Deploying to Google Cloud Platform

Prerequisites

To follow the installation, make sure you have:

GCP Guide

Set up a GKE global static IP

  • Locate your project ID if its not set on your workspace.

  • Create a new global IP:

 gcloud compute addresses create robusta-platform-ip --global --project=<your-project-id>

Common Errors

  • Make sure to use --project=<your-project-id> if its not set on your workspace.

  • This must be a Global IP address.

Set up DNS

in this step we are going to route your DNS to the GKE global static IP.

  • find the gloabl robusta-platform-ip address:

gcloud compute addresses list --filter=name:robusta-platform-ip --global --project=<your-project-id>

Route the subdomains to the new IP

The linking process depends on your domain provider (e.g. Namecheap, GoDaddy or Google Domains). Usually it involves creating an “A Record”. (replace MY_DOMAIN with your domain)

  1. db.MY_DOMAIN

  2. platform.MY_DOMAIN

  3. relay.MY_DOMAIN

  4. api.MY_DOMAIN

DNS Troubleshooting

To validate the routing, ping the sub-domains and make sure you see the GKE global static IP.
For example:
ping platform.MY_DOMAIN

Generate the self host values files

make sure to use MY_DOMAIN as domain

robusta self-host gen-config --provider gke --domain <MY_DOMAIN>

Deploy

  • Add the chart repository:

helm repo add robusta-platform https://robusta-charts-all.storage.googleapis.com && helm repo update

  • Install the Robusta platform into your cluster using Helm :

helm install robusta-platform robusta-platform/robusta-platform -f self_host_values.yaml

It will take the Robusta platform approximately 30 min to activate due to Google's SSL certificate provisioning process. check the Troubleshooting section for more info.

Configure Robusta CLI to use your backend configuration.

robusta_cli_config.json file was generated for you with the required settings.

  • Add an environment variable that points to the config file:

export ROBUSTA_BACKEND_PROFILE=/Path/to/your/robusta_cli_config.json

  • verify that Robusta CLI uses your backend configuration, run:

$ robusta version
Using Robusta backend profile: /Path/to/your/robusta_cli_config.json

Integrations

Now that your values file is ready, here are a couple of guides we'd recommend you check out.

Troubleshooting

GKE Managed certificate

Robusta's platform uses Google-managed SSL certificate which takes approximately 30~ min to activate.

  • Go to GKE Managed certificates and find robusta-platform-certificate.

  • Make sure the certificate Status is Active and you see your 4 sub-domains with an Active status as well.

Load balancer

The load balancer depends on the managed certificate to run proprly.

  • Go to GKE Load Balancers find the robusta-platform-ingress load balacer.

  • Make sure there are 5 backend services running with green check mark.

Deployments

Run:

kubectl get deploy

Make sure robusta-ui, platform-relay, kong, auth, meta and rest are in running state.

Login to the UI

Go to https://platform.MY_DOMAIN and sign up. Then try to log in.

Support

For further help contact us on Slack or support@robusta.dev