Introduction

Throughout this article, I will describe how to create a data caching service using MongoDB and Redis in a minikube environment. The Go programming language is used to create the web application.

Go as a programming language, MongoDB as persistent storage, and Redis as a data caching Service should all be in the development environment.

Table of Contents

• An Introduction to Kubernetes Data Caching Service
• How is Kubernetes deployed?
• Essential Kubernetes Tools

Installation

The Kubernetes deployment environment for each module is set up differently and only supports Redis Cache in the local development environment. The installation of MongoDB is as follows.

GO

$ sudo apt-get update

$ sudo apt-get install golang-go

Setup the GOPATH

MongoDB

MongoDB’s dependency module is necessary to install a mongo-go-driver, which contains all of the Go APIs for querying a MongoDB database.

$ go get go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo

Redis Cache

The go-redistribution To integrate the data caching Service, the Go client library will act as a dependent module.

$ go get github.com/go-redis/redis/v8

redis-server

 Installing a Redis server, which offers a variety of data structures, caching techniques, and a message broker, was also necessary for the development environment.

https://redis.io/download#installation

Construct the Docker images.

The docker container environment in which the web application was created will be used for Kubernetes deployment.

Installation

$ sudo apt install docker.io

$ sudo apt install docker-compose

Build the image

$ docker build -t go-cache-kubernetes-v1 

Label the image.

$ docker tag go-cache-kubernetes-v1 deeptiman1991/go-cache-kubernetes-v1:1.0.0

Sign in to Docker Hub.

$ docker loginType Username and Password to complete the instruction

Upload the image to the Docker Hub.

$ docker push deeptiman1991/go-cache-kubernetes-v1:1.0.0

Kubernetes Tools

Minikube and kubectl are two essential Kubernetes tools that must be installed in the local environment.

minikube will run as a single-node Kubernetes cluster within a Virtual machine. Virtualization must be supported by the device, and HyperVisor must be enabled. Hyper kit is a suggested virtualization kit for getting started with the minikube.

$ sudo install minikube

$ minikube start

kubectl is a command-line utility that may be used to deploy, administer, and debug a Kubernetes Cluster.

curl -LO “https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/$(curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl“

Deployment of Kubernetes

To construct a Kubernetes cluster running in a minikube environment, the web application will require multiple levels of deployment strategies.

$ kubectl apply -f go-cache-poc-pvc.yaml

Deployment

The web application will be deployed within a Kubernetes cluster.

$ kubectl apply -f go-cache-poc-app.yaml

Check the Deployment status

$ kubectl get deploymentsNAME READY UP-TO-DATE AVAILABLE AGE

go-cache-kubernetes-app-poc 1/1 1 1 14s

Service (LoadBalancer) 

LoadBalancer will operate as a service to generate an endpoint to connect with external traffic.

$ kubectl apply -f go-cache-poc-svc.yaml

After creating the Service, execute the following command in a different terminal.

$ minikube tunnel

The command, which must be run with root permissions, will set up a network path that will enable the host to connect to external traffic through a Cluster IP gateway.

MongoDB Replica Set as a Kubernetes StatefulSet

Kubernetes provides an architecture to build N-replicas with a distinctive identity for all types of stateful applications. 

You can read my previous Medium blog for a brief explanation of StatefulSet and the configuration setting of MongoDB as StatefulSet in Kubernetes.

Kubernetes Secret Management

This web application additionally stores MongoDB credentials using the Secret management approach. I have described the secret management configuration for both Kubernetes and HashiCorp Vault.

Redis should be deployed in Kubernetes.

The Redis docker image must execute in the local environment.

$ docker run -p 6379:6379 redislabs/redismod

Redis Deployment

$ kubectl apply -f redis-deployment.yaml

The Redis Service

$ kubectl apply -f redis-service.yaml

Deploy the redismod image into the Kubernetes

$ kubectl run redismod — image=redislabs/redismod — port=6379

Expose the deployment

$ kubectl expose deployment redismod — type=NodePort

Check the Redis connection now.

$ redis-cli -u $(minikube service — format “redis://{{.IP}}:{{.Port}}” — url redismod)

You must be receiving an IP address and a port that Redis may utilize as part of a connection string.

Use kubectl to troubleshoot

The Kubernetes cluster’s kubectl tool can be used to debug and examine its services and pods.

So that’s an overview of how to develop a Data Caching Service in Kubernetes utilizing Microservice architecture.

This post will help you get started with Kubernetes and understand deployment in a minikube environment if you are a novice.