Kind Dev Cluster on Codespaces (Spark)

Setup a Kubernetes Developer Cluster using kind running in GitHub Codespaces

GitHub Codespaces is currently in preview

• An invitation will be sent to you during the live Spark session
  • You must have a GitHub ID with 2FA enabled
  • You must accept the invitation
    • via the email link
    • via https://github.com/asb-spark
• You will have access to Codespaces on the repo until August 1
• If you have dotfiles that use bash, please use zsh for the Spark live event

Open with Codespaces

• Click the Code button on your repo
• Click Open with Codespaces
• Click New Codespace
• Choose the 4 core option

Open Workspace

• When prompted, choose Open Workspace

Build and Deploy Cluster

make all

Validate Deployment

Output from make all should resemble this

default      fluentb                                   1/1   Running   0   31s
default      jumpbox                                   1/1   Running   0   25s
default      webv                                      1/1   Running   0   31s
default      ngsa-memory                               1/1   Running   0   33s
monitoring   grafana-64f7dbcf96-cfmtd                  1/1   Running   0   32s
monitoring   prometheus-deployment-67cbf97f84-tjxm7    1/1   Running   0   32s

Service endpoints

• All endpoints are usable in your browser via clicking on the Ports (4) tab
  • Select the open in browser icon on the far right
• Some popup blockers block the new browser tab
• If you get a gateway error, just hit refresh - it will clear once the port-forward is ready

# check endpoints
make check

Validate deployment with k9s

• From the Codespace terminal window, start k9s
  • Type k9s and press enter
  • Press 0 to select all namespaces
  • Wait for all pods to be in the Running state (look for the STATUS column)
  • Use the arrow key to select nsga-memory then press the l key to view logs from the pod
  • To go back, press the esc key
  • To view other deployed resources - press shift + : followed by the deployment type (e.g. secret, services, deployment, etc).
  • To exit - :q <enter>

Other interesting endpoints

Open curl.http

curl.http is used in conjuction with the Visual Studio Code REST Client extension.

When you open curl.http, you should see a clickable Send Request text above each of the URLs

Clicking on Send Request should open a new panel in Visual Studio Code with the response from that request like so:

Jump Box

A jump box pod is created so that you can execute commands in the cluster

• use the kj alias

  • kubectl exec -it jumpbox -- bash -l
    • note: -l causes a login and processes .profile
    • note: sh -l will work, but the results will not be displayed in the terminal due to a bug

• use the kje alias

  • kubectl exec -it jumpbox --

• example

  • run http against the ClusterIP
    • kje http ngsa-memory:8080/version

View Prometheus Dashboard

• Click on the ports tab of the terminal window

• Click on the open in browser icon on the Prometheus port (30000)

• This will open Prometheus in a new browser tab

• From the Prometheus tab

  • Begin typing NgsaAppDuration_bucket in the Expression search
  • Click Execute
  • This will display the histogram that Grafana uses for the charts

Launch Grafana Dashboard

• Grafana login info

  • admin
  • akdc-512

• Once make all completes successfully

  • Click on the ports tab of the terminal window
  • Click on the open in browser icon on the Grafana port (32000)
  • This will open Grafana in a new browser tab

View Grafana Dashboard

• Click on Home at the top of the page
• From the dashboards page, click on NGSA

Run a load test

# from Codespaces terminal

# run a baseline test (will generate warnings in Grafana)
make test

# run a 60 second load test
make load-test

• Switch to the Grafana brower tab
• The test will generate 400 / 404 results
• The requests metric will go from green to yellow to red as load increases
  • It may skip yellow
• As the test completes
  • The metric will go back to green (1.0)
  • The request graph will return to normal

View Fluent Bit Logs

• Start k9s from the Codespace terminal
• Select fluentb and press enter
• Press enter again to see the logs
• Press s to Toggle AutoScroll
• Press w to Toggle Wrap
• Review logs that will be sent to Log Analytics when configured

Build and deploy a local version of WebValidate

• Switch back to your Codespaces tab

# from Codespaces terminal

# make and deploy a local version of WebV to k8s
make webv

Build and deploy a local version of ngsa-memory

• Switch back to your Codespaces tab

# from Codespaces terminal

# make and deploy a local version of ngsa-memory to k8s
make app

Next Steps

Makefile is a good place to start exploring

FAQ

• Why don't we use helm to deploy Kubernetes manifests?
  • The target audience for this repository is app developers who are beginning their Kubernetes journey so we chose simplicity for the Developer Experience.
  • In our daily work, we use Helm for deployments and it is installed in the .devcontainer should you want to use it.

Engineering Docs

• Team Working Agreement
• Team Engineering Practices
• CSE Engineering Fundamentals Playbook

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