coro / redis-cg-release

BOSH release of a Redis server, made for CF onboarding training

redis-cg-release

To use this service:

1. deploy redis-example-app

    git clone [e-mail]:pivotal-cf/cf-redis-example-app.git && \
      pushd cf-redis-example-app && \
      cf push <app_name> --no-start && \
      popd
   

2. clone the repo

   git clone [e-mail]:connor-rogers/redis-cg-release.git
   

3. cd into the repo

   cd redis-cg-release
   

4. Create a release

   bosh create-release --force
   

5. upload-release

   bosh upload-release
   

6. edit the manifest
   1. add it to the release section

   releases:
   - name: redis-cg
     version: latest

   1. add an instance group

     instance_groups:
     - name: redis-master
       instances: 1
       azs:
       - z1
       jobs:
       - name: redis-server
         release: redis-cg
         properties:
           port: <port>
           password: <password>
       vm_type: small-highmem
       stemcell: default
       persistent_disk_type: 10GB
       networks:
       - name: default

7. deploy CF with the new manifest

   bosh -d cf deploy <path-to-manifest>
   

8. create ASG
   • create ASG definition

   [
     {
       "protocol": "tcp",
       "destination": "<service_ip>/32",
       "ports": "<port>",
       "description": "Exposes the Redis VM to the app"
     }
   ]

   to get the service ip run

   bosh vms | grep redis-master | awk '{ print $4 }'
   

   • create ASG

   cf create-security-group <asg-name> security.json
   

   • bind ASG to org

   cf bind-security-group <asg-name> <org-name> <space-name>
   

9. create user provided service definition

   cf create-user-provided-service redis -p '{"host":"<service_ip>","port":"<port>","password":"<password>"}'
   

10. start the app

    cf start <app_name>
    

11. test the app

    $ curl -X PUT http://<route_to_app>/foo -d "data=bar"
    $ curl -X GET http://<route_to_app>/foo
    bar