readOnly: true
- name: dind-registry-cert
mountPath: /usr/local/share/ca-certificate/ca.crt
readOnly: true
volumes:
- name: dind-client-cert
persistentVolumeClaim:
claimName: certs-client
- name: dind-registry-cert
secret:
secretName: ca.crt
Services.yaml
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
name: docker
spec:
selector:
app: docker
ports:
- name: docker
protocol: TCP
port: 2376
targetPort: 2376
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
name: registry
spec:
selector:
app: registry
ports:
- name: registry
protocol: TCP
port: 5000
targetPort: 5000
Pvc.yaml
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
metadata:
name: certs-client
spec:
volumeMode: Filesystem
accessModes:
- ReadWriteOnce
resources:
requests:
storage: 50Mi
status: {}
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
metadata:
name: registry-data
spec:
volumeMode: Filesystem
accessModes:
- ReadWriteOnce
resources:
limits:
storage: 50Gi
requests:
storage: 2Gi
status: {}
For the cert files I have the following folder certs/ certs/client certs.d/registry:5000/ and I use these command line to generate the certs :
openssl req -newkey rsa:4096 -nodes -keyout ./certs/registry.pem -x509 -days 365 -out ./certs/registry.crt -subj "/C=''/ST=''/L=''/O=''/OU=''/CN=registry"
cp ./certs/registry.crt ./certs.d/registry\:5000/ca.crt
Then I use secrets to pass those certs inside the pods :
kubectl create secret generic registry --from-file=certs/registry.crt --from-file=certs/registry.pem
kubectl create secret generic ca.crt --from-file=certs/registry.crt
The to launch the project the following line is used :
kubectl apply -f pvc.yaml,deployment.yaml,service.yaml
2. My issues
I have a problem on my docker pods with this error :
Error: Error response from daemon: invalid volume specification: '/var/lib/kubelet/pods/727d0f2a-bef6-4217-a292-427c5d76e071/volumes/kubernetes.io~secret/dind-registry-cert:/etc/docker/certs.d/registry:5000/ca.crt:ro
So the problem seems to comme from the colon in the path name. Then I tried to escape the colon and I got this sublime error
error: error parsing deployment.yaml: error converting YAML to JSON: yaml: line 34: found unknown escape character
The real problem here is that if the folder is not named 'registry:5000' the certificat is not reconised as correct and I have a x509 error when trying to push an image from the client.
For the overall project I know that it can work like that since I already succes to deploy it localy with a docker-compose (here is the link to the github project if any of you are curious)
So I looked a bit on to it and found out that it's a recuring problem on docker (I mean on Docker Desktop for mount volumes on containers) but I can't find anything about the same issue on Kubernetes.
Do any of you have any lead / suggestion / workaround on this mater ?
As always, thanks for your times :)
------------------------------- EDIT following #HelloWorld answer -------------------------------
Thanks to the workaround with simlink the ca.cert is correctly mounted inside. Howerver since I was mounting it on the deployement that was use to run the docker deamon, the entrypoint of the container docker:dind was overwrite by the commands. For future reader here is the solution that I found : geting the entry-point.sh and running it manualy.
Here is the deployement as I write those lines :
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
name: docker
spec:
replicas: 1
selector:
matchLabels:
app: docker
template:
metadata:
labels:
app: docker
spec:
containers:
- name: docker
image: docker:dind
resources:
limits:
cpu: "0.5"
memory: "256Mi"
requests:
memory: "128Mi"
securityContext:
privileged: true
command: ['sh', '-c', 'mkdir -p /etc/docker/certs.d/registry:5000 && ln -s /random/registry.crt /etc/docker/certs.d/registry:5000/ca.crt && wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/docker-library/docker/a73d96e731e2dd5d6822c99a9af4dcbfbbedb2be/19.03/dind/dockerd-entrypoint.sh && chmod +x dockerd-entrypoint.sh && ./dockerd-entrypoint.sh']
volumeMounts:
- name: dind-client-cert
mountPath: /certs/client/
readOnly: false
- name: dind-registry-cert
mountPath: /random/
readOnly: false
ports:
- containerPort: 2376
volumes:
- name: dind-client-cert
persistentVolumeClaim:
claimName: certs-client
- name: dind-registry-cert
secret:
secretName: ca.crt
I hope it will be usefull for someone in the futur :)

Answer 1

The only thing I come up with is using symlinks. I tested it and it works. I also tried searching for better solution but didn't find anything satisfying.
Have a look at this example:
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
name: myapp-pod
labels:
app: myapp
spec:
containers:
- name: myapp-container
image: centos:7
command: ['sh', '-c', 'mkdir -p /etc/docker/certs.d/registry:5000 && ln -s /some/random/path/ca.crt /etc/docker/certs.d/registry:5000/ca.crt && exec sleep 10000']
volumeMounts:
- mountPath: '/some/random/path'
name: registry-cert
volumes:
- name: registry-cert
secret:
secretName: my-secret
And here is a template secret i used:
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
name: my-secret
namespace: default
type: Opaque
data:
ca.crt: <<< some_random_Data >>>
I have mounted this secret into a /some/random/path location (without colon so it wouldn't throw errors) and created a symlink between /some/random/path/ca.crt and /etc/docker/certs.d/registry:5000/ca.crt.
Of course you also need to create a dir structure before running ln -s ..., that is why I run mkdir -p ....
Let me know if you have any further questions. I'd be happy to answer them.