Lab 1 - Virtual Kubernetes

For this lab, we will create the Virtual Kubernetes environment, add the Stocks service and route the traffic to the container deployed in the F5 XC environment.

1. We will now create the Virtual Kubernetes environment.

   Go to Distributed Apps -> Applications -> Virtual K8s -> Add Virtual K8s -> Set the Name to $$vk8sName$$ -> Save and Exit

2. Create the workload that will define the configuration on how and where to deploy the Stocks POD

   1. Click on $$vk8sName$$ -> Workloads -> Add VK8s Workload

      Object	Value
      Name	arcadia-stocks
      Select Type of Workload	Service

   2. In the same screen -> Configure -> Under Containers click Add Item -> Fill the bellow data -> Apply

      Object	Value
      Name	stocks
      Image Name	registry.hub.docker.com/sorinboiaf5/arcadia-stocks:ocp
      Select Container Registry	Private Registry
      Private Registry	shared/emeaworkshops

   3. In the same screen -> Under Where to Deploy the workload choose Regional Edge Sites -> Configure -> Fill the bellow data -> Apply

      Object	Value
      Input box	system/tn2-lon

   4. In the same screen -> Under Advertise In Cluster click Configure -> Toggle the Show Advanced Fields switch -> Fill the bellow data -> Apply -> Apply -> Save and Exit

      Object	Value
      Port	80
      Target Port	Different than Port
      Different than Port	8080

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   1 Click Config

   {
     "metadata": {
       "name": "arcadia-stocks",
       "disable": false
     },
     "spec": {
       "service": {
         "num_replicas": 1,
         "containers": [
           {
             "name": "stocks",
             "image": {
               "name": "registry.hub.docker.com/sorinboiaf5/arcadia-stocks:ocp",
               "container_registry": {
                 "tenant": "f5-emea-workshop-dblyrrcj",
                 "namespace": "shared",
                 "name": "emeaworkshops",
                 "kind": "container_registry"
               },
               "pull_policy": "IMAGE_PULL_POLICY_DEFAULT"
             },
             "init_container": false,
             "flavor": "CONTAINER_FLAVOR_TYPE_TINY"
           }
         ],
         "deploy_options": {
           "deploy_re_sites": {
             "site": [
               {
                 "tenant": "ves-io",
                 "namespace": "system",
                 "name": "tn2-lon",
                 "kind": "site"
               }
             ]
           }
         },
         "advertise_options": {
           "advertise_in_cluster": {
             "port": {
               "info": {
                 "port": 80,
                 "protocol": "PROTOCOL_TCP",
                 "target_port": 8080
               }
             }
           }
         }
       }
     }
   }

3. Check that the Stocks pod is up and running by clicking the Pods tabs in the Virtual Kubernetes

4. We need to create an Origin Pool which will dicover the POD

   1. Multi-Cloud App Connect -> Load Balancers -> Origin Pool -> Add Origin Pool -> Fill the bellow data

      Object	Value
      Name	arcadia-stocks-vk8s
      Port	80

   2. In the same screen -> Origin Servers -> Add Item -> Fill the bellow data -> Apply -> Save and exit

      Object	Value
      Select Type of Origin Server	K8s Service Name of Origin Server on given Sitess
      Service Name	arcadia-stocks.$$namespace$$
      Site or Virtual Site	Virtual Site
      Virtual Site	ves-io-shared/ves-io-all-res
      Select Network on the site	vK8s Networks on Site

5. We need to change the routing to of the Stocks service to point to the Pod Origin Pool

   Go to Multi-Cloud App Connect -> Load Balancers -> HTTP Load Balancer -> Click the 3 dots under the arcadia-ce-k8s-lb row -> Manage Configuration -> Edit Configuration -> Under Routes and click Edit Configuration -> Click the 3 dots to the right under the Path Prefix /v1/stock/ row -> Edit -> Click the Pen Icon respective to the Origin Pool row -> Under Routes and click Edit Configuration -> Change the Origin Pool to $$namespace$$/arcadia-stocks-vk8s -> Apply -> Apply -> Apply -> Save and Exit