FAQ

How to verify your certificate

SSL certificates can be verified by using: openssl x509 -in cert.crt -text -noout

How to run a local stack on Minikube

For development purposes, you may want to run a local stack. To deploy a local stack on minikube using charts from your local filesystem, you can use the predefined values.yaml and example override values file:

helm install ./cortex5 --name cortex --namespace cortex -f cortex5/examples/values-cortex-minikube.yaml -f cortex5/examples/values-cortex-latest.yaml

How to access Cortex through Admin Console (LOCAL)

1. Add to /etc/hosts:

   127.0.0.1       console.local.insights.ai docs.local.insights.ai

2. Forward ports:

   kubectl port-forward -n cortex svc/cortex-kong 8000:8000 &

   NOTE: to remove this forward, bring it back to foreground using fg and then CTRL-C.

3. Access the Console at http://console.local.insights.ai:8000.

4. To get the generated invitation token to register a tenant:

   kubectl get -n cortex secrets cortex-vault -o json
   echo <invitation_code> | base64 --decode

Get list of overall images being deployed with a specific version of the Helm chart

1. Specify the version of the Helm chart to inspect:

   export CHART_VERSION="6.2.0"

2. Specify the file name/location to write the list to (this file will be recreated if it doesn't already exist):

   export IMAGE_LIST="images.txt"

3. Add/ensure the Fabric helm repository is added to the local cache and up-to-date:

   helm repo add cortex https://cognitivescale.github.io/cortex-charts/stable
   helm repo update

4. Run the following two helm template commands to get generate the file from step 2 with the list of images:

   helm template cortex/fabric6 --version ${CHART_VERSION} \
     --set mongodb.enabled=false \
     --set minio.enabled=false \
     --set redis.enabled=false \
     --set openldap.enabled=false \
     --set docker-registry.enabled=false \
     | grep " image: .*" | awk '{ print $2 }' > ${IMAGE_LIST} 
   helm template cortex/fabric6 --version ${CHART_VERSION} | grep 'docker.io' | grep 'value:' | awk '{ print $2 }' >> ${IMAGE_LIST}

   NOTE: The first helm command in the example above has all the subchart dependencies disabled with the --set options (to mirror a production installation with externalized infrastructure). A yaml overrides file (ex. values.yaml) can also be provided to get a deployment specific image list:

   helm template cortex/fabric6 --version ${CHART_VERSION} -f values.yaml | grep " image: .*" | awk '{ print $2 }' > ${IMAGE_LIST}