Time zone

Prerequisites

Virtual Kubelet is upgraded to the latest version in your Kubernetes cluster. The user who is responsible for upgrading Virtual Kubelet varies according to the cluster type.

• Serverless Kubernetes cluster: The administrator upgrades Virtual Kubelet.
• Managed Kubernetes cluster: You must upgrade Virtual Kubelet by yourself.
• Dedicated Kubernetes cluster: You must upgrade Virtual Kubelet by yourself.
• User-created Kubernetes cluster: You must upgrade Virtual Kubelet by yourself.

Sample YAML configuration file

Create a ConfigMap and specify the time zone in the ConfigMap.

$ kubectl create configmap tz --from-file=/usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Shanghai

Create an YAML configuration file. In the configuration file, add the configuration for mounting the ConfigMap to the /etc/localtime/Shanghai directory.

$ cat set-timezone.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: timezone
spec:
  containers:
  - name: timezone
    image: registry-vpc.cn-beijing.aliyuncs.com/eci_open/busybox:1.30
    command: [ "sleep", "10000" ]
    volumeMounts:
      - name: tz
        mountPath: /etc/localtime
        subPath: Shanghai
  volumes:
    - name: tz
      configMap:
        name: tz
  nodeSelector:
    type: virtual-kubelet
  tolerations:
  - key: virtual-kubelet.io/provider
    operator: Exists

Run the following command to create an ECI based on the preceding configuration file:

$ kubectl apply -f set-timezone.yaml

Verification

Log on to the ECI and check whether the time zone is configured.

$ kubectl get pod/timezone
NAME                  READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
set-timezone   1/1         Running   0                 7m20s
$ kubectl exec timezone -it -- sh
/ # date -R
Fri, 01 May 2020 10:00:11 +0800
/ #

The preceding command output indicates that the time zone of the ECI is configured.