Expose a redis cluster - with a kubernetes statefulset to the internet - kubernetes

Question

I created a statefulset that deploys a redis image to GCP on kubernetes. The challenge I am having is exposing it using a single domain name. Such that the pods can be accessed in the following order - redis.com/first, redis.com/second, redis.com/third
here are the YAML files
Statefulset
kind: StatefulSet
metadata:
name: app-redis
spec:
selector:
matchLabels:
app: apprenticeship-redis
serviceName: 'redis-service'
replicas: 3
template:
metadata:
labels:
app: app-redis
spec:
terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 10
containers:
- name: app-redis
image: redis
args:
- /etc/redis/redis.conf
volumeMounts:
- mountPath: /etc/redis
name: redis-config
readOnly: false
- name: redis-storage
mountPath: /data
readOnly: false
resources:
requests:
cpu: 50m
memory: 128Mi
limits:
cpu: 150m
memory: 256Mi
ports:
- containerPort: 6379
name: redis
livenessProbe:
exec:
command: ['redis-cli', 'ping']
initialDelaySeconds: 30
periodSeconds: 10
timeoutSeconds: 5
successThreshold: 1
failureThreshold: 2
volumes:
- name: redis-config
configMap:
name: redis-config
volumeClaimTemplates:
- metadata:
name: redis-storage
spec:
accessModes:
- ReadWriteOnce
resources:
requests:
storage: 1Gi
Headless service
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
labels:
app: app-redis
name: redis-service
namespace: default
spec:
ports:
- name: server-port
port: 80
protocol: TCP
targetPort: 6379
clusterIP: None
selector:
statefulset.kubernetes.io/pod-name: app-redis-0
Loadbalancer
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
labels:
app: redis-service
name: app-redis
spec:
externalTrafficPolicy: Local
ports:
- port: 80
protocol: TCP
targetPort: 6379
selector:
app: app-redis
type: LoadBalancer
loadBalancerIP: xx.xx.xx.xxx
status:
loadBalancer:
ingress:
- ip: xx.xx.xx.xxx
Config map
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
name: redis-config
namespace: default
data:
redis.conf: |
dbfilename "dump.rdb"
dir /data
save 3600 1
save 300 10
save 60 100
appendonly yes
appendfilename "appendonly.aof"
Storage class
kind: StorageClass
apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
metadata:
name: redis-storage
provisioner: kubernetes.io/gce-pd
Ingress
apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
name: redis-ingress
annotations:
kubernetes.io/ingress.class: 'nginx'
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/force-ssl-redirect: 'false'
spec:
rules:
- host: app-redis.tk
http:
paths:
- path: /
backend:
serviceName: app-redis
servicePort: 80

Answer 1

Each pod in the StatefulSet will need to have a service linking to it.
This service will need to be created with:
selector:
statefulset.kubernetes.io/pod-name: <POD_NAME>
Then you will be able to set ingress and use it to redirect traffic based on path:
...
spec:
rules:
- http:
paths:
- path: /app-redis-0
backend:
serviceName: redis-service-0
servicePort: 6379
- path: /app-redis-1
backend:
serviceName: redis-service-1
servicePort: 6379
- path: /app-redis-2
backend:
serviceName: redis-service-2
servicePort: 6379
...
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