Kubernetes Deployment

This guide walks you through deploying Tracetest Core in Kubernetes.

note

This is an example of a production-ready deployment, but real-world deployments can vary significantly depending on desired performance and scale. This setup is ideal for CI/CD environments and QA teams working in shared environments. You can use a remote or local (minikube, kind, k3d, etc) cluster.

You have two options to install Tracetest Core in Kubernetes:

• Using the Tracetest CLI to guide your installation
• Using the official Helm chart

Tracetest CLI

First, install Tracetest CLI following the instructions on Getting Started.

After installing the CLI, run:

tracetest server install

Expected output

How do you want to run TraceTest? [type to search]:
  Using Docker Compose
> Using Kubernetes

Select Using Kubernetes and follow the instructions.

Tools required (installed if missing):

• kubectl
• Helm

Optionals:

• PokeShop demo app. A sample microservice app to test your Tracetest installation.
• OpenTelemetry Collector. A trace collector, that receives telemetry of other applications and sent it to Tracetest.

Result:

• tracetest Helm chart deployed in the tracetest (configurable) namespace.
• OpenTelemetry Collector deployed in the tracetest (configurable) namespace, if selected.
• PokeShop demo app deployed in the demo namespace, if selected.

How to start:

Once installed, you can get started by launching Tracetest:

kubectl port-forward svc/tracetest 11633

Then launch a browser to http://localhost:11633/.

Helm Chart

First, be sure that you have Helm installed in your machine.

The Tracetest Helm charts are located here.

You can install them locally on your machine with the command:

helm repo add kubeshop https://kubeshop.github.io/helm-charts
helm repo update

After that, you can install Tracetest with helm install:

helm install tracetest kubeshop/tracetest --namespace=tracetest --create-namespace

Or, generate a manifest file and apply it manually in your Kubernetes cluster:

helm template tracetest kubeshop/tracetest > tracetest-kubernetes-manifests.yaml
kubectl apply -f ./tracetest-kubernetes-manifests.yaml

For more configuration options, visit the configuration docs.