Hangfire dashboard url setup on kubernetes - kubernetes

Question

I have hangfire dashboard working properly on local environment. Now, I'm trying to setup it as a container (pod) inside my cluster, deployed to azure so I can access hangfire dashboard through its url. However, I'm having issue access to it.
Below is my setup:
[UsedImplicitly]
public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
{
var hangFireServerOptions = new BackgroundJobServerOptions
{
Activator = new ContainerJobActivator(app.ApplicationServices)
};
app.UseHealthChecks("/liveness");
app.UseHangfireServer(hangFireServerOptions);
app.UseHangfireDashboard("/hangfire", new DashboardOptions()
{
AppPath = null,
DashboardTitle = "Hangfire Dashboard",
Authorization = new[]
{
new HangfireCustomBasicAuthenticationFilter
{
User = Configuration.GetSection("HangfireCredentials:UserName").Value,
Pass = Configuration.GetSection("HangfireCredentials:Password").Value
}
}
});
app.UseHttpsRedirection();
app.UseRouting();
app.UseAuthorization();
app.UseEndpoints(endpoints =>
{
endpoints.MapControllers();
});
HangfireJobScheduler.ScheduleJobs(app.ApplicationServices.GetServices<IScheduledTask>()); //serviceProvider.GetServices<IScheduledTask>()
}
Service.yml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
name: task-scheduler-api
spec:
ports:
- port: 80
targetPort: 80
name: http
- port: 443
targetPort: 443
name: https
selector:
app: task-scheduler-api
Deployment.yml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
name: task-scheduler
spec:
selector:
matchLabels:
app: task-scheduler
template:
metadata:
labels:
app: task-scheduler
spec:
containers:
- name: task-scheduler
image: <%image-name%>
# Resources and limit
resources:
requests:
cpu: <%cpu_request%>
memory: <%memory_request%>
limits:
cpu: <%cpu_limit%>
memory: <%memory_limit%>
ports:
- name: http
containerPort: 80
- name: https
containerPort: 443
readinessProbe:
httpGet:
path: /liveness
port: 80
initialDelaySeconds: 3
periodSeconds: 5
timeoutSeconds: 30
livenessProbe:
httpGet:
path: /liveness
port: 80
initialDelaySeconds: 15
periodSeconds: 10
timeoutSeconds: 5
failureThreshold: 7
Ingress.yml
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
annotations:
kubernetes.io/ingress.class: "nginx"
cert-manager.io/cluster-issuer: letsencrypt
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/rewrite-target: /
name: task-scheulder-api-ingress
namespace: default
spec:
rules:
- host: example.com
http:
paths:
- path: /
pathType: Prefix
backend:
service:
name: task-scheduler-api
port:
number: 80
tls:
- hosts:
- example.com
secretName: task-scheduler-tls-production
I'm trying to access the dashboard by running: example.com/hangfire, but got 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable.
I'm checking logs on the pod. Every seem to be fine:
...
...
Content root path: /data
Now listening on: http://0.0.0.0:80
Now listening on: https://0.0.0.0:443
Application started. Press Ctrl+C to shut down.
....
Would anyone know what I'm missing and how to resolve it ? Thank you

Answer 1

I have figured out the issue. The main issue is that I did not have the match value for selector app in deployment.yml and service.yml. If I do kubectl get ep, it is showing me that I do not have any endpoint assign to the task scheduler pod, meaning that it is not really deployed yet.
As soon as I updated values in the deployment.yml and service.yml, url is accessible.
service.yml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
name: task-scheduler-api
spec:
ports:
- port: 80
targetPort: 80
name: http
- port: 443
targetPort: 443
name: https
selector:
app: task-scheduler-api # This needs to match with value inside the deployment
deployment.yml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
name: task-scheduler
spec:
selector:
matchLabels:
app: task-scheduler # This needs to match with value in service
template:
metadata:
labels:
app: task-scheduler # This needs to match as well
spec:
containers:
- name: task-scheduler
image: <%image-name%>
# Resources and limit
resources:
requests:
cpu: <%cpu_request%>
memory: <%memory_request%>
limits:
cpu: <%cpu_limit%>
memory: <%memory_limit%>
ports:
- name: http
containerPort: 80
- name: https
containerPort: 443
readinessProbe:
httpGet:
path: /liveness
port: 80
initialDelaySeconds: 3
periodSeconds: 5
timeoutSeconds: 30
livenessProbe:
httpGet:
path: /liveness
port: 80
initialDelaySeconds: 15
periodSeconds: 10
timeoutSeconds: 5
failureThreshold: 7
Hopefully someone would find it useful. Thank you

Answer 2

This could be related to the ingress class, bcs this moved from annotation to an own field in networking.k8s.io/v1 :
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
name: task-scheulder-api-ingress
annotations:
cert-manager.io/cluster-issuer: letsencrypt
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/rewrite-target: /
spec:
ingressClassName: nginx
tls:
- hosts:
- "example.com"
secretName: task-scheduler-tls-production
rules:
- host: "example.com"
http:
paths:
- path: /hangfire
pathType: ImplementationSpecific
backend:
service:
name: task-scheduler-api
port:
number: 8080
You also do not need to specify port 80 & 443 at the service as the ingress is responsible for implementing TLS:
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
name: task-scheduler-api
spec:
ports:
- port: 8080
targetPort: http
protocol: TCP
name: http
selector:
app: task-scheduler-api
For convenience you should also update the deployment:
- name: http
containerPort: 80
protocol: TCP