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Setup Traefik Ingress Controller

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Setup Traefik Ingress Controller

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To setup Traefik Ingress Controller locally follow the below steps:

  1. Setup a kind cluster (follow the below article)
    https://azhercan.com/setup-kubernetes-kind-cluster
  2. Install Helm Package Manager
    https://helm.sh/docs/intro/install/
    Run below command to confirm the helm version
    helm version
version.BuildInfo{Version:"v3.3.4", GitCommit:"a61ce5633af99708171414353ed49547cf05013d", GitTreeState:"clean", GoVersion:"go1.14.9"}
  3. Add official helm repo for Traefik 
    helm repo add traefik https://helm.traefik.io/traefik
helm repo update
  4. Create 'traefik' Namespace
    kubectl create namespace traefik
namespace/traefik created
  5. Helm Install Traefik Charts To configure the Traefik Helm chart, you can specify certain values. For more details on configuration, please review the Traefik docs.
    helm install --namespace=traefik --set="additionalArguments={--log.level=DEBUG}" traefik traefik/traefik
NAME: traefik
LAST DEPLOYED: Tue Aug 23 10:43:09 2022
NAMESPACE: traefik
STATUS: deployed
REVISION: 1
TEST SUITE: None
    Run k8s command to review the install
    kubectl get all -n traefik
NAME                          READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
pod/traefik-7775d6554-lnnbs   1/1     Running   0          40s
NAME              TYPE           CLUSTER-IP      EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)                      AGE
service/traefik   LoadBalancer   10.96.130.104   <pending>     80:31306/TCP,443:30216/TCP   40s
NAME                      READY   UP-TO-DATE   AVAILABLE   AGE
deployment.apps/traefik   1/1     1            1           40s
NAME                                DESIRED   CURRENT   READY   AGE
replicaset.apps/traefik-7775d6554   1         1         1       40s
  6. Expose the Traefik dashboard You can access the traefik dashboard through port forwarding 
    kubectl port-forward $(kubectl get pods --selector "app.kubernetes.io/name=traefik" --output=name -n traefik) 9000:9000 -n traefik
Forwarding from 127.0.0.1:9000 -> 9000
Forwarding from [::1]:9000 -> 9000
Handling connection for 9000
Handling connection for 9000
Handling connection for 9000
Handling connection for 9000
Handling connection for 9000
Handling connection for 9000
    Once done, You can access the Traefik Dashboard via: 127.0.0.1:9000/dashboard image.png

Reference:

TraefikingressKubernetesHelmnetworking