KUBERNETES: FROM BASIC TO ADVANCED

Module 10: Cloud & Production

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🎯 Practice objective__HTMLTAG_68___

• Deploy production-ready application to local cluster (simulate cloud)
• Configure PodDisruptionBudget and test node drain__HTMLTAG_73___
• HPA configuration with custom metrics__HTMLTAG_75___
• Apply security best practices (PSS, Network Policies)
• Test graceful shutdown
• Configuring Karpenter consolidation (simulation)

Lab 1: Production-Ready Deployment__HTMLTAG_84___

kubectl create namespace lab10
Deploy nginx với full production config
cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
name: webapp
namespace: lab10
labels:
app: webapp
version: "1.0"
spec:
replicas: 3
strategy:
type: RollingUpdate
rollingUpdate:
maxSurge: 1
maxUnavailable: 0
selector:
matchLabels:
app: webapp
template:
metadata:
labels:
app: webapp
spec:
terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 60
topologySpreadConstraints:
- maxSkew: 1
topologyKey: kubernetes.io/hostname
whenUnsatisfiable: ScheduleAnyway
labelSelector:
matchLabels:
app: webapp
containers:
- name: nginx
image: nginx:1.27
ports:
- containerPort: 80
resources:
requests:
cpu: "100m"
memory: "128Mi"
limits:
cpu: "300m"
memory: "256Mi"
startupProbe:
httpGet:
path: /
port: 80
failureThreshold: 10
periodSeconds: 3
readinessProbe:
httpGet:
path: /
port: 80
periodSeconds: 5
failureThreshold: 3
livenessProbe:
httpGet:
path: /
port: 80
periodSeconds: 10
failureThreshold: 3
lifecycle:
preStop:
exec:
command: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "sleep 5 && nginx -s quit"]
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
name: webapp
namespace: lab10
spec:
selector:
app: webapp
ports:

port: 80
targetPort: 80
EOF

kubectl get pods -n lab10 -w

Lab 2: PodDisruptionBudget

# Tạo PDB
cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -
apiVersion: policy/v1
kind: PodDisruptionBudget
metadata:
  name: webapp-pdb
  namespace: lab10
spec:
  minAvailable: 2    # luôn có ít nhất 2 pods
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: webapp
EOF
Kiểm tra PDB
kubectl get pdb -n lab10
NAME         MIN AVAILABLE   MAX UNAVAILABLE   ALLOWED DISRUPTIONS
webapp-pdb   2               N/A               1
Test: chọn 1 node có pods
NODE=$(kubectl get pods -n lab10 -o wide | awk 'NR==2{print $7}')
Drain node — PDB sẽ cho phép evict tối đa 1 pod tại 1 thời điểm
kubectl drain $NODE --ignore-daemonsets --delete-emptydir-data
Observe: drain chờ đến khi pods rescheduled trước khi evict pod tiếp theo
kubectl get pods -n lab10 -o wide -w
kubectl uncordon $NODE

Lab 3: Horizontal Pod Autoscaler__HTMLTAG_88___

# Đảm bảo metrics-server đang chạy
kubectl get deployment metrics-server -n kube-system
Tạo HPA
cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -
apiVersion: autoscaling/v2
kind: HorizontalPodAutoscaler
metadata:
name: webapp-hpa
namespace: lab10
spec:
scaleTargetRef:
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
name: webapp
minReplicas: 2
maxReplicas: 10
metrics:

type: Resource
resource:
name: cpu
target:
type: Utilization
averageUtilization: 50
behavior:
scaleUp:
stabilizationWindowSeconds: 30
policies:

type: Pods
value: 2
periodSeconds: 30
scaleDown:
stabilizationWindowSeconds: 120
EOF



Xem HPA status
kubectl get hpa webapp-hpa -n lab10
Load test để trigger scale up
kubectl run load-generator --image=busybox:1.36 -n lab10 --restart=Never -- 

/bin/sh -c "while true; do wget -q -O- http://webapp.lab10.svc.cluster.local/; done"
Theo dõi HPA scale up
kubectl get hpa webapp-hpa -n lab10 -w
Stop load test
kubectl delete pod load-generator -n lab10
Theo dõi scale down (sau 2 phút stabilization)
kubectl get hpa webapp-hpa -n lab10 -w

Lab 4: Network Policies

# Default deny all trong namespace
cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: NetworkPolicy
metadata:
  name: default-deny
  namespace: lab10
spec:
  podSelector: {}
  policyTypes: [Ingress, Egress]
EOF
Test: từ pod khác không thể access webapp
kubectl run test-pod --image=busybox:1.36 -n lab10 --restart=Never -- sleep 300
kubectl exec test-pod -n lab10 -- wget -T5 -q http://webapp || echo "BLOCKED (expected)"
Allow ingress từ các pods trong namespace
cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: NetworkPolicy
metadata:
name: allow-internal
namespace: lab10
spec:
podSelector:
matchLabels:
app: webapp
policyTypes: [Ingress]
ingress:

from:

podSelector: {}    # tất cả pods trong namespace
ports:
port: 80
EOF



Allow egress ra internet (DNS + HTTP)
cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: NetworkPolicy
metadata:
name: allow-egress-dns
namespace: lab10
spec:
podSelector: {}
policyTypes: [Egress]
egress:

ports:

port: 53
protocol: UDP
port: 53
protocol: TCP
EOF



Test lại: bây giờ test-pod có thể access webapp
kubectl exec test-pod -n lab10 -- wget -T5 -q -O- http://webapp | head -5
kubectl delete pod test-pod -n lab10

Lab 5: Security Context__HTMLTAG_92___

# Deploy pod với security best practices
cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: secure-pod
  namespace: lab10
spec:
  securityContext:
    runAsNonRoot: true
    runAsUser: 1000
    fsGroup: 1000
    seccompProfile:
      type: RuntimeDefault
  containers:
  - name: app
    image: nginx:1.27
    securityContext:
      allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
      readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
      capabilities:
        drop: ["ALL"]
        add: ["NET_BIND_SERVICE"]
    resources:
      requests:
        cpu: "100m"
        memory: "64Mi"
      limits:
        cpu: "200m"
        memory: "128Mi"
    volumeMounts:
    - name: tmp
      mountPath: /tmp
    - name: cache
      mountPath: /var/cache/nginx
    - name: run
      mountPath: /var/run
  volumes:
  - name: tmp
    emptyDir: {}
  - name: cache
    emptyDir: {}
  - name: run
    emptyDir: {}
EOF
kubectl get pod secure-pod -n lab10
kubectl exec secure-pod -n lab10 -- id
uid=1000 gid=1000
Test readOnlyRootFilesystem
kubectl exec secure-pod -n lab10 -- touch /test-file || echo "Read-only filesystem (expected)"
kubectl exec secure-pod -n lab10 -- touch /tmp/test-file && echo "Can write to /tmp (allowed)"

Lab 6: Graceful Shutdown Test

# Deploy app với graceful shutdown
cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: graceful-app
  namespace: lab10
spec:
  replicas: 2
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: graceful-app
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: graceful-app
    spec:
      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 30
      containers:
      - name: app
        image: busybox:1.36
        command: ["/bin/sh"]
        args:
        - -c
        - |
          trap 'echo "SIGTERM received, graceful shutdown..."; sleep 5; echo "Shutdown complete"; exit 0' TERM
          echo "App started, waiting..."
          while true; do sleep 1; done
        lifecycle:
          preStop:
            exec:
              command: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "echo 'preStop hook running'; sleep 3"]
EOF
Xem shutdown behavior
POD=$(kubectl get pods -n lab10 -l app=graceful-app -o name | head -1)
kubectl logs -f $POD &
Delete pod — observe graceful shutdown
kubectl delete $POD -n lab10
Log output:
preStop hook running
SIGTERM received, graceful shutdown...
Shutdown complete

Cleanup

kubectl delete namespace lab10

Summary__HTMLTAG_98___

• ✅ Production deployment: rolling update + probes + graceful shutdown
• ✅ PDB: prevent drain if minimum availability is violated__HTMLTAG_103___
• ✅ HPA: auto-scale based on CPU/RPS
• ✅ Network Policies: default deny + allow specific traffic__HTMLTAG_107___
• ✅ Security context: non-root, readOnly filesystem, no capabilities
• ✅ Graceful shutdown: preStop hook + SIGTERM handler