Tool required

1. helm:

brew install helm

1. kubectl:

brew install kubectl

Setting up the cluster

1. Create a cluster
2. Deploy ingress-nginx helm install ingress-nginx . hell dependency build && helm install ingress-nginx .
3. Setup DNS records with the ingress-nginx external IP
4. Setup service account json secret so that cloud proxy can connect to the database: Follow https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/mysql/connect-kubernetes-engine#gsa
5. Deploy neferdata without SSL run helm dependency update && helm install neferdata . --dry-run to test, if happy run helm dependency update && helm install neferdata .
6. Deploy cert-manager
7. Create a cert-manager issuer
8. Upgrade neferdata to include SSL

Updating ui and api

1. cd to the neferdata folder
2. modify the values.yaml file
3. switch the kubectl context to point to the gke neferdata cluster.

kubectl config use-context gke_cldshld_us-central1_neferdata   

1. apply your changes with:

cd helm/neferdata
helm dependency update && helm upgrade neferdata .

1. Ensure that all pods are healthy by running:

darioalessandro@MacBook-Pro-di-Dario neferdata % kubectl get pods
NAME                                        READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
cert-manager-55b858df44-zhmsz               1/1     Running   0          38m
cert-manager-cainjector-7f47598f9b-8vfpb    1/1     Running   0          64m
cert-manager-webhook-7d694cd764-rs5zs       1/1     Running   0          64m
ingress-nginx-controller-6b448794df-jr22b   1/1     Running   0          129m
neferdata-api-b6bd759f5-bqnw7               2/2     Running   0          12m
neferdata-ui-7d5fbdfc4d-v9nwl               1/1     Running   0          6s

Frequently used commands

1. Connect to a running pod:

kubectl exec -it neferdata-api-db6db8d46-dqsfk -- /bin/bash