CoreOps AKS Kubernetes Hands-on Workshop

Prerequisites

1. Docker (https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/)
2. kubectl (https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/)
3. kubelogin (https://azure.github.io/kubelogin/install.html)
4. copsctl (https://github.com/conplementAG/copsctl#installation)
5. helm (https://helm.sh/docs/intro/quickstart/#install-helm)

Workshop

0. Kubernetes basics

Explain the concept of nodes & containers, pods, namespaces, resources. Mention deployments & services, but explain them hands on in next sections.

1. Connect to the cluster

• get the connection string from the CoreOps team
• connect, login
• try to execute kubectl get pods - you will get an error (as expected) - note the username shown here! You will need this in the next step.

2. Create own namespace

copsctl namespace create -n ws-xxx --users your_username_here

3. Deploy the Redis backend (Kubernetes Deployment)

cd 01_backend_redis

kubectl apply -f deployment.yaml --namespace ws-xxx
kubectl get deployment -n ws-xxx

4. Test the Redis backend (Kubernetes Service)

kubectl apply -f service.yaml --namespace ws-xxx
kubectl get deploy,service --namespace ws-xxx

# create a test container with redis-cli, so that we can connect
# to redis and see if the container works
kubectl run redis-debug-pod-with-cli --rm -it --namespace ws-xxx --image redis -- /bin/bash
# now you can play around with set x value; get x; etc...

5. Create the .NET frontend (Kubernetes Deployment & Service)

cd ..
cd 02_frontend_dotnet

kubectl apply -f deployment-and-service.yaml --namespace ws-xxx
kubectl get deploy,service --namespace ws-xxx

6. Test the .NET frontend

• test via curl inside the cluster

kubectl run curl-cli -n ws-xxx --image=radial/busyboxplus:curl -i --tty --rm

# then inside the container:
curl azure-vote-front

• test via port-forwarding to the local machine

kubectl port-forward --namespace ws-xxx svc/azure-vote-front 8080:80

# browser -> localhost:8080

7. Expose the .NET frontend to the public Internet

cd ..
cd 03_ingress

kubectl apply -f ingress.yaml --namespace ws-xxx

kubectl get ingress --namespace ws-xxx

# to check the certificate you can also execute:
kubectl get certificates --namespace ws-xxx

8. Load testing & autoscaling

cd ..
cd 04_load_test

# run the load test before deploying autoscaling, observe
docker run -i loadimpact/k6 run --vus 10 --duration 60s  --insecure-skip-tls-verify - <script.js

# deploy the autoscaling functionality, now you can run the load test again and observe
kubectl apply -f hpa.yaml -n ws-xxx

kubectl get horizontalpodautoscaler -n ws-xxx # or 'kubectl get hpa' for short

9. Packaging and interpolation via Helm

cd ..
cd 05_helm

helm create azure-vote

Now, you can delete these sections:

• charts
• values.yaml file containts (leave the empty file)
• everything inside templates folder

Copy your resources into your helm chart. Interpolate some values / variables. Releaes the chart.

10. Discussion around key concepts behind CoreOps and DevOps split

• where are the application Azure resources located?
• who operates these resources (SQL DB etc.)?
• how many subscriptions are there?