Running Kubernetes on Windows

This document talks about how to get up and running with a single node Kubernetes cluster with logging (ELK) and monitoring(grafana, prometheus).

High level architecture

Install Docker and enable Kubernetes

• Download docker desktop from docker hub
• Install on windows
• Go to settings
• Go to Advanced and provide atleast 2 CPU and 4 GB RAM
• Go to Kubernetes and apply as shown
• Apply

Deploy Redis

• To deploy redis run redis.bat
• The above batch file will deploy redis cache and redis-commander redis gui client
• Run kubectl get all
• As per above figure Kibana is running on port 30090
• Go to http://localhost:30090 and Redis Commander should be up

Enable logging and monitoring

Logging

• To enable ELK logging stack run logging.bat
• The above batch file will create logging namespace and enable fluentd, elastic search and kibana
• Run kubectl get all -n logging
• As per above figure Kibana is running on port 30445
• Go to http://localhost:30445 and Kibana should open up

Monitoring

• To enable prometheus and grafana stack run monitoring.bat
• The above batch file will create monitoring namespace and enable prometheus and grafana
• Run kubectl get all -n monitoring
• As per above figure Grafana is running on port 32426
• Go to http://localhost:32426 and Grafana should open up
• Loging using admin/admin

License

MIT