Configure kubernetes to pull from a registry service

Question

So, I am trying to make my kube cluster pull from a registry running inside itself. I have kube dns setup, I have a registry deployment and service running. I can resolve the service internal name via host command on the node. I have added --dns flag to docker daemon with the address of kube dns service. I have kubelet running with --cluster-dns flag set to the same address as well. Yet somehow this is what I get when I try to create a pod using this registry.

Failed to pull image "kube-registry.kube-system.svc.cluster.local/myuser/myimage": rpc error: code = Unknown desc = Error response from daemon: Get https://kube-registry.kube-system.svc.cluster.local/v1/_ping: dial tcp: lookup kube-registry.kube-system.svc.cluster.local: no such host

Somehow even with kube dns address explicitly given to both dockerd and kubelet, pulling images from the registry service fails because of name resolution. What am I missing?

Answer 1

Another solution would be to add kube-dns IP to resolv.conf :

echo "nameserver $(kubectl -n kube-system get svc kube-dns -o jsonpath='{.spec.clusterIP}')" >> /etc/resolv.conf

CoreDNS service is exposed with static IP , so there's no need to keep it updated.

I can confirm it works on Ubunutu 18.04, despite the fact that resolv.conf is generated by systemd-resolved . No additional DNS configuration was required. The services available by FQDNs only:

root@dev:~# nslookup harbor.default.svc.cluster.local
;; Got SERVFAIL reply from 127.0.0.53, trying next server
Server:     10.96.0.10
Address:    10.96.0.10#53

Name:   harbor.default.svc.cluster.local
Address: 10.109.118.191
;; Got SERVFAIL reply from 127.0.0.53, trying next server