Deploy the wp-chart helm chart on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
TypeScriptTo deploy the
wp-chart
Helm chart on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), you'll first need to set up an AKS cluster and configure Pulumi to deploy resources to Azure. The main steps involved in accomplishing this task are:-
Set up an AKS cluster: You will need an AKS cluster where the Helm chart will be deployed. If you already have an AKS cluster, you can skip the cluster creation step.
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Deploy the Helm chart to the AKS cluster: Once you have an AKS cluster, you can use Pulumi's Kubernetes provider to deploy the Helm chart.
Here's a detailed guide with a program written in TypeScript to deploy the wp-chart Helm chart on AKS:
Step 1: Set up an AKS cluster
You will use the
azure-native
Pulumi provider to create an AKS cluster. This provider interacts with Azure resources using the native Azure Resource Manager (ARM) API. TheProvisionedCluster
is the resource type from theazure-native.hybridcontainerservice
package that deals with AKS clusters.Step 2: Deploy the wp-chart Helm chart
The
kubernetes.helm.v3.Chart
resource from thekubernetes
package in Pulumi is used to deploy Helm charts on a Kubernetes cluster. This resource installs, upgrades, fetches, and removes Helm charts.Below is the TypeScript code that creates an AKS cluster and deploys the
wp-chart
Helm chart on it:import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi"; import * as azure from "@pulumi/azure"; import * as azuread from "@pulumi/azuread"; import * as azureNative from "@pulumi/azure-native"; import * as k8s from "@pulumi/kubernetes"; // Create a new Azure Resource Group const resourceGroup = new azureNative.resources.ResourceGroup("wpResourceGroup"); // Create an Azure AD application for AKS const app = new azuread.Application("wpApp"); // Create a service principal for the Azure AD application const servicePrincipal = new azuread.ServicePrincipal("wpServicePrincipal", { applicationId: app.applicationId, }); // Create a service principal password const servicePrincipalPassword = new azuread.ServicePrincipalPassword("wpServicePrincipalPassword", { servicePrincipalId: servicePrincipal.id, value: "<password>", // Replace with a secure password endDate: "2099-01-01T00:00:00Z", // A far future expiration date }); // Create AKS cluster const cluster = new azureNative.containerservice.ManagedCluster("wpCluster", { resourceGroupName: resourceGroup.name, agentPoolProfiles: [{ count: 2, maxPods: 110, mode: "System", name: "agentpool", osType: "Linux", vmSize: "Standard_DS2_v2", }], dnsPrefix: `${pulumi.getStack()}-kube`, enableRBAC: true, kubernetesVersion: "1.18.14", linuxProfile: { adminUsername: "adminuser", ssh: { publicKeys: [{ keyData: "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQD3b.../O user@example.com", }], }, }, servicePrincipalProfile: { clientId: app.applicationId, secret: servicePrincipalPassword.value, }, }); // Export the Kubeconfig export const kubeconfig = pulumi. all([ cluster.name, resourceGroup.name ]). apply(([ clusterName, rgName ]) => { return azure.containerservice.getKubeConfig({ name: clusterName, resourceGroupName: rgName, }); }); // Create a Kubernetes provider instance using the generated kubeconfig const k8sProvider = new k8s.Provider("k8sProvider", { kubeconfig: kubeconfig, }); // Deploy wp-chart Helm chart using the Kubernetes provider const wordpressChart = new k8s.helm.v3.Chart("wp-chart", { chart: "wp-chart", version: "1.0.0", // The version of the chart you want to deploy fetchOpts: { repo: "http://charts.example.com/", // Replace with the repository that hosts wp-chart }, }, { provider: k8sProvider }); // Export the frontend IP of the WordPress service deployed by the Helm chart export const frontendIp = wordpressChart.getResourceProperty("v1/Service", "wp-chart-wordpress", "status").apply(status => status.loadBalancer.ingress[0].ip);
Make sure to replace placeholders (like
<password>
, and the SSH key data inkeyData
) with your actual secure values.Explanation of what is happening in the code:
- We define a resource group for our Azure resources.
- We create an Azure AD application and a service principal that AKS will use to interact with other Azure services.
- We create a managed AKS cluster in the resource group with a specified DNS name prefix and Kubernetes version.
- We export the kubeconfig, which is required to connect to the AKS cluster from Pulumi.
- We then create a Kubernetes provider instance with the kubeconfig.
- Finally, we instantiate a Helm chart resource and deploy
wp-chart
.
To run this code, save it in a file named
index.ts
. Use Pulumi CLI commandspulumi up
to create the resources andpulumi destroy
to clean up. Ensure you have Node.js and Pulumi installed and configured to access your Azure account.Note: Helm charts and repositories have various configurations and parameters. Ensure you provide the correct chart version and repository URL. The
wp-chart
used here is illustrative; you might need to change it to the actual Helm chart you want to deploy along with the repository details.-