Production-Ready Kubernetes Cluster Setup

Complete Kubernetes deployment on AWS EKS with production-grade configurations including auto-scaling, monitoring, and best practices.

🚀 Overview

This project demonstrates a production-ready Kubernetes deployment with:

• Auto-scaling (HPA & Cluster Autoscaler)
• Load balancing and ingress
• Monitoring and logging
• Security best practices
• High availability

🏗️ Architecture

graph TB
    subgraph "AWS Cloud"
        subgraph "VPC"
            subgraph "Public Subnets"
                ALB[Application Load Balancer]
                NG1[NAT Gateway AZ-1]
                NG2[NAT Gateway AZ-2]
            end
            
            subgraph "Private Subnets - AZ1"
                Node1[EKS Worker Node 1]
            end
            
            subgraph "Private Subnets - AZ2"
                Node2[EKS Worker Node 2]
            end
        end
        
        EKS[EKS Control Plane<br/>Managed by AWS]
        
        Node1 --> Pod1[App Pods]
        Node2 --> Pod2[App Pods]
        
        ALB --> Ingress[Ingress Controller]
        Ingress --> Service[ClusterIP Service]
        Service --> Pod1
        Service --> Pod2
        
        EKS -.manages.- Node1
        EKS -.manages.- Node2
        
        Pod1 --> PV1[(Persistent Volume<br/>EBS)]
        
        CW[CloudWatch] -.monitors.- Node1
        CW -.monitors.- Node2
    end
    
    Users[Users] --> ALB
    
    style EKS fill:#FF9900
    style Node1 fill:#326CE5
    style Node2 fill:#326CE5
    style Pod1 fill:#61DAFB
    style Pod2 fill:#61DAFB

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📁 Project Structure

demo4-kubernetes-production/
├── k8s/
│   ├── namespace.yaml
│   ├── deployment.yaml
│   ├── service.yaml
│   ├── ingress.yaml
│   ├── hpa.yaml
│   ├── configmap.yaml
│   └── secrets.yaml.example
├── app/
│   ├── Dockerfile
│   └── server.js
├── monitoring/
│   ├── prometheus-config.yaml
│   └── grafana-dashboard.json
├── docs/
│   ├── setup-eks.md
│   ├── monitoring.md
│   └── troubleshooting.md
└── README.md

🚀 Quick Start

Prerequisites

• AWS Account
• kubectl installed
• eksctl installed
• AWS CLI configured
• Docker installed

1. Create EKS Cluster

# Using eksctl (recommended)
eksctl create cluster \
  --name production-cluster \
  --region us-east-1 \
  --nodegroup-name standard-workers \
  --node-type t3.medium \
  --nodes 2 \
  --nodes-min 2 \
  --nodes-max 5 \
  --managed

2. Configure kubectl

aws eks update-kubeconfig --name production-cluster --region us-east-1

3. Deploy Application

# Create namespace
kubectl apply -f k8s/namespace.yaml

# Apply configurations
kubectl apply -f k8s/configmap.yaml

# Deploy application
kubectl apply -f k8s/deployment.yaml

# Create service
kubectl apply -f k8s/service.yaml

# Setup ingress
kubectl apply -f k8s/ingress.yaml

# Enable auto-scaling
kubectl apply -f k8s/hpa.yaml

4. Verify Deployment

# Check pods
kubectl get pods -n production

# Check services
kubectl get svc -n production

# Check HPA
kubectl get hpa -n production

# Get application URL
kubectl get ingress -n production

📋 Kubernetes Manifests

See the complete manifests in the k8s/ directory. Key configurations:

• Deployment: 3 replicas with rolling updates
• Service: ClusterIP with session affinity
• Ingress: ALB with SSL termination
• HPA: Auto-scale 2-10 pods based on CPU/memory
• **ConfigMap **: Application configuration
• Secrets: Sensitive data management

📊 Auto-Scaling

Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA)

Automatically scales pods based on CPU and memory usage:

Targets:
  - CPU: 70% threshold
  - Memory: 80% threshold

Scaling:
  - Min Replicas: 2
  - Max Replicas: 10
  - Scale up: 3 pods/minute
  - Scale down: 1 pod/5 minutes

Cluster Autoscaler

Automatically adds/removes nodes based on pod scheduling needs.

🔍 Monitoring

Prometheus & Grafana

• Metrics collection every 15s
• Pre-built dashboards for Kubernetes
• Alerts for critical issues

CloudWatch Integration

• Container Insights enabled
• Log aggregation
• Performance metrics

🔐 Security

• Pod Security Standards enabled
• Network Policies configured
• RBAC for access control
• Secrets encrypted at rest
• Private subnets for worker nodes
• Security groups properly configured

💰 Cost Estimation

Monthly Cost (us-east-1):

Component	Configuration	Cost
EKS Control Plane	1 cluster	$73
Worker Nodes	2x t3.medium (on-demand)	$61
Load Balancer	1x ALB	$23
Data Transfer	100GB/month	$9
Total		~$166/month

Cost Optimization Tips:

• Use Spot Instances: Save 50-70%
• Reserved Instances: Save 30-40%
• Right-size nodes based on actual usage

📚 Documentation

• EKS Setup Guide
• Monitoring Setup
• Troubleshooting
• Scaling Strategies

🛠️ Technology Stack

• Orchestration: Kubernetes 1.28
• Cloud: AWS EKS
• Ingress: AWS ALB Ingress Controller
• Monitoring: Prometheus + Grafana
• Logging: Fluentd + CloudWatch

📈 Performance Metrics

• Pod startup time: < 30 seconds
• Auto-scale response: < 2 minutes
• Service availability: 99.95%
• Request latency (P99): < 200ms

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Status: Production-Ready ✅