Diameter Server and Client Inside Same Kubernetes Cluster(3.0)

The following examples shows how to setup both Diameter server and client inside the same cluster.

1. First setup the Server and Client clusterIPs in their respective yaml files as shown in the following examples. The selector part binds the IP address to the correct ECD. The ECD should only contain one pod. The port is cluster-global, which means that two ECDs can’t use the same port (as listening port).
   
   The listening port for the two server workflows are 3868 (server), 3870 (backupserver), and 3869 (client).
   
   

   Example - Server ClusterIP yaml

   apiVersion: v1
   kind: Service
   metadata:
     name: serverip
   spec:
     type: ClusterIP
     ports:
       - targetPort: 3868
         port: 3868
         name: server
       - targetPort: 3870
         port: 3870
         name: backupserver
     selector:
       ecd: server

   Example - Client ClusterIP yaml

   apiVersion: v1
   kind: Service
   metadata:
     name: clientip
   spec:
     type: ClusterIP
     ports:
       - targetPort: 3869
         port: 3869
         name: client
     selector:
       ecd: client
   
   

   The string ecd: client matches the same string under labels in the ECD yaml shown further below. See example.
   
   

   IP addresses

   For both peers inside the cluster it should be the IP of the clusterip that's connected to the ECD in question. So first create the clusterip for both client and server and then get the IP address using kubectl command as shown below and put that in the hostAliases section of the ECD yaml.

   For one peer inside the cluster and one outside, the IP address of the node should be used for the peer that is inside the cluster, and the IP address of the peer outside the cluster must be reachable from the cluster.

   
   
   

   1. Run the following command to get the IP address for the ECD:
      

      kubectl get svc

      For example:

      NAME                                             TYPE        CLUSTER-IP       EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)                         AGE
      clientip                                         ClusterIP   10.98.186.113    <none>        3869/TCP                        41d
      mz-operator-controller-manager-metrics-service   ClusterIP   10.102.28.47     <none>        8443/TCP                        43d
      mzonline                                         NodePort    10.106.161.255   <none>        80:32008/TCP                    43d
      platform                                         NodePort    10.109.197.192   <none>        9000:30022/TCP,6790:32193/TCP   43d
      serverip                                         ClusterIP   10.110.121.222   <none>        3868/TCP                        38d
      wd                                               NodePort    10.99.248.181    <none>        9999:31687/TCP                  43d

      Note!

      The IP addresses retrieved from this command are then used for the respective hostAliases. 

   2. Run the following command:

      kubectl apply -f path/to/file.yaml

2. Since the server needs to have information about both the client and server hostnames, so both the hostnames need to be configured for both ECDs.
   The following examples (for the client and server) is just an excerpt of the full ECD to show how to use hostnames:
   
   

   Example - hostAliases for Client

   - ip: "10.110.121.222"
     hostnames:
       - "server.digitalroute.com"
       - "server"
       - "backupserver.digitalroute.com"
       - "backupserver"
   - ip: "10.98.186.113"
     hostnames:
       - "client.digitalroute.com"
       - "client"
    

   Example - hostAliases for Server

   - ip: "10.110.121.222"
     hostnames:
        - "server.digitalroute.com"
        - "server"
        - "backupserver.digitalroute.com"
        - "backupserver"
   - ip: "10.98.186.113"
     hostnames:
        - "client.digitalroute.com"
        - "client"
     

   
   The following is an example of a full ECD - one Diameter client and two Diameter servers (three peers). The hostnames must be included in the yaml file irrespective of the fact if it is for client or server.
   

   Example - Full server-ecd 

   metadata:
     name: "diameter-server"
     annotations:
       meta.helm.sh/release-name: "mediationzone-ecd"
       meta.helm.sh/release-namespace: "davids"
     labels:
       app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: "Helm"
       app.kubernetes.io/component: "ecd"
       ecd: "server"
   apiVersion: "mz.digitalroute.com/v1alpha1"
   kind: "ECDeployment"
   spec:
     jvmArgs:
     - "Xms256m"
     - "Xmx512m"
     nodeHost: "dig-srv-test03.dev.drint.net"
     resources:
       requests:
         memory: "320Mi"
       limits:
         memory: "640Mi"
     hostAliases:
       - ip: "10.110.121.222"
         hostnames:
         - "server.digitalroute.com"
         - "server"
         - "backupserver.digitalroute.com"
         - "backupserver"
       - ip: "10.98.186.113"
         hostnames:
         - "client.digitalroute.com"
         - "client"
     manualUpgrade: false   

   1. Run the following command:

      kubectl apply -f /path/to/file/serverecd.yaml

metadata:
  name: "diameter-client"
  annotations:
    meta.helm.sh/release-name: "mediationzone-ecd"
    meta.helm.sh/release-namespace: "davids"
  labels:
    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: "Helm"
    app.kubernetes.io/component: "ecd"
    ecd: "client"
apiVersion: "mz.digitalroute.com/v1alpha1"
kind: "ECDeployment"
spec:
  jvmArgs:
  - "Xms256m"
  - "Xmx512m"
  nodeHost: "dig-srv-test02.dev.drint.net"
  resources:
    requests:
      memory: "320Mi"
    limits:
      memory: "640Mi"
  hostAliases:
    - ip: "10.110.121.222"
      hostnames:
      - "server.digitalroute.com"
      - "server"
      - "backupserver.digitalroute.com"
      - "backupserver"
    - ip: "10.109.59.222"
      hostnames:
      - "client.digitalroute.com"
      - "client"
  manualUpgrade: false