ldipotetjob / efk-kubernetes

logging in kubernetes

Logging in Kubernetes with Elasticsearch, Kibana, and Fluentd

Minikube environment

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Start minikube cluster
minikube start --cpus 4 --memory 8g

# create namespaces  
kubectl create namespace logging
# create an elasticsearch deployment and a service to access it   
kubectl create -f kubernetes/elastic.yaml -n logging
# getting url access to elasticsearch 
# minikube service elasticsearch --url -n logging
# checking that elastic search is properly installed 
curl $(minikube service elasticsearch --url -n logging)
# create a kibana deployment and a service to access it   
kubectl create -f kubernetes/kibana.yaml -n logging
# getting url access to kibana in our browser: 
minikube service kibana --url -n logging
# create a fluentd daemonset  
kubectl create -f kubernetes/fluentd-daemonset.yaml

daemonset ref. https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/controllers/daemonset/

deprecated api ref. https://kubernetes.io/blog/2019/07/18/api-deprecations-in-1-16/

Check out the blog post: https://mherman.org/blog/logging-in-kubernetes-with-elasticsearch-Kibana-fluentd/