project-tf-k8s

A project that combines Terraform & Kubernetes

• Install Terraform 1.1.15 on your machine and setup an EKS cluster on AWS with Terraform

How do I get started?

• Fork this repo and clone it to your local machine. Then get started. Any questions, tag our @DevOps-Experts on Discord.

Pre-req tasks:

• Create an EKS cluster on your AWS account - use a t3.micro or medium machine. Figure out the rest of the configuration. You may search "how to deploy a simple EKS cluster with Terraform" and do what you have to do.
• Connect to your cluster locally and use kubectl get nodes and kubectl get pods -A to see that cluster is working after its deployed.
• You also need your kubeconfig saved and also know where its stored.

Step 1 (provider config)

• Configure terraform and provider settings within provider.tf file with following specifications:

• Configure terraform to use hashicorp/kubernetes provider.

  Specify the provider's local name: kubernetes

• Provider version: 2.11.0

• Configure kubernetes provider with path to your kubeconfig file: /root/.kube/config

Step 2 (create a frontend deployment with TF):

• Create a terraform resource ft-deploy for kubernetes deployment with following specs:Deployment Name: ft-deploy

• Deployment Labels = name: ft-deploy

• Replicas: 5

• Pod Labels = name: web1

• Image: nginx

• Container name: webapp-1

• Container port: 8080

Step 3 (create a webapp service resource on your cluster using Terraform):

• Create a terraform resource web-service for kubernetes service with following specs:Service name: web-service

• Service Type: NodePort

• Port: 8080NodePort: 30080

Step 4 (check all resources are running)

Optional (Advaned):

• Setup a CI/CD workflow with GitHub Actions that runs your Terraform plan & apply.

Advanced 2.0:

• If you want to go further and get the A+++, setup ArgoCD to run your K8s resources (you will need manifest files)

I have finished this project, what is next?

• Submit your repo to one of the admins or @DevOps-Experts in our Discord and we will review it for you. Add this to your CV once completed
• We will release a part 2 of this project series soon inshaAllah!

Notes:

• Save this on your GitHub
• Make sure to setup billing alerts on your AWS account (we are not responsible for any charges) - so shutdown any instances or clusters
• Delete all AWS resources after use!
• All details required are given to you.
• You have Google, so please use it!