In this video, we'll be diving deep into the world of Kubernetes and service mesh management as we deploy the powerful Gloo Gateway add-ons. These add-ons are essential for maximizing the capabilities of Gloo Mesh and ensuring seamless communication between microservices across your Kubernetes environments.
🔹 Gloo Mesh Add-ons Overview 🔹
Before we begin the deployment process, let's take a quick look at the different Gloo Mesh add-ons that we'll be covering in this video. We'll speak about each of these add-ons briefly:
1️⃣ Gloo Portal Server: This crucial component is vital for utilizing the developer portal, which is an integral part of the Gloo Mesh stack. The developer portal allows us to efficiently manage APIs, making service development, publication, and monitoring a breeze.
2️⃣ extAuthService: As the name suggests, this add-on takes care of external authentication for incoming requests to the service mesh. With this deployed, we can ensure secure and controlled access to our services.
3️⃣ Rate Limiter: Our third add-on is the rate limiter, which empowers us to control the rate at which specific clients can make requests to our services. This feature ensures the stability and performance of our infrastructure.
🔹 Deployment Walkthrough 🔹
We'll begin by creating the Gloo Mesh add-on's namespace and labeling it in both clusters. This step helps us organize and manage the add-ons more effectively.
Next, we'll install the Gloo Portal Server, extAuthService, and Rate Limiter using Helm charts. However, there's a twist this time – we'll deploy these charts in the Gloo Mesh add-ons namespace. Remember, we won't install the agent again since it's already up and running in the Gloo Mesh namespace.
🔹 Understanding the Architecture 🔹
Throughout the video, we'll explore the architecture we're building as we deploy the add-ons. It includes:
✅ Management Server: This critical component oversees the entire Gloo Mesh infrastructure, ensuring smooth operations.
✅ Agents: Deployed first to facilitate seamless communication and management between clusters.
✅ Istio and Gateways: Deployed on each cluster to handle traffic routing and ensure secure communication.
✅ Bookinfo Application: Deployed in both clusters, with version 3 exclusively residing in cluster two.
✅ Non-Mesh and Mesh Services: Deployed as two separate services to effectively manage interactions.
🔹 Gloo Portal Components 🔹
Before we conclude, we'll explore the recent addition of Gloo Portal components to our architecture. These components enhance the capabilities of Gloo Mesh, particularly for teams dealing with API management and developer portal functionalities.
So join us as we deploy the Gloo Mesh add-ons and witness the transformation of our Kubernetes clusters with advanced features and enhanced control. Stay tuned until the end, and you'll see the correctly deployed components in action!
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