Deploy workload and configure L7 ingress (yaml)

Rancher 2.x
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In the rancher-ui i am able to deploy a new workload and add a L7 ingress (test.example.com, including certificate). That works like a charm and the needed services (service-discovery) are created automatically.

Is there a way to create the example above with kubectl and yaml-files? As the L7 ingress is rancher-specific i think it won’t be able to configure it through kubernetes-yaml-syntax and needs some special keywords or annotatons?

The deployment of new pods or creating services/ingresses is working but i am not sure how to configure the L7 ingress or what to do that it picks up the change and does its magic.

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Alright, i think i just found the solution shortly after i’ve created the thread.
It seems, that the magic happens when using labels and selectors on the ingress and service.

i hope my example will help someone out in the same situation

demo-deployment.yaml

apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  labels:
    io.bgs.service: demo
  name: demo
spec: 
  replicas: 1
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        io.bgs.service: demo
    spec:
      containers: 
      - image: nginxdemos/hello
        name: demo
        ports:
        - containerPort: 80

demo-service.yaml

apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata: 
  labels: 
    io.bgs.service: demo
  name: demo
spec:
  ports:
  - name: "80"
    port: 80
    targetPort: 80
  selector:
    io.bgs.service: demo
status:
  loadBalancer: {}

demo-ingress.yaml

apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
  name: demo-lb
spec:
  rules:
  - host: demo.example.com
    http:
      paths:
      - backend:
          serviceName: demo
          servicePort: 80
        path: /

You can even use the ingress-manifest to get a certificate from let’s encrypt. The cert-manager will pick up the “tls” keyword and automatically request and install the certificate.

demo-ingress-tls.yaml

apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
  name: demo-lb
spec:
  rules:
  - host: demo.example.com
    http:
      paths:
      - backend:
          serviceName: demo
          servicePort: 80
        path: /
  tls: 
  - hosts:
    - demo.example.com
    secretName: demo-example-com-tls

Just run kubectl with the created manifests.

[me@host~] kubectl create -f demo-deployment.yaml -f demo-service.yaml -f demo-ingress.yaml
deployment.extensions/demo created
service/demo created
ingress.extensions/demo-lb created
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As you have noted, this is just regular K8s, nothing Rancher specific (nor should there be). You might want to consider consolidating your separate yaml files into one (use the 3 dash separator between each resource type) for easier management and for reasons of cohesion I suppose.