Overview

What the Labs Section covers:

• How to debug pod creation failures, debug pod crashes and working with a node maintenance scenario

• Understanding encryption in Big Bang and how to securely store secrets

• Installing Flux to a Cluster

• How to add a helm repository and how to use the helm CLI tool to template kubernetes .yaml files

• How to expose a mock mission app via the istio ingress gateway

• How to interact with a kubernetes cluster by creating a namespace and a pod

• How to implement Kustomize and how we use the kustomize CLI tool for templating kubernetes .yaml files

• Basic vi and why one would use vi in Big Bang

Section Outcomes

In this section, users learn to debug common pod crashes, securely store secrets, and how to to interact with Big Bang using common software tools.

Prerequisites

• Git

• kubectl

• SOPS

• Personal credentials

  • Iron Bank Personal Access Token - Under your User Profile, copy the CLI secret.

  • Repo1 Personal Access Token - You will need read_repository permissions.

• curl (if not already installed)

• Helm

• sshuttle

• Kustomize