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 if 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.

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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 https://vks.console.greennode.ai/overview

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 .

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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 1: Visit https://vks.console.greennode.ai/k8s-cluster

Step 2: The Cluster list is displayed, select the icon and select Download Config File to download the kubeconfig file. This file will give you full access to your Cluster.

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

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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
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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

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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

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

http://<node_ip>:31289/

Where node_ip can be the node_port address of any node in the cluster. You can get Node's External IP information at the vServer interface. Specifically, access at https://hcm-3.console.greennode.ai/vserver/v-server/cloud-server .

For example, below I have successfully accessed the nginx app with the address: http://61.28.231.65:31007/

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

• Expose a service through vLB Layer4

• Expose a service through vLB Layer7