Kubernetes 1.4 was released earlier this week. Read the blog announcement and CHANGELOG.
There are quite a few new features in this release but the key ones that I’m excited about are:

This blog will show:

  • Create a Kubernetes cluster using Amazon Web Services
  • Create a Couchbase service
  • Run a Spring Boot application that stores a JSON document in Couchbase

All the resource description files in this blog are at github.com/arun-gupta/kubernetes-java-sample/tree/master/maven.

Start Kubernetes Cluster

Download binary github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/releases/download/v1.4.0/kubernetes.tar.gz and extract Include kubernetes/cluster in PATH Start
a 2-node Kubernetes cluster:

The log will be shown as:

This shows that the Kubernetes cluster has started successfully.

Deploy Couchbase Service

Create Couchbase service and replication controller:

The configuration file is at github.com/arun-gupta/kubernetes-java-sample/blob/master/maven/couchbase-service.yml. This creates a Couchbase service and
the backing replication controller. Name of the service is couchbase-service. This will be used later by the Spring Boot application to communicate with the database. Check the status of pods:

Note, how the pod status changes from ContainerCreating to Running. The image is downloaded and started in the meanwhile.

Run Spring Boot Application

Run the application:

The configuration file is at github.com/arun-gupta/kubernetes-java-sample/blob/master/maven/bootiful-couchbase.yml. In this service,
COUCHBASE_URI environment variable value is set to couchbase-service. This is the service name created earlier. Docker image used for this service is arungupta/bootiful-couchbase and is created using
fabric8-maven-plugin as shown at github.com/arun-gupta/kubernetes-java-sample/blob/master/maven/webapp/pom.xml#L57-L68.
Specifically, the command for the Docker image is:

This ensures that COUCHBASE_URI environment variable is overriding spring.couchbase.bootstrap-hosts property as defined in application.properties of the Spring Boot application. Get the logs:

The main output statement to look in this is

This indicates that the JSON document is upserted (either inserted or updated) in the Couchbase database.

Kubernetes Dashboard

Kubernetes Dashboard is look more comprehensive and claimed to have 90% parity with the CLI. Use kubectl.sh config view command to view the configuration information about the cluster. It looks like:

The clusters.cluster.server property value shows the location of Kubernetes master. The users property show two users that can be used to access the dashboard. Second one uses basic authentication and so copy the
username and password property value. In our case, Dashboard UI is accessible at https://52.40.9.27/ui.
kubernetes-dashboard-1-4
All the Kubernetes resources can be easily seen in this fancy dashboard.

Shutdown Kubernetes Cluster

Finally, shutdown the Kubernetes cluster:

https://www.couchbase.com/products/cloud/kubernetes provide more details about running Couchbase using different orchestration frameworks. Further references:

Author

Posted by Arun Gupta, VP, Developer Advocacy, Couchbase

Arun Gupta is the vice president of developer advocacy at Couchbase. He has built and led developer communities for 10+ years at Sun, Oracle, and Red Hat. He has deep expertise in leading cross-functional teams to develop and execute strategy, planning and execution of content, marketing campaigns, and programs. Prior to that he led engineering teams at Sun and is a founding member of the Java EE team. Gupta has authored more than 2,000 blog posts on technology. He has extensive speaking experience in more than 40 countries on myriad topics and is a JavaOne Rock Star for three years in a row. Gupta also founded the Devoxx4Kids chapter in the US and continues to promote technology education among children. An author of several books on technology, an avid runner, a globe trotter, a Java Champion, a JUG leader, NetBeans Dream Team member, and a Docker Captain, he is easily accessible at @arungupta.

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