Rancher on EKS: Solving “Error connecting to WebSocket” while using ELB with nginx ingress
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7 min readFeb 23, 2021
The first time I tried to install rancher on an EKS cluster, I faced this error that took me some time to solve.
Message:
“Error connecting to WebSocket Unable to establish a WebSocket connection to the server. If your server is behind a proxy or SSL-termination device, Browser can not connect to WebSocket. If you run the server behind a proxy, please make sure the proxy supports WebSockets. Streaming stats, logs, shell/console, and auto-updating of the state of resources may not work until this is resolved.”
This was happening because my SSL termination was on the AWS ELB side and it would not pass some required Headers to Rancher’s services. In order to solve that, I have to add some specific annotations to the kubernetes nginx ingress. The nginx ingress manifest file looks like this(the specific annotations are marked in BOLD):
apiVersion: v1
kind: Namespace
metadata:
name: ingress-nginx
labels:
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx---
# Source: ingress-nginx/templates/controller-serviceaccount.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-3.23.0
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.44.0
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
name: ingress-nginx
namespace: ingress-nginx
---
# Source: ingress-nginx/templates/controller-configmap.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-3.23.0
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.44.0
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
name: ingress-nginx-controller
namespace: ingress-nginx
data:
http-snippet: |
server {
listen 2443;
return 308 https://$host$request_uri;
}
proxy-real-ip-cidr: x.x.x.x/x
use-forwarded-headers: 'true'
use-proxy-protocol: "true"
---
# Source: ingress-nginx/templates/clusterrole.yaml
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRole
metadata:
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-3.23.0
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.44.0
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
name: ingress-nginx
rules:
- apiGroups:
- ''
resources:
- configmaps
- endpoints
- nodes
- pods
- secrets
verbs:
- list
- watch
- apiGroups:
- ''
resources:
- nodes
verbs:
- get
- apiGroups:
- ''
resources:
- services
verbs:
- get
- list
- watch
- apiGroups:
- extensions
- networking.k8s.io # k8s 1.14+
resources:
- ingresses
verbs:
- get
- list
- watch
- apiGroups:
- ''
resources:
- events
verbs:
- create
- patch
- apiGroups:
- extensions
- networking.k8s.io # k8s 1.14+
resources:
- ingresses/status
verbs:
- update
- apiGroups:
- networking.k8s.io # k8s 1.14+
resources:
- ingressclasses
verbs:
- get
- list
- watch
---
# Source: ingress-nginx/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRoleBinding
metadata:
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-3.23.0
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.44.0
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
name: ingress-nginx
roleRef:
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
kind: ClusterRole
name: ingress-nginx
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: ingress-nginx
namespace: ingress-nginx
---
# Source: ingress-nginx/templates/controller-role.yaml
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: Role
metadata:
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-3.23.0
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.44.0
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
name: ingress-nginx
namespace: ingress-nginx
rules:
- apiGroups:
- ''
resources:
- namespaces
verbs:
- get
- apiGroups:
- ''
resources:
- configmaps
- pods
- secrets
- endpoints
verbs:
- get
- list
- watch
- apiGroups:
- ''
resources:
- services
verbs:
- get
- list
- watch
- apiGroups:
- extensions
- networking.k8s.io # k8s 1.14+
resources:
- ingresses
verbs:
- get
- list
- watch
- apiGroups:
- extensions
- networking.k8s.io # k8s 1.14+
resources:
- ingresses/status
verbs:
- update
- apiGroups:
- networking.k8s.io # k8s 1.14+
resources:
- ingressclasses
verbs:
- get
- list
- watch
- apiGroups:
- ''
resources:
- configmaps
resourceNames:
- ingress-controller-leader-nginx
verbs:
- get
- update
- apiGroups:
- ''
resources:
- configmaps
verbs:
- create
- apiGroups:
- ''
resources:
- events
verbs:
- create
- patch
---
# Source: ingress-nginx/templates/controller-rolebinding.yaml
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: RoleBinding
metadata:
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-3.23.0
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.44.0
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
name: ingress-nginx
namespace: ingress-nginx
roleRef:
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
kind: Role
name: ingress-nginx
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: ingress-nginx
namespace: ingress-nginx
---
# Source: ingress-nginx/templates/controller-service-webhook.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-3.23.0
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.44.0
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
name: ingress-nginx-controller-admission
namespace: ingress-nginx
spec:
type: ClusterIP
ports:
- name: https-webhook
port: 443
targetPort: webhook
selector:
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
---
# Source: ingress-nginx/templates/controller-service.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
annotations:
service.beta.kubernetes.io/aws-load-balancer-backend-protocol: "tcp"
service.beta.kubernetes.io/aws-load-balancer-proxy-protocol: "*"
service.beta.kubernetes.io/aws-load-balancer-connection-idle-timeout: '60'
service.beta.kubernetes.io/aws-load-balancer-cross-zone-load-balancing-enabled: 'true'
service.beta.kubernetes.io/aws-load-balancer-ssl-cert: arn:aws:acm:us-east-2:xxxxxxx:certificate/xxxxxxx-xxx-xxxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxx
service.beta.kubernetes.io/aws-load-balancer-ssl-ports: https
service.beta.kubernetes.io/aws-load-balancer-type: elb
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-3.23.0
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.44.0
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
name: ingress-nginx-controller
namespace: ingress-nginx
spec:
type: LoadBalancer
externalTrafficPolicy: Local
ports:
- name: http
port: 80
protocol: TCP
targetPort: 80
- name: https
port: 443
protocol: TCP
targetPort: http
selector:
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
---
# Source: ingress-nginx/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-3.23.0
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.44.0
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
name: ingress-nginx-controller
namespace: ingress-nginx
spec:
selector:
matchLabels:
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
revisionHistoryLimit: 10
minReadySeconds: 0
template:
metadata:
labels:
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
spec:
dnsPolicy: ClusterFirst
containers:
- name: controller
image: k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/controller:v0.44.0@sha256:3dd0fac48073beaca2d67a78c746c7593f9c575168a17139a9955a82c63c4b9a
imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
lifecycle:
preStop:
exec:
command:
- /wait-shutdown
args:
- /nginx-ingress-controller
- --publish-service=$(POD_NAMESPACE)/ingress-nginx-controller
- --election-id=ingress-controller-leader
- --ingress-class=nginx
- --configmap=$(POD_NAMESPACE)/ingress-nginx-controller
- --validating-webhook=:8443
- --validating-webhook-certificate=/usr/local/certificates/cert
- --validating-webhook-key=/usr/local/certificates/key
securityContext:
capabilities:
drop:
- ALL
add:
- NET_BIND_SERVICE
runAsUser: 101
allowPrivilegeEscalation: true
env:
- name: POD_NAME
valueFrom:
fieldRef:
fieldPath: metadata.name
- name: POD_NAMESPACE
valueFrom:
fieldRef:
fieldPath: metadata.namespace
- name: LD_PRELOAD
value: /usr/local/lib/libmimalloc.so
livenessProbe:
httpGet:
path: /healthz
port: 10254
scheme: HTTP
initialDelaySeconds: 10
periodSeconds: 10
timeoutSeconds: 1
successThreshold: 1
failureThreshold: 5
readinessProbe:
httpGet:
path: /healthz
port: 10254
scheme: HTTP
initialDelaySeconds: 10
periodSeconds: 10
timeoutSeconds: 1
successThreshold: 1
failureThreshold: 3
ports:
- name: http
containerPort: 80
protocol: TCP
- name: https
containerPort: 80
protocol: TCP
- name: tohttps
containerPort: 2443
protocol: TCP
- name: webhook
containerPort: 8443
protocol: TCP
volumeMounts:
- name: webhook-cert
mountPath: /usr/local/certificates/
readOnly: true
resources:
requests:
cpu: 100m
memory: 90Mi
nodeSelector:
kubernetes.io/os: linux
serviceAccountName: ingress-nginx
terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 300
volumes:
- name: webhook-cert
secret:
secretName: ingress-nginx-admission
---
# Source: ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/validating-webhook.yaml
# before changing this value, check the required kubernetes version
# https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/extensible-admission-controllers/#prerequisites
apiVersion: admissionregistration.k8s.io/v1
kind: ValidatingWebhookConfiguration
metadata:
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-3.23.0
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.44.0
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
app.kubernetes.io/component: admission-webhook
name: ingress-nginx-admission
webhooks:
- name: validate.nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io
matchPolicy: Equivalent
rules:
- apiGroups:
- networking.k8s.io
apiVersions:
- v1beta1
operations:
- CREATE
- UPDATE
resources:
- ingresses
failurePolicy: Fail
sideEffects: None
admissionReviewVersions:
- v1
- v1beta1
clientConfig:
service:
namespace: ingress-nginx
name: ingress-nginx-controller-admission
path: /networking/v1beta1/ingresses
---
# Source: ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/serviceaccount.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
name: ingress-nginx-admission
annotations:
helm.sh/hook: pre-install,pre-upgrade,post-install,post-upgrade
helm.sh/hook-delete-policy: before-hook-creation,hook-succeeded
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-3.23.0
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.44.0
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
app.kubernetes.io/component: admission-webhook
namespace: ingress-nginx
---
# Source: ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/clusterrole.yaml
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRole
metadata:
name: ingress-nginx-admission
annotations:
helm.sh/hook: pre-install,pre-upgrade,post-install,post-upgrade
helm.sh/hook-delete-policy: before-hook-creation,hook-succeeded
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-3.23.0
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.44.0
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
app.kubernetes.io/component: admission-webhook
rules:
- apiGroups:
- admissionregistration.k8s.io
resources:
- validatingwebhookconfigurations
verbs:
- get
- update
---
# Source: ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/clusterrolebinding.yaml
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRoleBinding
metadata:
name: ingress-nginx-admission
annotations:
helm.sh/hook: pre-install,pre-upgrade,post-install,post-upgrade
helm.sh/hook-delete-policy: before-hook-creation,hook-succeeded
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-3.23.0
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.44.0
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
app.kubernetes.io/component: admission-webhook
roleRef:
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
kind: ClusterRole
name: ingress-nginx-admission
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: ingress-nginx-admission
namespace: ingress-nginx
---
# Source: ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/role.yaml
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: Role
metadata:
name: ingress-nginx-admission
annotations:
helm.sh/hook: pre-install,pre-upgrade,post-install,post-upgrade
helm.sh/hook-delete-policy: before-hook-creation,hook-succeeded
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-3.23.0
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.44.0
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
app.kubernetes.io/component: admission-webhook
namespace: ingress-nginx
rules:
- apiGroups:
- ''
resources:
- secrets
verbs:
- get
- create
---
# Source: ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/rolebinding.yaml
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: RoleBinding
metadata:
name: ingress-nginx-admission
annotations:
helm.sh/hook: pre-install,pre-upgrade,post-install,post-upgrade
helm.sh/hook-delete-policy: before-hook-creation,hook-succeeded
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-3.23.0
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.44.0
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
app.kubernetes.io/component: admission-webhook
namespace: ingress-nginx
roleRef:
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
kind: Role
name: ingress-nginx-admission
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: ingress-nginx-admission
namespace: ingress-nginx
---
# Source: ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/job-createSecret.yaml
apiVersion: batch/v1
kind: Job
metadata:
name: ingress-nginx-admission-create
annotations:
helm.sh/hook: pre-install,pre-upgrade
helm.sh/hook-delete-policy: before-hook-creation,hook-succeeded
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-3.23.0
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.44.0
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
app.kubernetes.io/component: admission-webhook
namespace: ingress-nginx
spec:
template:
metadata:
name: ingress-nginx-admission-create
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-3.23.0
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.44.0
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
app.kubernetes.io/component: admission-webhook
spec:
containers:
- name: create
image: docker.io/jettech/kube-webhook-certgen:v1.5.1
imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
args:
- create
- --host=ingress-nginx-controller-admission,ingress-nginx-controller-admission.$(POD_NAMESPACE).svc
- --namespace=$(POD_NAMESPACE)
- --secret-name=ingress-nginx-admission
env:
- name: POD_NAMESPACE
valueFrom:
fieldRef:
fieldPath: metadata.namespace
restartPolicy: OnFailure
serviceAccountName: ingress-nginx-admission
securityContext:
runAsNonRoot: true
runAsUser: 2000
---
# Source: ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/job-patchWebhook.yaml
apiVersion: batch/v1
kind: Job
metadata:
name: ingress-nginx-admission-patch
annotations:
helm.sh/hook: post-install,post-upgrade
helm.sh/hook-delete-policy: before-hook-creation,hook-succeeded
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-3.23.0
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.44.0
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
app.kubernetes.io/component: admission-webhook
namespace: ingress-nginx
spec:
template:
metadata:
name: ingress-nginx-admission-patch
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-3.23.0
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.44.0
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
app.kubernetes.io/component: admission-webhook
spec:
containers:
- name: patch
image: docker.io/jettech/kube-webhook-certgen:v1.5.1
imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
args:
- patch
- --webhook-name=ingress-nginx-admission
- --namespace=$(POD_NAMESPACE)
- --patch-mutating=false
- --secret-name=ingress-nginx-admission
- --patch-failure-policy=Fail
env:
- name: POD_NAMESPACE
valueFrom:
fieldRef:
fieldPath: metadata.namespace
restartPolicy: OnFailure
serviceAccountName: ingress-nginx-admission
securityContext:
runAsNonRoot: true
runAsUser: 2000
Applying this configuration, should workaround the issue. To find more information about kubernetes nginx ingress on AWS can be found in https://kubernetes.github.io/ingress-nginx/deploy/#aws.
