Set up and deploy your first application

Learn how to deploy an application to a Kubernetes cluster hosted within the IBM Container Service.

0. Install Prerequisite CLIs and Provision a Kubernetes Cluster

If you haven't already:

1. Install the IBM Cloud CLIs and login, as described in Lab 0.

2. Provision a cluster:

$ ibmcloud cs cluster-create --name <name-of-cluster>

Once the cluster is provisioned, the kubernetes client CLI kubectl needs to be configured to talk to the provisioned cluster.

1. Run $ ibmcloud cs cluster-config <name-of-cluster>, and set the KUBECONFIG

   environment variable based on the output of the command. This will

   make your kubectl client point to your new Kubernetes cluster.

Once your client is configured, you are ready to deploy your first application, guestbook.

Claim Kubernetes Cluster in Workshops

Get preCreated Kubernetes Cluster

You have to connect to your kubernetes cluster before next step.

docker run --it -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock volaka/ibmcloud-devtools
cd
ibmcloud login

Don't forget to select IBM (e2b54d0c3bbe4180b1ee63a0e2a7aba4) <-> 184086

git clone https://github.com/IBM/guestbook.git
cd guestbook

1. Deploy your application

In this part of the lab we will deploy an application called guestbook that has already been built and uploaded to DockerHub under the name ibmcom/guestbook:v1.

1. Start by running guestbook:

   kubectl create deployment guestbook --image=ibmcom/guestbook:v1

   This action will take a bit of time. To check the status of the running application, you can use .

   kubectl get pods -w

   You should see output similar to the following:

   NAME                          READY     STATUS              RESTARTS   AGE
   guestbook-59bd679fdc-bxdg7    0/1       ContainerCreating   0          1m

   Eventually, the status should show up as Running.

   guestbook-59bd679fdc-bxdg7    1/1       Running             0          1m

   The end result of the run command is not just the pod containing our application containers, but a Deployment resource that manages the lifecycle of those pods. Exit with ctrl + c

2. Once the status reads Running, we need to expose that deployment as a service so we can access it through the IP of the worker nodes. The guestbook application listens on port 3000. Run:

   kubectl expose deployment guestbook --type="NodePort" --port=3000
   # service "guestbook" exposed

3. To find the port used on that worker node, examine your new service:

   kubectl get service guestbook

   NAME        TYPE       CLUSTER-IP     EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)          AGE
   guestbook   NodePort   10.10.10.253   <none>        3000:31208/TCP   1m

   We can see that our <nodeport> is 31208. We can see in the output the port mapping from 3000 inside the pod exposed to the cluster on port 31208. This port in the 31000 range is automatically chosen, and could be different for you.

4. guestbook is now running on your cluster, and exposed to the internet. We need to find out where it is accessible. The worker nodes running in the container service get external IP addresses. Run $ ibmcloud cs workers <name-of-cluster>, and note the public IP listed on the <public-IP> line. Also kubect get nodes -o widecommand helps to get public ip of a node.

   ibmcloud cs workers --cluster osscluster

   OK
   ID                                                       Public IP      Private IP      Flavor               State    Status   Zone    Version   
   kube-bq9k969l04l8ov8r6tv0-iksakbank22-default-000001ee   159.8.191.72   10.113.56.139   b3c.4x16.encrypted   normal   Ready    lon02   1.16.8_1527   

   We can see that our <public-IP> is 159.8.191.72.

5. Now that you have both the address and the port, you can now access the application in the web browser at <public-IP>:<nodeport>. In the example case this is 159.8.191.72:31208.

Congratulations, you've now deployed an application to Kubernetes!