Deploy to Kubernetes in Google Cloud: Challenge Lab

4 min readOct 5, 2020

In this article, we will go through the lab Deploy to Kubernetes in Google Cloud: Challenge Lab. In the previous, lab you will get familiar with Docker, Kubernetes Engine, CI-CD(continuous integration, continuous delivery) pipeline using Jenkins running on Kubernetes Engine.

The challenge contains 7 required tasks

Create a Docker image and store the Dockerfile
Test the created Docker image
Push the Docker image in the Google Container Repository
Create and expose a deployment in Kubernetes
Increase the replicas from 1 to 3
Update the deployment with a new version of valkyrie-app
Create a pipeline in Jenkins to deploy your app.

Some Jooli Inc. standards you should follow:

Create all resources in the us-east1 region and us-east1-b zone, unless otherwise directed.
Use the project VPCs.
Naming is normally team-resource, e.g. an instance could be named kraken-webserver1.
Allocate cost-effective resource sizes. Projects are monitored and excessive resource use will result in the containing project’s termination (and possibly yours), so beware. This is the guidance the monitoring team is willing to share: unless directed, use n1-standard-1.

So let’s go through Solutions make sure you have LOG IN to GCP Console by temporary ID, Password, and Project Name

1.Create a Docker image and store the Dockerfile

The First Step is to activate the cloud shell and type the following command.

source <(gsutil cat gs://cloud-training/gsp318/marking/setup_marking.sh)

This command will install marking scripts you can use to help check your progress.
Now we have to clone the valkyrie-app source code repository in our project.
Then, run the commands below to clone it in your project.{Replace YOUR_PROJECT with your Project ID}

gcloud source repos clone valkyrie-app --project=YOUR_PROJECT

Create a Dockerfile under the valkyrie-app directory and add the configuration to the file. Copy the command below and run it on the cloud shell.

cd valkyrie-app
cat > Dockerfile <<EOF  
FROM golang:1.10
WORKDIR /go/src/app
COPY source .
RUN go install -v
ENTRYPOINT ["app","-single=true","-port=8080"]
EOF

We have created an Image Now we have to build by command.

docker build -t valkyrie-app:v0.0.1 .

Now we have to check our progress before that we have to write a command to check our progress.

cd ..
cd marking
./step1.sh

Congratulation you get 10 marks!!! by creating a docker and image.

2. Test the created Docker image

Now we have to test our Docker Image built-in task 1 and show the running application by Web Preview on port 8080. Write a command on Cloud Shell

cd ..
cd valkyrie-app
docker run -p 8080:8080 valkyrie-app:v0.0.1 
cd ..
cd marking
./step2.sh

3.Push the Docker image in the Container Repository

In this task, you will push the Docker image valkyrie-app:v0.0.1 into the Container Registry.
Make sure you re-tag the container to gcr.io/YOUR_PROJECT/valkyrie-app:v0.0.1.{replace YOUR_PROJECT with your Project ID}

cd ..
cd valkyrie-app
docker tag valkyrie-app:v0.0.1 gcr.io/$GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT/valkyrie-app:v0.0.1docker push gcr.io/$GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT/valkyrie-app:v0.0.1

4.Create and expose a deployment in Kubernetes

In the Cloud Shell, go to the valkyrie-app/k8s subdirectory.
To check the Kubernetes credentials before you deploy the image onto the Kubernetes cluster.

gcloud container clusters get-credentials valkyrie-dev -- zone us-east1-d

Now we have to and replace IMAGE_HERE with

sed -i s#IMAGE_HERE#gcr.io/$GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT/valkyrie-app:v0.0.1#g k8s/deployment.yaml

gcr.io/YOUR-PROJECT-ID/valkyrie-app:v0.0.1

in deployment.yaml through text editor.

Deploy deployment.yaml and service.yaml

gcloud container clusters get-credentials valkyrie-dev --zone us-east1-dkubectl create -f k8s/deployment.yamlkubectl create -f k8s/service.yaml

5.Update the deployment with a new version of valkyrie-app

Now we have to do two steps we will go one by one.

Increase the replicas from 1 to 3

git merge origin/kurt-devkubectl edit deployment valkyrie-dev

2. Build and push the new version

docker build -t gcr.io/$GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT/valkyrie-app:v0.0.2 .docker push gcr.io/$GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT/valkyrie-app:v0.0.2

Trigger a rolling update by running the following command:

kubectl edit deployment valkyrie-dev

Save and Exit. Make sure you replaced as version from v0.0.1 . to v0.0.2 .

6.Create a pipeline in Jenkins to deploy your app

In this task, we have to do Continuous Delivery with Jenkins in Kubernetes Engine

To connect the Jenkins

Get the password with the following command:

printf $(kubectl get secret cd-jenkins -o jsonpath="{.data.jenkins-admin-password}" | base64 --decode);echo

2.Connect to the Jenkins console using the commands below:

export POD_NAME=$(kubectl get pods --namespace default -l "app.kubernetes.io/component=jenkins-master" -l "app.kubernetes.io/instance=cd" -o jsonpath="{.items[0].metadata.name}")

If there is another running container, use the docker commands below to kill it

docker ps
docker kill container_id

Click on the Web Preview button in the cloud shell, then click “Preview on port 8080” to connect to the Jenkins console.

kubectl port-forward $POD_NAME 8080:8080 >> /dev/null &printf $(kubectl get secret cd-jenkins -o jsonpath="{.data.jenkins-admin-password}" | base64 --decode);echo

Open web-preview and login as admin with password from last command
Go to click credentials -> Jenkins -> Global Credentials
Go to Click add credentials
Select Google Service Account from metadata
Click ok

Creating the Jenkins job on top left

Click new item
Name valkyrie-app to Multibranch Pipeline option and click OK.
Now go to the next page, in the Branch Sources section, click Add Source and select git.
Paste the HTTPS clone URL of your sample-app repo in Cloud Source Repositories https://source.developers.google.com/p/YOUR_PROJECT/r/valkyrie-app into the Project Repository field.
Set credentials to qwiklabs and Click on ok
We can change color by following Command

sed -i "s/green/orange/g" source/html.go

Update project in Jenkinsfile

sed -i "s/YOUR_PROJECT/$GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT/g" Jenkinsfilegit config --global user.email "you@example.com"git config --global user.name "student"git add .git push origin master