DataScientest / helm-wordpress

Kubernetes WordPress + MySQL helm chart

Dependencies

• kubectl (installation guide is here)
• helm (installation guide is here)

kubectl will be automatically configured to your created cluster

You can check your demo-cluster status with next command

kubectl get nodes

Usage

1. Clone this git repository

git clone https://github.com/DataScientest/helm-wordpress.git

2. Execute next commands from repository directory

check that all templates are valid

cd helm-wordpress
helm template .

install chart

helm install wordpress-mysql . --values=values.yaml

3. Check your WordPress service NodePort with next command (may take some time)

kubectl get service -n wordpress

By-default namespace that used in the chart called wordpress. If you changed it, make sure you define the proper namespace in kubectl get command.

Now you can check this IP address with web-browser

Helm Variables

Defined in values.yaml

Name	Default Value	Difinition
namespace	wordpress	Kubernetes namespace

wordpress:

Name	Default Value	Difinition
deployment.image	wordpress:4.8-apache	Docker image for Wordpress
deployment.replicaCount	1	Number of Pods to run
service.type	NodePort	Kubernetes Service type
service.port	80	Publishing port

mysql:

Name	Default Value	Difinition
deployment.image	mysql:5.6	Docker image for MySQL
deployment.replicaCount	1	Number of Pods to run
service.type	ClusterIP	Kubernetes Service type
service.port	3306	Publishing port
pvc.accessMode	ReadWriteOnce	PVC Access mode
pvc.storage	2Gi	PVC Storage size

Uninstall

1. Execute the next command to get the list of helm releases

helm list

2. Execute the next command to uninstall helm release by RELEASE_NAME

helm uninstall wordpress-mysql

License

MIT License

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