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Using Custom Configuration in Elasticsearch with Topology
This tutorial will show you how to use custom configuration in an Elasticsearch cluster in KubeDB specifying spec.topology field.
If you don’t know how KubeDB handles custom configuration for an Elasticsearch cluster, please visit here.
Before You Begin
At first, you need to have a Kubernetes cluster, and the kubectl command-line tool must be configured to communicate with your cluster. If you do not already have a cluster, you can create one by using minikube.
Now, install KubeDB cli on your workstation and KubeDB operator in your cluster following the steps here.
To keep things isolated, this tutorial uses a separate namespace called demo throughout this tutorial.
$ kubectl create ns demo
namespace/demo created
$ kubectl get ns demo
NAME STATUS AGE
demo Active 5s
Note: YAML files used in this tutorial are stored in docs/examples/elasticsearch folder in GitHub repository kubedb/cli.
Use Custom Configuration
At first, let’s create four configuration files namely master-config.yml, client-config.yml, data-config.yml and common-config.yalm.
Content of master-config.yml,
node:
name: es-node-master
path:
data: ["/data/elasticsearch/master-datadir"]
Content of client-config.yml,
node:
name: es-node-client
path:
data: ["/data/elasticsearch/client-datadir"]
Content of data-config.yml,
node:
name: es-node-data
path:
data: ["/data/elasticsearch/data-datadir"]
Content of common-config.yml,
path:
logs: /data/elasticsearch/common-logdir
Now, let’s create a configMap with these configuration files,
$ kubectl create configmap -n demo es-custom-config \
--from-file=./common-config.yml \
--from-file=./master-config.yml \
--from-file=./data-config.yml \
--from-file=./client-config.yml
configmap/es-custom-config created
Check that the configMap has these configuration files,
$ kubectl get configmap -n demo es-custom-config -o yaml
apiVersion: v1
data:
client-config.yml: |-
node:
name: es-node-client
path:
data: ["/data/elasticsearch/client-datadir"]
common-config.yml: |
path:
logs: /data/elasticsearch/common-logdir
data-config.yml: |-
node:
name: es-node-data
path:
data: ["/data/elasticsearch/data-datadir"]
master-config.yml: |-
node:
name: es-node-master
path:
data: ["/data/elasticsearch/master-datadir"]
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
...
name: es-custom-config
namespace: demo
...
Now, create an Elasticsearch crd with topology specified,
$ kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubedb/cli/0.10.0/docs/examples/elasticsearch/custom-config/es-custom-with-topology.yaml
elasticsearch.kubedb.com/custom-elasticsearch created
Below is the YAML for the Elasticsearch crd we just created.
apiVersion: kubedb.com/v1alpha1
kind: Elasticsearch
metadata:
name: custom-elasticsearch
namespace: demo
spec:
version: "6.2.4-v1"
configSource:
configMap:
name: es-custom-config
topology:
master:
prefix: master
replicas: 1
storage:
storageClassName: "standard"
accessModes:
- ReadWriteOnce
resources:
requests:
storage: 1Gi
data:
prefix: data
replicas: 1
storage:
storageClassName: "standard"
accessModes:
- ReadWriteOnce
resources:
requests:
storage: 1Gi
client:
prefix: client
replicas: 2
storage:
storageClassName: "standard"
accessModes:
- ReadWriteOnce
resources:
requests:
storage: 1Gi
Now, wait for few minutes. KubeDB will create necessary secrets, services, and statefulsets.
Check resources created in demo namespace by KubeDB,
$ kubectl get all -n demo -l=kubedb.com/name=custom-elasticsearch
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
pod/client-custom-elasticsearch-0 1/1 Running 0 4m
pod/client-custom-elasticsearch-1 1/1 Running 0 3m
pod/data-custom-elasticsearch-0 1/1 Running 0 2m
pod/master-custom-elasticsearch-0 1/1 Running 0 3m
NAME TYPE CLUSTER-IP EXTERNAL-IP PORT(S) AGE
service/custom-elasticsearch ClusterIP 10.98.231.224 <none> 9200/TCP 4m
service/custom-elasticsearch-master ClusterIP 10.96.74.243 <none> 9300/TCP 4m
NAME DESIRED CURRENT AGE
statefulset.apps/client-custom-elasticsearch 2 2 4m
statefulset.apps/data-custom-elasticsearch 1 1 2m
statefulset.apps/master-custom-elasticsearch 1 1 3m
Check secrets created by KubeDB,
$ kubectl get secret -n demo -l=kubedb.com/name=custom-elasticsearch
NAME TYPE DATA AGE
custom-elasticsearch-auth Opaque 9 5m
custom-elasticsearch-cert Opaque 4 5m
Once everything is created, Elasticsearch will go to Running state. Check that Elasticsearch is in running state.
$ kubectl get es -n demo custom-elasticsearch
NAME VERSION STATUS AGE
custom-elasticsearch 6.2.4-v1 Running 5m
Verify Configuration
Now, we will connect with the Elasticsearch cluster we have created. We will query for nodes settings to verify that the cluster is using the custom configuration we have provided.
At first, forward 9200 port of client-custom-elasticsearch-0 pod. Run following command on a separate terminal,
$ kubectl port-forward -n demo client-custom-elasticsearch-0 9200
Forwarding from 127.0.0.1:9200 -> 9200
Forwarding from [::1]:9200 -> 9200
Now, we can connect to the database at localhost:9200. Let’s find out necessary connection information first.
Connection information:
Address:
localhost:9200Username: Run following command to get username
$ kubectl get secrets -n demo custom-elasticsearch-auth -o jsonpath='{.data.\ADMIN_USERNAME}' | base64 -d adminPassword: Run following command to get password
$ kubectl get secrets -n demo custom-elasticsearch-auth -o jsonpath='{.data.\ADMIN_PASSWORD}' | base64 -d ztqneuil
Now, we will query for settings of all nodes in an Elasticsearch cluster,
$ curl --user "admin:ztqneuil" "localhost:9200/_nodes/_all/settings"
This will return a large JSON with nodes settings information. Here is the prettified JSON response,
{
"_nodes": {
"total": 4,
"successful": 4,
"failed": 0
},
"cluster_name": "custom-elasticsearch",
"nodes": {
"fA7g2r7rTV--FZzusuctww": {
"name": "es-node-client",
...
"roles": [
"ingest"
],
"settings": {
...
"node": {
"name": "es-node-client",
"data": "false",
"ingest": "true",
"master": "false"
},
"path": {
"data": [
"/data/elasticsearch/client-datadir"
],
"logs": "/data/elasticsearch/common-logdir",
"home": "/elasticsearch"
},
...
}
},
"_8HsT6oZTAGf9Gmz0kInsA": {
"name": "es-node-client",
"roles": [
"ingest"
],
"settings": {
...
"node": {
"name": "es-node-client",
"data": "false",
"ingest": "true",
"master": "false"
},
"path": {
"data": [
"/data/elasticsearch/client-datadir"
],
"logs": "/data/elasticsearch/common-logdir",
"home": "/elasticsearch"
},
...
}
},
"pT1cxPVNQU-UBkjcj6JSzw": {
"name": "es-node-master",
...
"roles": [
"master"
],
"settings": {
...
"node": {
"name": "es-node-master",
"data": "false",
"ingest": "false",
"master": "true"
},
"path": {
"data": [
"/data/elasticsearch/master-datadir"
],
"logs": "/data/elasticsearch/common-logdir",
"home": "/elasticsearch"
},
...
}
},
"tBecrUhUTlO9x5kXlPAR5A": {
"name": "es-node-data",
...
"roles": [
"data"
],
"settings": {
...
"node": {
"name": "es-node-data",
"data": "true",
"ingest": "false",
"master": "false"
},
"path": {
"data": [
"/data/elasticsearch/data-datadir"
],
"logs": "/data/elasticsearch/common-logdir",
"home": "/elasticsearch"
},
...
}
}
}
}
We have total four (1 master + 2 client + 1 data) nodes in our Elasticsearch cluster. Here, we have an array of these node’s settings information. Here, "roles" field represents if the node is working as either a master, ingest/client or data node.
From the response above, we can see that "node.name" and "path.data" fields are set according to node rules to the value we have specified in configuration files.
Note that, the "path.logs" field of each node is set to the value we have specified in common-config.yml file.
Cleanup
To cleanup the Kubernetes resources created by this tutorial, run:
$ kubectl patch -n demo es/custom-elasticsearch -p '{"spec":{"terminationPolicy":"WipeOut"}}' --type="merge"
$ kubectl delete -n demo es/custom-elasticsearch
$ kubectl delete -n demo configmap/es-custom-config
$ kubectl delete ns demo
To uninstall KubeDB follow this guide.