ft_services

Codam [42 Network] project: the aim of this project is to virtualize a network by setting up a multi-service cluster using Kubernetes.

Specifications

• kubernetes web dashboard
• metallb load balancer with a single IP that is the only entrance to the cluster
• wordpress website listening on port 5050 that works with a mysql database and has it's own nginx server
• phpmyadminn listening on port 5000 that is linked with the mysql database and also has it's own nginx server
• nginx server listening on ports 80 and 443; port 80 (http) is a systematic redirection of type 301 to port 443 (https)
• FTPS server listening on port 21
• grafana platform listening on port 3000 linked with an influxdb database that monitors all your containers
• all containers must restart incase of a crash
• need to ensure that the database volumes are persistent, retaining data even incase of a container crashing
  
  
  
  

Instructions

• run sh setup.sh
• the kubernetes dashboard will launch automatically in your browser
• to access services you can navigate to http://192.168.99.120 for instructions or read below:
• WORDPRESS
  • visit wordpress via port 5050 http://192.168.99.120:5050/
  • visit wordpress via nginx redirect 307 https://192.168.99.120/wordpress/
  • Logins - user:password, nilo:password, brit:password, tessa:password
• PHPMYADMIN
  • visit phpmyadmin via port 5000 http://192.168.99.120:5000/
  • visit phpmyadmin via nginx reverse proxy https://192.168.99.120/phpmyadmin/
  • Login - mysql:password
• SSH
  • in terminal enter: ssh user@192.168.99.120
  • password = password
  • you may need to delete the known host first at .ssh/knownhosts
• GRAFANA
  • visit grafana dashboard http://192.168.99.120:3000/
  • Login - admin:admin
• FTPS
  • Open Filezilla and connect with these credentials:
  • Host: 192.168.99.120
  • Username: user
  • Password: password
  • Port: 21
• when done run sh clean_minikube
  
  

General information

• Docker is a program that performs operating-system-level virtualization, also known as “containerization”
• kubernetes is a portable, extensible, open-source platform for managing containerized workloads and services (ie: Docker containers)
• kubectlis kubernetes' command-line tool which allows you to run commands against Kubernetes clusters
• minikube is a lightweight Kubernetes implementation that creates a VM on your local machine and deploys a simple cluster containing only one node
  
  

Skills

• Network & system administration
  
  

Objectives

• System administration