Kubernetes Cluster Setup
Note
Following guide will be based on DigitalOcean Managed Kubernetes (DOKS)
Create a cluster and add node(s) in the cluster on DO,
- Install Nginx ingress controller in the cluster, with app installer
- Then loadbalancer will be provisioned automatically
After pointing the domain to LB’s DNS and installing nginx ingress controller
edit the LoadBalancer service (ingress-nginx/ingress-nginx-controller) using any tool, i am using k9s
Add this
kubernetes.digitalocean.com/load-balancer-id: {id_of_lb_here}
service.beta.kubernetes.io/do-loadbalancer-enable-proxy-protocol: 'true'
service.beta.kubernetes.io/do-loadbalancer-hostname: yourdomain.com
Install cert-manager and ssl issuer. as per following guides
https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager
https://kenanbek.github.io/kubernetes-https-nginx-ingress-cert-manager-digitalocean