Managing Solodev Deployments in the Kubernetes dashboard

Overview

With the Kubernetes Dashboard, users are able to access and manage instances of Solodev CMS for Kubernetes deployments. From the dashboard, users can SSH into Solodev deployments, access logs for each Solodev instance and much more. This document discusses common management use cases.

Prerequisites

To connect to an instance of Solodev CMS via SSH users should:

1. Configure a VPC and EC2 Key Pair that will be used to install the EKS cluster.
2. Install and configure an EKS cluster.
3. Deploy Solodev CMS on an EKS Cluster via CloudFormation.

Connecting Solodev CMS via SSH

To connect to Solodev CMS via SSH:

1. Connect and login to the Solodev Dashboard
2. Click the select box under Namespace.
3. Choose solodev-dcx.
4. In the Kubernetes dashboard, click Pods.
5. Click the instance name for port 80.
6. Click the Terminal icon located in the top right-hand corner of the screen.
7. Once connected the user can assume super admin rights by running sudo bash.
8. Users can exit bash by typing “exit” and pressing enter.

Accessing Solodev CMS logs

Users can access the logs of each Solodev instance to troubleshoot common issues encountered throughout the stack creation process. The steps to access the logs are provided below:

1. Login to the Kubernetes Dashboard.
2. Choose solodev-dcx from the Namespace select box.
3. Click Pods in the dashboard.
4. Click on the solodev container.
5. Click the View logs icon located in the upper-right container.