steps for deploying ovnk8 using helm -- https://github.com/ovn-org/ovn-kubernetes/pull/4103

steps_creating_an_image.txt

install docker, kind, golang, helm

# clone this repo
git clone https://github.com/ovn-org/ovn-kubernetes.git && cd ovn-kubernetes


# create a cluster, with 1 controller and 1 worker node
cat <<EOT > kind.yaml
kind: Cluster
apiVersion: kind.x-k8s.io/v1alpha4
nodes:
- role: control-plane
- role: worker
networking:
  disableDefaultCNI: true
  kubeProxyMode: none
EOT

# Ensure that kind network does not have ip6 enabled
enabled_ipv6=$(docker network inspect kind -f '{{.EnableIPv6}}' 2>/dev/null)
[ "${enabled_ipv6}" = "false" ] || {
   docker network rm kind 2>/dev/null || :
   docker network create kind -o "com.docker.network.bridge.enable_ip_masquerade"="true" -o "com.docker.network.driver.mtu"="1500"
}
[ "${enabled_ipv6}" = "false" ] || { 2&>1 echo the kind network is not what we expected ; exit 1; }


alias k=kubectl
alias kn="kubectl -n ovn-kubernetes"
export KUBECONFIG=~/admin.conf

# start k8 cluster
kind create cluster --config=kind.yaml --kubeconfig ~/admin.conf --retain

# Note: Nodes will not be ready, as there is no CNI configured yet:
$ k get nodes -owide
NAME                 STATUS     ROLES           AGE   VERSION   INTERNAL-IP   EXTERNAL-IP   OS-IMAGE       KERNEL-VERSION           CONTAINER-RUNTIME
kind-control-plane   NotReady   control-plane   34s   v1.24.0   172.21.0.2    <none>        Ubuntu 21.10   6.5.12-100.fc37.x86_64   containerd://1.6.4
kind-worker          NotReady   <none>          9s    v1.24.0   172.21.0.3    <none>        Ubuntu 21.10   6.5.12-100.fc37.x86_64   containerd://1.6.4



# Build local image and load it into Kind nodes
pushd $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/dist/images && \
  make fedora && \
  kind load docker-image ovn-kube-f:latest && \
  popd && \
  echo ok
  
  
export HOSTIP=$(kubectl get pods -n kube-system -l component=kube-apiserver -o jsonpath='{.items[0].status.hostIP}') ; \
export APISERVER="https://${HOSTIP}:6443"

pushd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/helm/ovn-kubernetes" && \
  helm install ovn-kubernetes . -f values.yaml \
  --set k8sAPIServer=${APISERVER} \
  --set global.image.repository=ovn-kube-f && \
  popd && \
  echo ok
  
kn get pod --watch


# to clean up
helm uninstall ovn-kubernetes
kind delete cluster --name kind

steps_using_a_known_image.txt

install docker, kind, helm (no need to install golang)

# clone this repo
git clone https://github.com/ovn-org/ovn-kubernetes.git && cd ovn-kubernetes

# create a cluster, with 1 controller and 1 worker node
cat <<EOT > kind.yaml
kind: Cluster
apiVersion: kind.x-k8s.io/v1alpha4
nodes:
- role: control-plane
- role: worker
networking:
  disableDefaultCNI: true
  kubeProxyMode: none
EOT

# Ensure that kind network does not have ip6 enabled
enabled_ipv6=$(docker network inspect kind -f '{{.EnableIPv6}}' 2>/dev/null)
[ "${enabled_ipv6}" = "false" ] || {
   docker network rm kind 2>/dev/null || :
   docker network create kind -o "com.docker.network.bridge.enable_ip_masquerade"="true" -o "com.docker.network.driver.mtu"="1500"
}
[ "${enabled_ipv6}" = "false" ] || { 2&>1 echo the kind network is not what we expected ; exit 1; }


alias k=kubectl
alias kn="kubectl -n ovn-kubernetes"
export KUBECONFIG=~/admin.conf

# start k8 cluster
kind create cluster --config=kind.yaml --kubeconfig ~/admin.conf --retain

# Note: Nodes will not be ready, as there is no CNI configured yet:
$ k get nodes -owide
NAME                 STATUS     ROLES           AGE   VERSION   INTERNAL-IP   EXTERNAL-IP   OS-IMAGE       KERNEL-VERSION           CONTAINER-RUNTIME
kind-control-plane   NotReady   control-plane   34s   v1.24.0   172.21.0.2    <none>        Ubuntu 21.10   6.5.12-100.fc37.x86_64   containerd://1.6.4
kind-worker          NotReady   <none>          9s    v1.24.0   172.21.0.3    <none>        Ubuntu 21.10   6.5.12-100.fc37.x86_64   containerd://1.6.4

  
export HOSTIP=$(kubectl get pods -n kube-system -l component=kube-apiserver -o jsonpath='{.items[0].status.hostIP}') ; \
export APISERVER="https://${HOSTIP}:6443"

pushd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/helm/ovn-kubernetes" && \
  helm install ovn-kubernetes . -f values.yaml \
  --set k8sAPIServer=${APISERVER} \
  --set global.image.repository=quay.io/ffernandes/ovn-kube-f && \
  popd && \
  echo ok
  
kn get pod --watch


# to clean up
helm uninstall ovn-kubernetes
kind delete cluster --name kind