Apollo Helm Chart

Apollo is a reliable configuration management system.

1. Introduction

The apollo-service and apollo-portal charts create deployments for apollo-configservice, apollo-adminservice and apollo-portal, which utilize the kubernetes native service discovery.

2. Prerequisites

• Kubernetes 1.10+
• Helm 3

3. Add Apollo Helm Chart Repository

$ helm repo add apollo https://charts.apolloconfig.com
$ helm search repo apollo

4. Deployments of apollo-configservice and apollo-adminservice

4.1 Install

apollo-configservice and apollo-adminservice should be installed per environment, so it is suggested to indicate environment in the release name, e.g. apollo-service-dev

$ helm install apollo-service-dev \
    --set configdb.host=1.2.3.4 \
    --set configdb.userName=apollo \
    --set configdb.password=apollo \
    --set configdb.service.enabled=true \
    --set configService.replicaCount=1 \
    --set adminService.replicaCount=1 \
    -n your-namespace \
    apollo/apollo-service

Or customize it with values.yaml

$ helm install apollo-service-dev -f values.yaml -n your-namespace apollo/apollo-service 

4.2 Uninstall

To uninstall/delete the apollo-service-dev deployment:

$ helm uninstall -n your-namespace apollo-service-dev

4.3 Configuration

The following table lists the configurable parameters of the apollo-service chart and their default values.

Parameter	Description	Default
configdb.host	The host for apollo config db	nil
configdb.port	The port for apollo config db	3306
configdb.dbName	The database name for apollo config db	ApolloConfigDB
configdb.userName	The user name for apollo config db	nil
configdb.password	The password for apollo config db	nil
configdb.connectionStringProperties	The connection string properties for apollo config db	characterEncoding=utf8
configdb.service.enabled	Whether to create a Kubernetes Service for configdb.host or not. Set it to true if configdb.host is an endpoint outside of the kubernetes cluster	false
configdb.service.fullNameOverride	Override the service name for apollo config db	nil
configdb.service.port	The port for the service of apollo config db	3306
configdb.service.type	The service type of apollo config db: ClusterIP or ExternalName. If the host is a DNS name, please specify ExternalName as the service type, e.g. xxx.mysql.rds.aliyuncs.com	ClusterIP
configService.fullNameOverride	Override the deployment name for apollo-configservice	nil
configService.replicaCount	Replica count of apollo-configservice	2
configService.containerPort	Container port of apollo-configservice	8080
configService.image.repository	Image repository of apollo-configservice	apolloconfig/apollo-configservice
configService.image.tag	Image tag of apollo-configservice, e.g. 1.8.0, leave it to nil to use the default version	nil
configService.image.pullPolicy	Image pull policy of apollo-configservice	IfNotPresent
configService.imagePullSecrets	Image pull secrets of apollo-configservice	[]
configService.service.fullNameOverride	Override the service name for apollo-configservice	nil
configService.service.port	The port for the service of apollo-configservice	8080
configService.service.targetPort	The target port for the service of apollo-configservice	8080
configService.service.type	The service type of apollo-configservice	ClusterIP
configService.ingress.enabled	Whether to enable the ingress for config-service or not	false
configService.ingress.annotations	The annotations of the ingress for config-service	{}
configService.ingress.hosts.host	The host of the ingress for config-service	nil
configService.ingress.hosts.paths	The paths of the ingress for config-service	[]
configService.ingress.tls	The tls definition of the ingress for config-service	[]
configService.ingress.ingressClassName	The ingressClassName definition of the ingress for config-service	nil
configService.liveness.initialDelaySeconds	The initial delay seconds of liveness probe	100
configService.liveness.periodSeconds	The period seconds of liveness probe	10
configService.readiness.initialDelaySeconds	The initial delay seconds of readiness probe	30
configService.readiness.periodSeconds	The period seconds of readiness probe	5
configService.config.profiles	specify the spring profiles to activate	github,kubernetes
configService.config.configServiceUrlOverride	Override apollo.config-service.url: config service url to be accessed by apollo-client	nil
configService.config.adminServiceUrlOverride	Override apollo.admin-service.url: admin service url to be accessed by apollo-portal	nil
configService.config.contextPath	specify the context path, e.g. /apollo, then users could access config service via http://{config_service_address}/apollo	nil
configService.env	Environment variables passed to the container, e.g. JAVA_OPTS: -Xss256k	{}
configService.strategy	The deployment strategy of apollo-configservice	{}
configService.resources	The resources definition of apollo-configservice	{}
configService.nodeSelector	The node selector definition of apollo-configservice	{}
configService.tolerations	The tolerations definition of apollo-configservice	[]
configService.affinity	The affinity definition of apollo-configservice	{}
configService.annotations	The annotations definition of apollo-configservice	{}
adminService.fullNameOverride	Override the deployment name for apollo-adminservice	nil
adminService.replicaCount	Replica count of apollo-adminservice	2
adminService.containerPort	Container port of apollo-adminservice	8090
adminService.image.repository	Image repository of apollo-adminservice	apolloconfig/apollo-adminservice
adminService.image.tag	Image tag of apollo-adminservice, e.g. 1.8.0, leave it to nil to use the default version	nil
adminService.image.pullPolicy	Image pull policy of apollo-adminservice	IfNotPresent
adminService.imagePullSecrets	Image pull secrets of apollo-adminservice	[]
adminService.service.fullNameOverride	Override the service name for apollo-adminservice	nil
adminService.service.port	The port for the service of apollo-adminservice	8090
adminService.service.targetPort	The target port for the service of apollo-adminservice	8090
adminService.service.type	The service type of apollo-adminservice	ClusterIP
adminService.ingress.enabled	Whether to enable the ingress for admin-service or not	false
adminService.ingress.annotations	The annotations of the ingress for admin-service	{}
adminService.ingress.hosts.host	The host of the ingress for admin-service	nil
adminService.ingress.hosts.paths	The paths of the ingress for admin-service	[]
adminService.ingress.tls	The tls definition of the ingress for admin-service	[]
adminService.ingress.ingressClassName	The ingressClassName definition of the ingress for admin-service	nil
adminService.liveness.initialDelaySeconds	The initial delay seconds of liveness probe	100
adminService.liveness.periodSeconds	The period seconds of liveness probe	10
adminService.readiness.initialDelaySeconds	The initial delay seconds of readiness probe	30
adminService.readiness.periodSeconds	The period seconds of readiness probe	5
adminService.config.profiles	specify the spring profiles to activate	github,kubernetes
adminService.config.contextPath	specify the context path, e.g. /apollo, then users could access admin service via http://{admin_service_address}/apollo	nil
adminService.env	Environment variables passed to the container, e.g. JAVA_OPTS: -Xss256k	{}
adminService.strategy	The deployment strategy of apollo-adminservice	{}
adminService.resources	The resources definition of apollo-adminservice	{}
adminService.nodeSelector	The node selector definition of apollo-adminservice	{}
adminService.tolerations	The tolerations definition of apollo-adminservice	[]
adminService.affinity	The affinity definition of apollo-adminservice	{}
adminService.annotations	The annotations definition of apollo-adminservice	{}

4.4 Sample

1. ConfigDB host is an IP outside of kubernetes cluster

configdb:
  host: 1.2.3.4
  dbName: ApolloConfigDBName
  userName: someUserName
  password: somePassword
  connectionStringProperties: characterEncoding=utf8&useSSL=false
  service:
    enabled: true

2. ConfigDB host is a dns name outside of kubernetes cluster

configdb:
  host: xxx.mysql.rds.aliyuncs.com
  dbName: ApolloConfigDBName
  userName: someUserName
  password: somePassword
  connectionStringProperties: characterEncoding=utf8&useSSL=false
  service:
    enabled: true
    type: ExternalName

3. ConfigDB host is a kubernetes service

configdb:
  host: apollodb-mysql.mysql
  dbName: ApolloConfigDBName
  userName: someUserName
  password: somePassword
  connectionStringProperties: characterEncoding=utf8&useSSL=false

4. Expose config service as Ingress with custom path /config

# use /config as root, should specify configService.config.contextPath as /config
configService:
  config:
    contextPath: /config
  ingress:
    enabled: true
    hosts:
      - paths:
          - /config

5. Expose admin service as Ingress with custom path /admin

# use /admin as root, should specify adminService.config.contextPath as /admin
adminService:
  config:
    contextPath: /admin
  ingress:
    enabled: true
    hosts:
      - paths:
          - /admin

5. Deployments of apollo-portal

5.1 Install

To install the apollo-portal chart with the release name apollo-portal:

$ helm install apollo-portal \
    --set portaldb.host=1.2.3.4 \
    --set portaldb.userName=apollo \
    --set portaldb.password=apollo \
    --set portaldb.service.enabled=true \
    --set config.envs="dev\,pro" \
    --set config.metaServers.dev=http://apollo-service-dev-apollo-configservice:8080 \
    --set config.metaServers.pro=http://apollo-service-pro-apollo-configservice:8080 \
    --set replicaCount=1 \
    -n your-namespace \
    apollo/apollo-portal

Or customize it with values.yaml

$ helm install apollo-portal -f values.yaml -n your-namespace apollo/apollo-portal 

5.2 Uninstallation

To uninstall/delete the apollo-portal deployment:

$ helm uninstall -n your-namespace apollo-portal

5.3 Configuration

The following table lists the configurable parameters of the apollo-portal chart and their default values.

Parameter	Description	Default
fullNameOverride	Override the deployment name for apollo-portal	nil
replicaCount	Replica count of apollo-portal	2
containerPort	Container port of apollo-portal	8070
image.repository	Image repository of apollo-portal	apolloconfig/apollo-portal
image.tag	Image tag of apollo-portal, e.g. 1.8.0, leave it to nil to use the default version	nil
image.pullPolicy	Image pull policy of apollo-portal	IfNotPresent
imagePullSecrets	Image pull secrets of apollo-portal	[]
service.fullNameOverride	Override the service name for apollo-portal	nil
service.port	The port for the service of apollo-portal	8070
service.targetPort	The target port for the service of apollo-portal	8070
service.type	The service type of apollo-portal	ClusterIP
service.sessionAffinity	The session affinity for the service of apollo-portal	ClientIP
ingress.enabled	Whether to enable the ingress or not	false
ingress.annotations	The annotations of the ingress	{}
ingress.hosts.host	The host of the ingress	nil
ingress.hosts.paths	The paths of the ingress	[]
ingress.tls	The tls definition of the ingress	[]
ingress.ingressClassName	The ingressClassName definition of the ingress	nil
liveness.initialDelaySeconds	The initial delay seconds of liveness probe	100
liveness.periodSeconds	The period seconds of liveness probe	10
readiness.initialDelaySeconds	The initial delay seconds of readiness probe	30
readiness.periodSeconds	The period seconds of readiness probe	5
env	Environment variables passed to the container, e.g. JAVA_OPTS: -Xss256k	{}
strategy	The deployment strategy of apollo-portal	{}
resources	The resources definition of apollo-portal	{}
nodeSelector	The node selector definition of apollo-portal	{}
tolerations	The tolerations definition of apollo-portal	[]
affinity	The affinity definition of apollo-portal	{}
annotations	The annotations definition of apollo-portal	{}
config.profiles	specify the spring profiles to activate	github,auth
config.envs	specify the env names, e.g. dev,pro	nil
config.contextPath	specify the context path, e.g. /apollo, then users could access portal via http://{portal_address}/apollo	nil
config.metaServers	specify the meta servers, e.g. dev: http://apollo-configservice-dev:8080 pro: http://apollo-configservice-pro:8080	{}
config.files	specify the extra config files for apollo-portal, e.g. application-ldap.yml	{}
portaldb.host	The host for apollo portal db	nil
portaldb.port	The port for apollo portal db	3306
portaldb.dbName	The database name for apollo portal db	ApolloPortalDB
portaldb.userName	The user name for apollo portal db	nil
portaldb.password	The password for apollo portal db	nil
portaldb.connectionStringProperties	The connection string properties for apollo portal db	characterEncoding=utf8
portaldb.service.enabled	Whether to create a Kubernetes Service for portaldb.host or not. Set it to true if portaldb.host is an endpoint outside of the kubernetes cluster	false
portaldb.service.fullNameOverride	Override the service name for apollo portal db	nil
portaldb.service.port	The port for the service of apollo portal db	3306
portaldb.service.type	The service type of apollo portal db: ClusterIP or ExternalName. If the host is a DNS name, please specify ExternalName as the service type, e.g. xxx.mysql.rds.aliyuncs.com	ClusterIP

5.4 Sample

1. PortalDB host is an IP outside of kubernetes cluster

portaldb:
  host: 1.2.3.4
  dbName: ApolloPortalDBName
  userName: someUserName
  password: somePassword
  connectionStringProperties: characterEncoding=utf8&useSSL=false
  service:
    enabled: true

2. PortalDB host is a dns name outside of kubernetes cluster

portaldb:
  host: xxx.mysql.rds.aliyuncs.com
  dbName: ApolloPortalDBName
  userName: someUserName
  password: somePassword
  connectionStringProperties: characterEncoding=utf8&useSSL=false
  service:
    enabled: true
    type: ExternalName

3. PortalDB host is a kubernetes service

portaldb:
  host: apollodb-mysql.mysql
  dbName: ApolloPortalDBName
  userName: someUserName
  password: somePassword
  connectionStringProperties: characterEncoding=utf8&useSSL=false

4. Specify environments

config:
  envs: dev,pro
  metaServers:
    dev: http://apollo-service-dev-apollo-configservice:8080
    pro: http://apollo-service-pro-apollo-configservice:8080

5. Expose service as Load Balancer

service:
  type: LoadBalancer

6. Expose service as Ingress

ingress:
  enabled: true
  hosts:
    - paths:
        - /

7. Expose service as Ingress with custom path /apollo

# use /apollo as root, should specify config.contextPath as /apollo
ingress:
  enabled: true
  hosts:
    - paths:
        - /apollo

config:
  ...
  contextPath: /apollo
  ...

8. Expose service as Ingress with session affinity

ingress:
  enabled: true
  annotations:
    kubernetes.io/ingress.class: nginx
    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/affinity: "cookie"
    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/affinity-mode: "persistent"
    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/session-cookie-conditional-samesite-none: "true"
    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/session-cookie-expires: "172800"
    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/session-cookie-max-age: "172800"
  hosts:
    - host: xxx.somedomain.com # host is required to make session affinity work
      paths:
        - /

9. Enable LDAP support

config:
  ...
  profiles: github,ldap
  ...
  files:
    application-ldap.yml: |
      spring:
        ldap:
          base: "dc=example,dc=org"
          username: "cn=admin,dc=example,dc=org"
          password: "password"
          searchFilter: "(uid={0})"
          urls:
          - "ldap://xxx.somedomain.com:389"

      ldap:
        mapping:
          objectClass: "inetOrgPerson"
          loginId: "uid"
          userDisplayName: "cn"
          email: "mail"