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Mini gRPC Project (2): Deploying the gRPC API on k8s

#go #kubernetes #googlecloud #docker

This is part 2 of Mini gRPC Project (1): Creating a Simple Increment API on Go

Prerequisites

  • MacOS Catalina
  • Already have gopaths configured
  • Have a GCP project of your own

Overview of the Directory 

$ tree
.
├── README.md
├── infrastructure
│   ├── backend-deployment.yml
│   ├── backend-service.yml
│   ├── frontend-deployment.yml
│   └── frontend-service.yml
├── proto
│   ├── calc.proto
│   └── gen
│       └── calc.pb.go
└── src
    ├── backend
    │   ├── Dockerfile
    │   └── main.go
    └── frontend
        ├── Dockerfile
        └── main.go

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Create Dockerfiles

src/frontend/Dockerfile

Make sure to push your protos to your github account so that you can import them.

FROM golang:1.15

ENV HOME /root
ENV PATH $PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
ENV GOPATH /go 
RUN echo $GOPATH
RUN go get -u github.com/golang/protobuf/protoc-gen-go
RUN go get -u github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware/logging/zap
RUN go get -u go.uber.org/zap
RUN go get -u github.com/YOURACCOUNT/micro-prac/proto/gen
WORKDIR /go/src/micro-sample-frontend
COPY . .

RUN go build -o /usr/local/bin/micro-sample-frontend

CMD ["micro-sample-frontend"]
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src/backend/Dockerfile 

FROM golang:1.15

ENV HOME /root
ENV PATH $PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
ENV GOPATH /go 
RUN echo $GOPATH
RUN go get -u github.com/golang/protobuf/protoc-gen-go
RUN go get -u github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware/logging/zap
RUN go get -u go.uber.org/zap

# Make sure to push your protos to your github account
RUN go get -u github.com/YOURACCOUNT/micro-prac/proto/gen

WORKDIR /go/src/micro-sample-backend
COPY . .

RUN go build -o /usr/local/bin/micro-sample-backend

CMD ["micro-sample-backend"]
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Create the Docker Images

To build, use the following command.

docker build -t gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/micro-sample-frontend:v0.1 .
docker build -t gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/micro-sample-backend:v0.1 .
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Create GCP project

I created a project and in my GKE created a cluster called micro-sample.

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In my local machine, we will run the following

$ gcloud init
Welcome! This command will take you through the configuration of gcloud.

// Choose the correct configurations for your project.
.......

$ gcloud container clusters get-credentials micro-sample --zone="asia-northeast1-a"
Fetching cluster endpoint and auth data.
kubeconfig entry generated for micro-sample.

$ kubectl config current-context
gke_$PROJECT_ID_asia-northeast1-a_micro-sample
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Push the images to GCR

We will push the built images to GCR, now the GCP project is created.

docker push gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/micro-sample-frontend:v0.1
docker push gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/micro-sample-backend:v0.1
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You should be able to see your repositories in your GCR.

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Create service yaml files.

Make sure to replace the $PROJECT_ID with your own GCP project id. We will create a new folder named infrastructure and store all the yaml files in it.

infrastructure$ tree
.
├── backend-deployment.yml
├── backend-service.yml
├── frontend-deployment.yml
└── frontend-service.yml

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infrastructure/backend-deployment.yml 

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: micro-sample-backend-deployment
spec:
  replicas: 2
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: micro-sample
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: micro-sample
        tier: backend
        track: stable
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: micro-sample
        image: gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/micro-sample-backend:v0.1
        ports:
        - containerPort: 8000
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infrastructure/backend-service.yml 

kind: Service
apiVersion: v1
metadata:
  name: micro-sample-service-backend
spec:
  selector:
    app: micro-sample
    tier: backend
  ports:
  - protocol: TCP
    port: 8000
    targetPort: 8000
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infrastructure/frontend-deployment.yml 

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: micro-sample-frontend-deployment
spec:
  replicas: 2
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: micro-sample
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: micro-sample
        tier: frontend
        track: stable
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: micro-sample-frontend
        image: gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/micro-sample-frontend:v0.1
        ports:
          - containerPort: 8080
            name: http
        env:
          - name: BACKEND_SERVICE_NAME
            value: micro-sample-service-backend.default
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infrastructure/frontend-service.yml 

kind: Service
apiVersion: v1
metadata:
  name: micro-sample-service-frontend
spec:
  type: LoadBalancer
  selector:
    app: micro-sample
    tier: frontend
  ports:
  - protocol: TCP
    port: 80
    targetPort: 8080
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Configurations in GCP 

$ kubectl apply -f frontend-service.yml
service/micro-sample-service-frontend created

$ kubectl apply -f frontend-deployment.yml
deployment.apps/micro-sample-frontend-deployment created

$ kubectl apply -f backend-service.yml
service/micro-sample-service-backend created

$ kubectl apply -f backend-deployment.yml
deployment.apps/micro-sample-backend-deployment created
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Check the pods in your cluster

In your local machine when you run kubectl get pods, you should be able to see that all the pods are up and running.

$ kubectl get pods
NAME                                                READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
micro-sample-backend-deployment-854c888c95-46dp5    1/1     Running   0          98s
micro-sample-backend-deployment-854c888c95-l4g48    1/1     Running   0          98s
micro-sample-frontend-deployment-5cf875f7c9-2htft   1/1     Running   0          3m33s
micro-sample-frontend-deployment-5cf875f7c9-g4kpn   1/1     Running   0          3m33s
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Check the external IP of your cluster and run curl. You should be able to get the results from the API.

$ kubectl get svc
NAME                            TYPE           CLUSTER-IP   EXTERNAL-IP    PORT(S)        AGE
kubernetes                      ClusterIP      10.4.0.1     <none>         443/TCP        15m
micro-sample-service-backend    ClusterIP      10.4.8.222   <none>         8000/TCP       51s
micro-sample-service-frontend   LoadBalancer   10.4.15.80   EXTERNAL_IP   80:31017/TCP   7m44s

$ curl "http://EXTERNAL_IP/increment?val=1"
{"val":2}
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Cleaning Up

We will delete both the frontend and backend services.

$ kubectl delete svc micro-sample-service-frontend
service "micro-sample-service-frontend" deleted

//check if they are deleted
$ kubectl get services
NAME                           TYPE        CLUSTER-IP   EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)    AGE
kubernetes                     ClusterIP   10.4.0.1     <none>        443/TCP    14h
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Finally we will delete the cluster.

$ gcloud container clusters delete micro-sample
The following clusters will be deleted.
 - [micro-sample] in [asia-northeast1-a]

Do you want to continue (Y/n)?  Y

Deleting cluster micro-sample...done.
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We should see in GKE that the cluster has been deleted.

References

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