Install ballerine using helm chart

Ballerine is a collection of services like workflow-service, backoffice. In values.yaml we have sections to enable/disable them based on the necessity like below

workflowService:
  enabled: true
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.

backoffice:
  enabled: true
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.
headlessexample:
  enabled: true
.
.

Prerequisites

• kubernetes cluster
• helm
• kubectl preferably 1.24 or less upto 1.23

How to install

Move to deploy directory

cd deploy/helm

Setup Postgresql

Install postgresql along with ballerine

• edit values.yaml

## Postgres params
postgresql:
  enabled: true
  auth:
    username: admin
    password: admin
    postgresPassword: admin
    database: postgres
#   Local dev purpose
#   persistence:
#     existingClaim: postgresql-pv-claim
#   volumePermissions:
#     enabled: true

How to use managed postgresql along with ballerine

• edit values.yaml

## Postgres params
postgresql:
  enabled: false
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.
.
.
  applicationConfig:
    BCRYPT_SALT: "10"
    SESSION_EXPIRATION_IN_MINUTES: "60"
    DB_URL: "<Managed DB_URL with databasename>"
    DB_USER: "<Managed DB_USER>"
    DB_PASSWORD: "<Managed DB_PASSWORD>"
    DB_PORT: "5432"

Installing Ballerine helm chart

helm dep build
helm install ballerine . -n ballerine --create-namespace -f example.values.yaml

Troubleshooting

kubectl get pods -n ballerine

• Note the pod name of service you wish to trouble shoot

kubectl logs <pod> -n ballerine

• Accessing the application

kubectl port-forward svc/<service> -n ballerine 3000:3000