inlets-demo-gcp

Exposes an nginx server running in your private Kubernetes cluster (e.g using Docker Desktop in your local laptop) to Google Cloud Platform using inlets.dev

Getting started

Getting arkade:

curl -sSL https://dl.get-arkade.dev | sudo sh

On the Kubernetes host install inlets-pro and inletsctl

curl -sLSf https://inletsctl.inlets.dev | sudo sh

sudo inletsctl download --pro

Configure the required permissions in your Google Cloud project:

./setup-gcp.sh

Provision a VM in Google Cloud Platform using inlestctl:

inletsctl create \
  --project-id $PROJECTID \
  --provider gce \
  --access-token-file key.json

Install the inlets-operator and specify the path for the GCP access token:

arkade install inlets-operator \
    --provider gce \
    --project-id $PROJECTID \
    --zone us-central1-a \
    --token-file key.json \
    --license $(cat ./inlets-pro-license.txt)

Deploy the nginx workload to your private Kubernetes cluster:

kubectl apply -f \
 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/inlets/inlets-operator/master/contrib/nginx-sample-deployment.yaml

Finally, expose it with a LoadBalancer from Google Cloud Platform:

kubectl expose deployment nginx-1 --port=80 --type=LoadBalancer

Clean up

Remove the VM that was created with inletsctl:

inletsctl delete --provider gce \
    --id "<exit-node-name>|us-central1-a|<project-id>" \
    --access-token-file key.json

References:

• https://blog.alexellis.io/get-private-kubectl-access-anywhere/
• https://blog.alexellis.io/ingress-for-your-local-kubernetes-cluster/
• https://docs.inlets.dev/#/tools/inlets-operator?id=create-exit-node-on-google-compute-engine