1. Deploy the web-service helm chart on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

    TypeScript

    To deploy a web-service Helm chart on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), you would need to perform the following steps:

    1. Create a GKE cluster: Provision a Kubernetes cluster using the GKE service in Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
    2. Install Helm: Make sure Helm is installed on your local machine or wherever you plan to run Pulumi from because Pulumi's helm.v3.Release resource will utilize the Helm CLI.
    3. Deploy the Helm chart: Utilize Pulumi's Helm integration to deploy your web-service chart onto the GKE cluster.

    Here's a detailed walk-through with Pulumi using TypeScript:

    Prerequisites

    Before you begin, make sure you have the following installed:

    • Pulumi CLI: You'll need the Pulumi CLI to instantiate and manage your infrastructure.
    • Google Cloud SDK (gcloud): This is necessary to authenticate with GCP.
    • Helm: This is required for Pulumi's Helm Release resource to work, as it uses the Helm binary under the hood.
    • Node.js and npm: Since we're using TypeScript, these are required to run the Pulumi program.

    Pulumi Program (TypeScript)

    We are going to write a Pulumi program that will:

    • Create a GKE cluster.
    • Use the Pulumi Kubernetes provider to interact with the GKE cluster.
    • Deploy a Helm chart to the GKE cluster.

    Here's the TypeScript code that accomplishes this:

    import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi"; import * as gcp from "@pulumi/gcp"; import * as k8s from "@pulumi/kubernetes"; // Step 1: Create a GKE cluster const cluster = new gcp.container.Cluster("gke-cluster", { initialNodeCount: 2, nodeVersion: "latest", minMasterVersion: "latest", nodeConfig: { machineType: "n1-standard-1", // This is a standard type, you may choose according to your needs }, }); // Export the Cluster name export const clusterName = cluster.name; // Step 2: Configure Kubernetes provider to connect to the GKE cluster const k8sProvider = new k8s.Provider("gke-k8s", { kubeconfig: pulumi. all([cluster.name, cluster.endpoint, cluster.masterAuth]). apply(([name, endpoint, masterAuth]) => { const context = `${gcp.config.project}_${gcp.config.zone}_${name}`; return `apiVersion: v1 clusters: - cluster: certificate-authority-data: ${masterAuth.clusterCaCertificate} server: https://${endpoint} name: ${context} contexts: - context: cluster: ${context} user: ${context} name: ${context} current-context: ${context} kind: Config preferences: {} users: - name: ${context} user: auth-provider: config: cmd-args: config config-helper --format=json cmd-path: gcloud expiry-key: '{.credential.token_expiry}' token-key: '{.credential.access_token}' name: gcp `; }), }); // Step 3: Deploy a Helm chart to the GKE cluster const chart = new k8s.helm.v3.Release("web-service", { chart: "nginx", // The name of the chart, replace with 'web-service' or relevant name. version: "1.16.1", // Specify the exact chart version namespace: "default", // The Kubernetes namespace in which to deploy this chart. // Retrieve values from a separate file or define them here values: { service: { type: "LoadBalancer", }, }, }, { provider: k8sProvider }); // Export the Service URL export const serviceUrl = pulumi.interpolate`http://${chart.status.apply(status => status.loadBalancer.ingress[0].ip)}`;

    In this program:

    • We start by defining a GKE cluster with the gcp.container.Cluster resource, specifying the initial number of nodes, node version, and machine type.
    • Once the cluster is created, we export its name.
    • Next, we set up the k8s.Provider which configures Pulumi to use the kubeconfig from our GKE cluster, enabling Pulumi to interact with our GKE cluster.
    • Finally, we deploy an Nginx Helm chart as an example Helm chart. You would replace "nginx" and its corresponding version with your web-service chart details. We use the k8s.helm.v3.Release resource to deploy the chart to your GKE cluster in the default namespace. The chart values include a service of type LoadBalancer, which would create a load balancer for your service when the Helm chart is deployed.
    • We then export the external IP address of the deployed service. You can visit this IP in a browser to see the deployed web service, once it's running.

    To run this Pulumi program, install the necessary packages:

    npm install @pulumi/pulumi @pulumi/gcp @pulumi/kubernetes

    You can save this code in a file, such as index.ts, and initialize a Pulumi project. Run the following commands in the terminal at the same location as your index.ts:

    pulumi new typescript --dir my-k8s-project --force cd my-k8s-project # Copy the index.ts content into the `index.ts` inside the my-k8s-project directory. pulumi up

    The pulumi up command will create the resources in GCP. Once completed, it will output the name of your cluster and the service URL that you can open in your browser.