Create a Public Cluster with Public Node Group

Prerequisites

To be able to initialize a Cluster and Deploy a Workload , you need:

There is at least 1 VPC and 1 Subnet in ACTIVE state . If you do not have a VPC or Subnet yet, please create a VPC or Subnet according to the instructions here
There is at least 1 SSH key in ACTIVE state . If you do not have any SSH key, please create an SSH key according to the instructions here
Installed and configured kubectl on your device. Please refer here you are not sure how to install and use kuberctl. In addition, you should not use a kubectl version that is too old, we recommend that you use a kubectl version that is no more than one version different from the cluster version.

Initialize Cluster

A cluster in Kubernetes is a collection of one or more virtual machines (VMs) connected together to run containerized applications. Cluster provides a unified environment to deploy, manage, and operate containers at scale.

To initialize a Cluster, follow the steps below:

Step 1: Visit

Step 2: At the Overview screen , select Activate.

Step 3: Wait until we successfully create your VKS account. After Activate successfully, select Create a Cluster

Step 4: At the Cluster initialization screen, we have set up information for the Cluster and a Default Node Group for you. You can keep these default values or adjust the desired parameters for the Cluster and Node Group at Cluster Configuration, Default Node Group Configuration, Plugin. By default we will create a Public Cluster for you with Public Node Group.

Step 5: Select Create Kubernetes cluster. Please wait a few minutes for us to initialize your Cluster, the Cluster's status is now Creating .

Step 6: When the Cluster status is Active , you can view Cluster information and Node Group information by selecting Cluster Name in the Name column .

Connect and check the newly created Cluster information

After the Cluster is successfully initialized, you can connect and check the newly created Cluster information by following these steps:

Step 3 : Rename this file to config and save it to the ~/.kube/config directory

Step 4: Perform Cluster check via command:

Run the following command to test node

kubectl get nodes

If the results are returned as below, it means your Cluster was successfully initialized with 3 nodes as below.

NAME                                            STATUS     ROLES    AGE   VERSION
ng-0e10592c-e70e-404d-a4e8-5e3b80f805e4-834b7   Ready      <none>   50m   v1.28.8
ng-0e10592c-e70e-404d-a4e8-5e3b80f805e4-cf652   Ready      <none>   23m   v1.28.8
ng-0f4ed631-1252-49f7-8dfc-386fa0b2d29b-a8ef0   Ready      <none>   28m   v1.28.8

Deploy a Workload

The following is a guide for you to deploy the nginx service on Kubernetes.

Step 1 : Create Deployment and Service for Nginx app

Create nginx-service.yaml file with the following content:

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: nginx-app
spec:
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: nginx
  replicas: 1
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: nginx
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: nginx
        image: nginx:1.19.1
        ports:
        - containerPort: 80
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: nginx-service
spec:
  selector:
    app: nginx 
  ports:
    - protocol: TCP
      port: 80
      targetPort: 80

Deploy This deployment equals:

kubectl apply -f nginx-service.yaml

Step 2: Check Deployment and Service information before exposing it to the Internet.

Run the following command to test Deployment

kubectl get svc,deploy,pod -owide

If the results are returned as below, it means you have successfully deployed the nginx service.

NAME                    TYPE        CLUSTER-IP      EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)   AGE    SELECTOR
service/kubernetes      ClusterIP   10.96.0.1       <none>        443/TCP   2d4h   <none>
service/nginx-service   ClusterIP   10.96.178.229   <none>        80/TCP    74s    app=nginx

NAME                        READY   UP-TO-DATE   AVAILABLE   AGE   CONTAINERS   IMAGES         SELECTOR
deployment.apps/nginx-app   1/1     1            1           74s   nginx        nginx:1.19.1   app=nginx

NAME                             READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE   IP              NODE                                            NOMINATED NODE   READINESS GATES
pod/nginx-app-7f45b65946-5pcvz   1/1     Running   0          74s   172.16.24.201   ng-3f06013a-f6a5-47ba-a51f-bc5e9c2b10a7-ecea1   <none>           <none>

Step 3: Expose Nginx Service to the Internet

Run the following command to expose nginx-service to the internet:

kubectl expose deployment nginx-app --type=NodePort --port=30080 --target-port=80

If the results are returned as below, it means you have successfully exposed the Service to the Internet.

NAME                    TYPE        CLUSTER-IP      EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)           AGE     SELECTOR
service/kubernetes      ClusterIP   10.96.0.1       <none>        443/TCP           2d4h    <none>
service/nginx-app       NodePort    10.96.215.192   <none>        30080:31289/TCP   4s      app=nginx
service/nginx-service   ClusterIP   10.96.178.229   <none>        80/TCP            2m43s   app=nginx

NAME                        READY   UP-TO-DATE   AVAILABLE   AGE     CONTAINERS   IMAGES         SELECTOR
deployment.apps/nginx-app   1/1     1            1           2m43s   nginx        nginx:1.19.1   app=nginx

NAME                             READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE     IP              NODE                                            NOMINATED NODE   READINESS GATES
pod/nginx-app-7f45b65946-5pcvz   1/1     Running   0          2m43s   172.16.24.201   ng-3f06013a-f6a5-47ba-a51f-bc5e9c2b10a7-ecea1   <none>           <none

Step 4: To access the just exported Nginx app, you can use the URL with the format:

http://<node_ip>:31289/

If you want to expose this service through vLB Layer4, vLB Layer7, please refer to:

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