Deploy the minio-standalone helm chart on AWS EKS
TypeScriptIn this guide, we're going to deploy a MinIO standalone instance using the MinIO Helm chart on Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service). MinIO is a high-performance, distributed object storage system, designed for large-scale private cloud storage.
We will accomplish this in a few steps:
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Set up an EKS Cluster: We will create an AWS EKS cluster using Pulumi's
eks
package. This will give us a managed Kubernetes cluster in AWS that we can use to deploy our applications. -
Deploy MinIO using Helm Chart: After setting up the EKS cluster, we will use the
kubernetes
package to deploy MinIO using its official Helm chart.
Prerequisites
Before you start, make sure that you have the following tools installed:
pulumi-cli
: The command-line tool for Pulumiaws-cli
: The command-line tool for AWSkubectl
: The command-line tool for Kubernetes
Also, ensure you have set up your AWS credentials and have the necessary permissions to create resources in your AWS account.
Program for Deployment
Below is the Pulumi TypeScript program that sets up an EKS cluster and deploys MinIO onto it.
import * as eks from "@pulumi/eks"; import * as k8s from "@pulumi/kubernetes"; import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi"; // Create an EKS cluster const cluster = new eks.Cluster("my-cluster", { desiredCapacity: 2, // Define the number of worker nodes minSize: 1, maxSize: 3, storageClasses: "gp2", // Setting up the storage class deployDashboard: false, // EKS cluster dashboard is not required for this setup }); // Export the clusters' kubeconfig. export const kubeconfig = cluster.kubeconfig; // Set up a provider to use the created cluster's kubeconfig so that we can deploy resources to it const provider = new k8s.Provider("provider", { kubeconfig: cluster.kubeconfig.apply(JSON.stringify), }); // Now, let's deploy MinIO using the Helm chart. const minioChart = new k8s.helm.v3.Chart("minio", { chart: "minio", version: "8.0.10", // Specify the chart version you wish to deploy namespace: "default", // Deploying in the 'default' namespace, but you can create and specify your own fetchOpts: { repo: "https://helm.min.io/", // MinIO Helm chart repository }, values: { accessKey: "minio", // Specify your own access key secretKey: "minio123", // Specify your own secret key service: { type: "LoadBalancer", }, // Add any additional configurations you need here }, }, { provider }); // Print out the LoadBalancer endpoint once it's available export const minioEndpoint = minioChart.getResourceProperty("v1/Service", "minio", "status").apply(status => status.loadBalancer.ingress[0].hostname);
This program does the following:
- It creates an EKS cluster with the desired configuration using
eks.Cluster
. - We set up a provider that uses the created cluster's kubeconfig.
- We deploy the MinIO Helm chart available from MinIO's Helm repository into the
default
namespace. In production, you should create a dedicated namespace. - We then export the MinIO LoadBalancer's endpoint for you to access your MinIO instance.
To run this program:
- Save the above code to a file named
index.ts
. - Run
pulumi up
from the command line in the same directory as the file. This will start the deployment process. - After deployment, Pulumi will output the MinIO endpoint URL.
Now you have a running MinIO instance on AWS EKS!
Please note that the access key and secret key included here are for demonstration purposes; you should generate your own secure keys. Additionally, you might want to customize other configurations like storage sizes and Helm chart version according to your needs.
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