ArangoDB v3.8 reached End of Life (EOL) and is no longer supported.

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Start ArangoDB on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Requirements

Deploy cluster

  • In Azure dashboard choose Create a resource
  • Choose Kubernetes Service

Cluster basics (version >=1.10)

basics

Cluster authentication (Enable RBAC)

basics

Wait for cluster to be created

basics

Move to control using kubectl

  • Login to Azure using CLI

    $ az login
      [
        {
          "cloudName": "AzureCloud",
          "id": "...",
          "isDefault": true,
          "name": "ArangoDB-INC",
          "state": "Enabled",
          "tenantId": "...",
          "user": {
            "name": "xxx@arangodb.com",
            "type": "user"
          }
        }
      ]
    
  • Get AKS credentials to merge with local config, using resource group and cluster names used for above deployment

      $ az aks get-credentials --resource-group clifton --name ArangoDB
    
  • Verify successful merge

    $ kubectl get svc
      NAME         TYPE        CLUSTER-IP   EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)   AGE
      kubernetes   ClusterIP   10.0.0.1     <none>        443/TCP   38m
    
  • Initialize helm

    $ kubectl create serviceaccount --namespace kube-system tiller
      serviceaccount/tiller created
    
    $ kubectl create clusterrolebinding tiller-cluster-rule \
          --clusterrole=cluster-admin --serviceaccount=kube-system:tiller
      clusterrolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/tiller-cluster-rule created
    
    $ helm init --service-account tiller
      $HELM_HOME has been configured at /home/xxx/.helm.
      ...
      Happy Helming!
    
      Tiller (the Helm server-side component) has been
      installed into your Kubernetes Cluster.
    
  • Deploy ArangoDB operator

    $ helm install \
        github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/releases/download/X.X.X/kube-arangodb.tgz
      NAME:   orderly-hydra
      LAST DEPLOYED: Wed Oct 31 15:11:37 2018
      NAMESPACE: default
      STATUS: DEPLOYED
      ...
      See https://www.arangodb.com/docs/stable/tutorials-kubernetes.html
      for how to get started.
    
  • Deploy ArangoDB cluster

    $ kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/master/examples/simple-cluster.yaml