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# Cluster Management ([[Kubespray]]) | # Cluster Management ([[Kubespray]]) | ||
# Application Lifecycle (Use Ansible to build Operators with the Operator SDK to handle deployment, upgrades, backups, etc.) | # Application Lifecycle (Use Ansible to build Operators with the Operator SDK to handle deployment, upgrades, backups, etc.) | ||
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## Create service account at GitHub - to prevent access to private repos through Docker Hub | ## Create service account at GitHub - to prevent access to private repos through Docker Hub | ||
## Add automated builds and automated testing | ## Add automated builds and automated testing | ||
| + | # Create [https://coreos.com/blog/introducing-operators.html operator] for MediaWiki. Note the blog article is from 2016. There are now many operators | ||
| + | # Add metrics with the [https://github.com/helm/charts/tree/master/stable/prometheus-operator helm chart prometheus-operator] | ||
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Docker (default in kublet <ref>https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/devel/sig-node/container-runtime-interface.md</ref>) is just one of many container runtimes that can be used with Kubernetes. The others include containerd and CRI-O. | Docker (default in kublet <ref>https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/devel/sig-node/container-runtime-interface.md</ref>) is just one of many container runtimes that can be used with Kubernetes. The others include containerd and CRI-O. | ||
[[Category:Virtualization]] | [[Category:Virtualization]] | ||
Revision as of 20:26, 4 August 2020
We will provide a MediaWiki platform with the following characteristics:
- self-healing infrastructure
- auto-scaling
- high-availability with multi-server failover
- flexible storage backends
- multi-cloud compatibility
To do so, we'll need to implement Kubernetes.
We will almost certainly leverage Ansible as an orchestration tool. In a recent blog post on ansible.com, Jeff Geerling (@geerlingguy) answers the question: "How Useful is Ansible in a Cloud-native Kubernetes Environment? The short answer is that Ansible can be used for:
- Container Build (Ansible-bender)
- Cluster Management (Kubespray)
- Application Lifecycle (Use Ansible to build Operators with the Operator SDK to handle deployment, upgrades, backups, etc.)
Here's more information about Ansible with Kubernetes
High-level outline[edit | edit source]
- Build image. The WMF official images at Docker Hub do not even include a true database; never mind the extensions we need.
- With ansible-bender we can use ansible-playbook + buildah to create our image.
- Publish images to Docker Hub
- Create organization account at Docker Hub; add freephile
- Create service account at GitHub - to prevent access to private repos through Docker Hub
- Add automated builds and automated testing
- Create operator for MediaWiki. Note the blog article is from 2016. There are now many operators
- Add metrics with the helm chart prometheus-operator
Docker (default in kublet [1]) is just one of many container runtimes that can be used with Kubernetes. The others include containerd and CRI-O.
