Prerequisites

• Basic knowledge of Docker, and AWS services.

• An AWS account with necessary permissions.

• Basic familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, Jenkins, and DevOps principles.

• Clone the git: https://github.com/soheb9766/TWSThreeTierAppChallenge.git

Project Introduction:

Welcome to the End-to-End DevOps Kubernetes Project guide! In this comprehensive project, we will walk through the process of setting up a robust Three-Tier architecture on AWS using Kubernetes, DevOps best practices, and security measures. This project aims to provide hands-on experience in deploying, and securing, a scalable application environment.

Challenge Steps

Step 1: IAM Configuration

1. Create a user eks-admin with AdministratorAccess.

2. Generate Security Credentials: Access Key and Secret Access Key.

3. Make new project directory in ubuntu machine and note that all the installation should be done with an outside project directory.

Step 2: EC2 Setup

• Launch an Ubuntu instance in your favorite region (eg. region us-west-2).

• SSH into the instance from your local machine.

• EC2 instance with AMI machine t2.micro and add ports in security groups for backend deployment : 8080, frontend deployment : 3000

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Step 3: Install AWS CLI v2

curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip" -o "awscliv2.zip"
sudo apt install unzip
unzip awscliv2.zip
sudo ./aws/install -i /usr/local/aws-cli -b /usr/local/bin --update
aws configure

Step 4: Install Docker

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install docker.io
docker ps
sudo chown $USER /var/run/docker.sock

Step 5: Install kubectl

curl -o kubectl https://amazon-eks.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/1.19.6/2021-01-05/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
chmod +x ./kubectl
sudo mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin
kubectl version --short --client

Step 6: Install eksctl

curl --silent --location "https://github.com/weaveworks/eksctl/releases/latest/download/eksctl_$(uname -s)_amd64.tar.gz" | tar xz -C /tmp
sudo mv /tmp/eksctl /usr/local/bin
eksctl version

Step 7 : Create ECR images for both frontend and backend.

Step 8: Setup EKS Cluster in the region region us-west-2 with t2.medium with min nod 2 and max with 2

eksctl create cluster --name three-tier-cluster --region us-west-2 --node-type t2.medium --nodes-min 2 --nodes-max 2
aws eks update-kubeconfig --region us-west-2 --name three-tier-cluster
kubectl get nodes

Step 9 : Create namespace and Run Manifests files

kubectl create namespace workshop
kubectl apply -f .

Step 10 : Install AWS Load Balancer

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/aws-load-balancer-controller/v2.5.4/docs/install/iam_policy.json
aws iam create-policy --policy-name AWSLoadBalancerControllerIAMPolicy --policy-document file://iam_policy.json
eksctl utils associate-iam-oidc-provider --region=us-west-2 --cluster=three-tier-cluster --approve
eksctl create iamserviceaccount --cluster=three-tier-cluster --namespace=kube-system --name=aws-load-balancer-controller --role-name AmazonEKSLoadBalancerControllerRole --attach-policy-arn=arn:aws:iam::626072240565:policy/AWSLoadBalancerControllerIAMPolicy --approve --region=us-west-2

Step 11: Install Helm and Deploy AWS Load Balancer Controller

sudo snap install helm --classic
helm repo add eks https://aws.github.io/eks-charts
helm repo update eks
helm install aws-load-balancer-controller eks/aws-load-balancer-controller -n kube-system --set clusterName=my-cluster --set serviceAccount.create=false --set serviceAccount.name=aws-load-balancer-controller
kubectl get deployment -n kube-system aws-load-balancer-controller
kubectl apply -f full_stack_lb.yaml

Step 12 : Add ECR images (frontend and backend) from AWS ECR to the frontend-deloyment.yaml and backend-deployment.yaml, Check the backend service is connected with Database or not

Step 13 : Check with the ingress alb address and edit the address in the full_stack_lb.yaml (host) and frontend_deployment.yaml (env value), apply these yamle files again (kubectl apply -f frontend_deployment.yaml and full_stack_lb.yaml)

Step 14 : Copy the Ingress application load balancer address and paste in the new tab

Step 15 : Check the data in the Mongo database

kubectl exec -it mongodb-797968fbc5-v99wx -n workshop -- /bin/sh
mongo
show dbs
use todo
db.tasks.find()

Step 16 : Clean or delete the EKS cluster

eksctl delete cluster --name three-tier-cluster --region us-west-2

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