Deploying HashiCorp Nomad cluster on Google Cloud Compute Engine instances using custom VM images built using Packer as done in my repo here
Google Compute Region Instance Template
Google Compute Region Instance Group Manager
This blueprint deploys a Consul server cluster, Nomad server cluster, and a few Nomad workers (or clients, as they're called) in the default VPC.
After deployment, you will have to ssh into the Nomad server to run nomad acl bootstrap to get the (root) bootstrap token.
- example:
gcloud compute ssh nomad-server-a1b2 \
--zone northamerica-northeast1-c \
--project myproject-123 \
--command "nomad acl bootstrap"- output:
Accessor ID = 12345678-9abc-def1-2345-6789abcdef12
Secret ID = abcdef12-3456-789a-bcde-f123456789ab
Name = Bootstrap Token
Type = management
Global = true
Create Time = 2023-09-03 04:30:12.602612696 +0000 UTC
Expiry Time = <none>
Create Index = 15
Modify Index = 15
Policies = n/a
Roles = n/a
It can take a couple of minutes for the load balancer to confirm that all the backends are health and start serving traffic. It may also take a few more for Consul to vote on a leader initially, so be patient.
If you would like to learn more about HashiCorp Nomad, check out my Medium articles below: