Oct
09
2021
Install cert-manager Cert-manager comes as a Helm chart with its own custom resources you can install on your Kubernetes cluster. It helps certificates automation, renewal and management. It is a MUST have when you deal with certificate providers who offer APIs that let you automate these processes. On the side, you’d better renew LetsEncrypt certificate […]
Tags: Certificate, IBM, IBMCloud, Kubernetes, Nginx, SSL
Jul
19
2021
I wrote in a previous post about a ProxySQL Helm chart for Kubernetes, in which you can configure the pod from SQL queries. The chart includes an ingress to reach the stats server on port 6080. Here are a few steps to get this working. Ingress needs to be activated in the Helm Values file […]
Tags: Docker, Kubernetes, Mysql, ProxySQL
Jul
06
2021
ProxySQL is a powerful tool that relays traffic to multiple Mysql backends. Configuration can be set in proxysql.cnf that is loaded when the daemon starts. This is really nice from a Docker perspective. You change the file and redeploy with the new settings. Now, I need a ProxySQL Helm chart to deploy on my Kubernetes […]
Tags: Docker, Kubernetes, Mysql, ProxySQL
May
07
2021
An Nginx web server hosted on Kubernetes was sending back to me permanent 301 http redirects although I was sending https requests. The web server was behind a reverse proxy that was also running Nginx but it would be the same story with haproxy or another. Worst, the reverse proxy was redirecting http requests to […]
Tags: Kubernetes, Nginx