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Application Exposure via Bastion LB

When you deploy an application to the cluster, you can expose it externally through the bastion, which serves as a load balancer. You must configure specific parameters in the application’s settings to do this.

Instructions

1. Define Service Type as NodePort

In the application’s parameters, set the service.type to NodePort.

service:
  type: NodePort

2. Enable Ingress for the Application

Enable ingress by setting ingress.enabled to true.

ingress:
  enabled: true

3. Specify the Ingress Class Name

Define the ingress class name as taikun. This informs the cluster that the application should be exposed via the Taikun ingress controller.

ingressClassName: taikun

4. Set the Ingress Hostname

For Standard Clusters

If you’re working with a standard cluster, define the ingress.hostName with the following pattern:

name.<access-ip>.nip.io

where: - name is a user-defined name for the application. - <access-ip> is the IP address through which the application will be accessible.

Example:

ingress:
  hostName: myapp.192.168.1.100.nip.io

In this example, myapp is the user-defined name, and 192.168.1.100 is the access IP.

For vcluster

If you are using vcluster, which has an access IP of the form vc-01.vcluster.b916618f.nip.io, you do not need to add nip.io to the ingress.hostName. Use the vcluster’s specific hostname directly.

Example:

ingress:
  hostName: myapp.vc-01.vcluster.b916618f.nip.io

5. Accessing the Application

Once the application is deployed and the above settings are configured, you can access the application using the URL:

  • For standard clusters: http://name.<access-ip>.nip.io
  • For vcluster: http://myapp.vc-01.vcluster.b916618f.nip.io

Replace name and <access-ip> with the actual values used in your configuration.

Example Configuration: Here’s a sample of how the parameters might look in your application’s YAML configuration:

service:
  type: NodePort

ingress:
  enabled: true
  ingressClassName: taikun
  hostName: myapp.192.168.1.100.nip.io

Additional Notes

  • Ensure that the DNS resolution is correctly configured to point <access-ip> to your bastion’s public IP.
  • The nip.io service provides wildcard DNS for any IP address, simplifying access to your application.
  • For vcluster, the hostname is already in the correct format, so no additional suffix is needed.