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Version: 1.2

Tokens from Vault via CSI driver

This tutorial shows how to install Botkube which takes the configuration from Vault instance.

Prerequisites​

Steps​

This instruction guides you through the installation of Botkube and Vault on a Kubernetes cluster and configuring them together.

  1. Install Vault with CSI enabled:

    helm repo add hashicorp https://helm.releases.hashicorp.com
    helm repo update
    helm install vault hashicorp/vault --namespace default \
    --set "server.dev.enabled=true" \
    --set "injector.enabled=false" \
    --set "csi.enabled=true"
  2. Add Slack token in Vault:

    # Exec to pod
    kubectl exec -n default -it vault-0 -- /bin/sh
    # Write the token to Vault
    vault kv put -mount=secret slack-app-token token=xapp-...
    vault kv put -mount=secret slack-bot-token token=xoxb-...
  3. Enable Vault's Kubernetes authentication:

    vault auth enable kubernetes
    vault write auth/kubernetes/config \
    kubernetes_host="https://$KUBERNETES_PORT_443_TCP_ADDR:443"
    vault policy write internal-app - <<EOF
    path "secret/data/slack-app-token" {
    capabilities = ["read"]
    }
    path "secret/data/slack-bot-token" {
    capabilities = ["read"]
    }
    EOF
    vault write auth/kubernetes/role/database \
    bound_service_account_names=botkube-sa \
    bound_service_account_namespaces=default \
    policies=internal-app \
    ttl=20m
    # Exit from the Vault Pod
    exit
  4. Install the Secrets Store CSI driver:

    helm repo add secrets-store-csi-driver https://kubernetes-sigs.github.io/secrets-store-csi-driver/charts
    helm install csi secrets-store-csi-driver/secrets-store-csi-driver \
    --namespace default \
    --set syncSecret.enabled=true
  5. Create BotKue installation parameters:

    cat > /tmp/values.yaml << ENDOFFILE
    extraObjects:
    - apiVersion: secrets-store.csi.x-k8s.io/v1
    kind: SecretProviderClass
    metadata:
    name: vault-database
    spec:
    provider: vault
    parameters:
    roleName: "database"
    vaultAddress: "http://vault.default:8200"
    objects: |
    - objectName: "slack-app-token"
    secretPath: "secret/data/slack-app-token"
    secretKey: "token"
    - objectName: "slack-bot-token"
    secretPath: "secret/data/slack-bot-token"
    secretKey: "token"
    secretObjects:
    - secretName: communication-slack
    type: Opaque
    data:
    - objectName: "slack-app-token"
    key: "slack-app-token"
    - objectName: "slack-bot-token"
    key: "slack-bot-token"

    communications:
    'default-group':
    # Settings for SocketSlack
    socketSlack:
    enabled: true
    channels: {} # configure your channels
    # botToken - specified via env variable
    # appToken - specified via env variable

    extraEnv:
    - name: BOTKUBE_COMMUNICATIONS_DEFAULT-GROUP_SOCKET__SLACK_APP__TOKEN
    valueFrom:
    secretKeyRef:
    name: communication-slack
    key: slack-app-token
    - name: BOTKUBE_COMMUNICATIONS_DEFAULT-GROUP_SOCKET__SLACK_BOT__TOKEN
    valueFrom:
    secretKeyRef:
    name: communication-slack
    key: slack-bot-token

    extraVolumeMounts:
    - name: secrets-store-inline
    mountPath: "/mnt/secrets-store"
    readOnly: true

    extraVolumes:
    - name: secrets-store-inline
    csi:
    driver: secrets-store.csi.k8s.io
    readOnly: true
    volumeAttributes:
    secretProviderClass: "vault-database"
    ENDOFFILE
  6. Install Botkube:

    note

    You need to clone the https://github.com/kubeshop/botkube first.

    helm install botkube --namespace default \
    -f /tmp/values.yaml \
    ./helm/botkube