Dynamic Routing for AI Services with Traefik on Kubernetes

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Dynamic routing in Kubernetes can be achieved using an Ingress controller, which is a type of service that manages access to cluster services by routing HTTP traffic based on defined rules. Traefik is a popular open-source Ingress controller that can serve as a dynamic router within your Kubernetes cluster, allowing you to control how traffic reaches your AI services or any other service.

To deploy Traefik as an Ingress controller and configure dynamic routing for AI services, you will set up the following resources in your Kubernetes cluster using Pulumi:

1. **Service Account**: A dedicated service account for Traefik within the Kubernetes cluster for authentication.
2. **ClusterRole and ClusterRoleBinding**: Defines permissions for Traefik to access necessary Kubernetes resources.
3. **Deployment**: A Deployment object to manage the Traefik pod(s) lifecycle.
4. **Service**: A Service to expose Traefik to the internet or internal network.
5. **Ingress Route**: Custom CRD resources from Traefik for routing rules to AI services.

Below is a basic Pulumi program written in Python that sets up Traefik in Kubernetes. This is a starting point and you should further customize it based on your specific AI services, domain names, and routing rules.

```python
import pulumi
import pulumi_kubernetes as k8s

# Create a namespace for the Traefik ingress controller
namespace = k8s.core.v1.Namespace("traefik-ns",
    metadata={
        "name": "traefik"
    })

# Creating a service account for the Traefik deployment
service_account = k8s.core.v1.ServiceAccount("traefik-account",
    metadata=k8s.meta.v1.ObjectMetaArgs(
        namespace=namespace.metadata["name"]
    ))

# Creating a cluster role with required permissions for Traefik
cluster_role = k8s.rbac.v1.ClusterRole("traefik-role",
    metadata=k8s.meta.v1.ObjectMetaArgs(
        name="traefik-role",
    ),
    rules=[k8s.rbac.v1.PolicyRuleArgs(
        api_groups=[""],
        resources=["services", "endpoints", "secrets"],
        verbs=["get", "list", "watch"],
    ), k8s.rbac.v1.PolicyRuleArgs(
        api_groups=["extensions", "networking.k8s.io"],
        resources=["ingresses", "ingresses/status"],
        verbs=["get", "list", "watch"],
    )])

# Binding the cluster role to the service account
cluster_role_binding = k8s.rbac.v1.ClusterRoleBinding("traefik-role-binding",
    metadata=k8s.meta.v1.ObjectMetaArgs(
        name="traefik-role-binding",
    ),
    subjects=[k8s.rbac.v1.SubjectArgs(
        kind="ServiceAccount",
        name=service_account.metadata["name"],
        namespace=namespace.metadata["name"],
    )],
    role_ref=k8s.rbac.v1.RoleRefArgs(
        kind="ClusterRole",
        name=cluster_role.metadata["name"],
        api_group="rbac.authorization.k8s.io",
    ))

# Traefik deployment
deployment = k8s.apps.v1.Deployment("traefik-deployment",
    metadata=k8s.meta.v1.ObjectMetaArgs(
        namespace=namespace.metadata["name"],
        labels={"app": "traefik"}
    ),
    spec=k8s.apps.v1.DeploymentSpecArgs(
        replicas=1,
        selector=k8s.meta.v1.LabelSelectorArgs(
            match_labels={"app": "traefik"}
        ),
        template=k8s.core.v1.PodTemplateSpecArgs(
            metadata=k8s.meta.v1.ObjectMetaArgs(
                labels={"app": "traefik"}
            ),
            spec=k8s.core.v1.PodSpecArgs(
                service_account_name=service_account.metadata["name"],
                containers=[k8s.core.v1.ContainerArgs(
                    name="traefik",
                    image="traefik:v2.5",
                    ports=[k8s.core.v1.ContainerPortArgs(
                        name="web",
                        container_port=80
                    ), k8s.core.v1.ContainerPortArgs(
                        name="admin",
                        container_port=8080
                    )]
                )]
            )
        )
    ))

# Traefik service to expose the controller
service = k8s.core.v1.Service("traefik-service",
    metadata=k8s.meta.v1.ObjectMetaArgs(
        namespace=namespace.metadata["name"]
    ),
    spec=k8s.core.v1.ServiceSpecArgs(
        selector={"app": "traefik"},
        ports=[k8s.core.v1.ServicePortArgs(
            name="web",
            port=80,
            target_port="web"
        ),k8s.core.v1.ServicePortArgs(
            name="admin",
            port=8080,
            target_port="admin"
        )]
    ))

```

For each AI service you wish to route traffic to, you'll create Ingress rules or, if you're using Traefik's CRDs, IngressRoute objects. Since this setup involves custom resources specific to Traefik, you will also need to apply Traefik's CRDs to your cluster outside of this Pulumi program or ensure they are already present.

Remember to replace the placeholder values such as namespaces, domain names, and service names with those that match your actual setup. You'll also need to handle SSL termination if it is required for your services, which typically involves setting up additional configuration such as TLS options and certificates within the Traefik Deployment or IngressRoute.

Finally, please note that managing Kubernetes configurations can become complex. Ensure you have reviewed and understood each component's settings in terms of security, scalability, and high availability according to the needs of your services.

The provided program does not include Pulumi stack exports as it is a basic setup. More complex deployments may involve exporting URLs, status information, or other useful details about the created resources, which you can accomplish using `pulumi.export()`.