Kubernetes ASP.NET Core WebApi Istio Helm Steeltoe Minikube example

Build with:

• ASP.NET Core Web API
• Docker
• Helm
• Istio
• Minikube
• Steeltoe

Prerequisites

> choco install docker-desktop

> choco install minikube

> choco install kubernetes-cli

> choco install kubernetes-helm

Start:

> ./start.ps1

or

#start minikube cluster
minikube start
#install istio demo profile
istioctl install --set profile=demo -y
#enable auto injecting sidecar into pods (default namespace)
kubectl label namespace default istio-injection=enabled --overwrite
#install kiali, prometheus, jaeger 
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/istio/istio/release-1.16/samples/addons/kiali.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/istio/istio/release-1.16/samples/addons/prometheus.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/istio/istio/release-1.16/samples/addons/jaeger.yaml

#provide terminal to docker engine inside minikube
minikube -p minikube docker-env --shell powershell | Invoke-Expression

#build aspnet-core-web-api docker image inside minikube
docker build -t aspnet-core-web-api:latest .\src\WebApi

#update helm dependencies
helm dependency update .\k8s

#install helm package
helm install web-api .\k8s --wait

#enable access to application running within minikube (istio-ingressgateway)
minikube tunnel

Browse to http://127.0.0.1/test

Dashboards

minikube dashboard

istioctl dashboard kiali

istioctl dashboard jaeger

Cleanup

#uninstall helm web-api package
helm uninstall web-api
#remove istio
istioctl uninstall --purge