Automating Deployment of Various Microservices Kubernetes

Abstract

This abstract highlights the deployment process of various microservices which comprise our application “Workspaces”, including essential resources such as MongoDB, Kafka, and Ingress Nginx Controller, within a local minikube Kubernetes[1] cluster. The procedure involved containerizing applications using custom Dockerfiles and employing init containers to execute precheck tasks, such as verifying resource availability and importing prerequisite data. Subsequently, Kubernetes manifests were meticulously written for each microservice, encompassing resources like Deployment, Ingress, Service, and ConfigMap. A comprehensive "setup.sh" script facilitated the execution of the entire application stack, with separate scripts for managing resources and microservice apps. Configuration for different cluster environments, such as minikube[2], Azure AKS, and GKE, was achieved through Kustomize, leveraging new kustomization.yaml files and patches.