Create a Kubernetes cluster in Azure with Kublr
Connect Microsoft Azure and Kublr
- Log into Kublr using your credentials.
- Click on the Credentials menu in the left navigation menu bar
- Click Add Credentials
- Under credential type, select Azure Credentials.
- Enter Credentials Name (e.g. Test).
- Enter Tenant ID, Subscription ID, Client ID and Client Secret from the steps above.
- Click Save Credentials.
- “Credentials have been successfully created” popup appears.
- Click to verify if credentials are valid and ready to be used
Create a Cluster
Create a Kubernetes Cluster in Kublr
- Click on Cluster Menu in the left navigation menu bar
- Click on Add New Cluster
- Enter cluster name
- Select Provider: Microsoft Azure
- Select Region
- Select credentials created and/or saved in point 2.
- Select operating system to be used for Kublr cluster instances
- Select number of master nodes and instance type
- Select number of worker nodes and instance type
- Click Confirm and Install.
Congratulations box appears “Your cluster is being created. It might take a few minutes.”.
kubectl
For more details, please refer to the official Kubernetes documentation
For Mac users:
curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/$(curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt)/bin/darwin/amd64/kubectl
chmod +x ./kubectl
sudo mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
For Windows users:
- Download https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.7.0/bin/windows/amd64/kubectl.exe
- Include the path with the kubectl executable to PATH environment variable. More details: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ee537574(v=office.14).aspx
Copy Kublr config File
To retrieve config from Kublr:
- Click on cluster in the cluster list to access the cluster details page
- On the overview tab, download the config file
For Mac users:
mkdir ~/.kube
cp ~/Downloads/config.yaml ~/.kube/config
For Windows users:
cd %HOME%
mkdir .kube
copy %HOME%\Downloads\config.yaml .kube\
Check that kubectl is working and using right config file:
kubectl config view
kubectl cluster-info
Helm
Install and Use Helm to Deploy WordPress to Your Cluster
Install helm
Click here for detailed guidelines.
For Mac users:
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/helm/master/scripts/get > get_helm.sh
chmod +x get_helm.sh
./get_helm.sh --version v2.5.0
For Windows users:
- Download helm version 2.5.1 from here: https://github.com/kubernetes/helm/releases:
- Extract helm-v2.5.1-windows-amd64.zip to the directory where kubectl is saved
Init and test Helm installation:
helm init
Install WordPress
> NOTE: It may take a few minutes for the LoadBalancer IP to become available.
**For Mac users:**
``` bash
export SERVICE_IP=$(kubectl get svc --namespace default wordpress-wordpress -o jsonpath='{.status.loadBalancer.ingress[0].ip}')
echo http://$SERVICE_IP/admin
echo Username: user
echo Password: $(kubectl get secret --namespace default wordpress-wordpress -o jsonpath='{.data.wordpress-password}' | base64 --decode)
Open the browser and navigate to the URL from console output.
For Windows users:
- Run the following commands to get hostname and password:
kubectl get svc --namespace default wordpress-wordpress -o jsonpath='{.status.loadBalancer.ingress[0].ip}'
kubectl get secret --namespace default wordpress-wordpress -o jsonpath='{.data.wordpress-password}
- Open browser to http://%hostname%/admin, where %hostname% is the hostname you got from the kubectl
- Decode admin password with https://www.base64decode.org/
Congrats! You just deployed your first app in a Kubernetes cluster with Kublr.
