Running on Azure

This starter guide provides a quick start for running Pinot on Microsoft Azure

This document provides the basic instruction to set up a Kubernetes Cluster on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

1. Tooling Installation

1.1 Install Kubectl

Please follow this link (https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl) to install kubectl.

For Mac User

brew install kubernetes-cli

Please check kubectl version after installation.

kubectl version

QuickStart scripts are tested under kubectl client version v1.16.3 and server version v1.13.12

1.2 Install Helm

Please follow this link (https://helm.sh/docs/using_helm/#installing-helm) to install helm.

For Mac User

brew install kubernetes-helm

Please check helm version after installation.

helm version

This QuickStart provides helm supports for helm v3.0.0 and v2.12.1. Please pick the script based on your helm version.

1.3 Install Azure CLI

Please follow this link (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli?view=azure-cli-latest) to install Azure CLI.

For Mac User

brew update && brew install azure-cli

2. (Optional) Login to your Azure account

Below script will open default browser to sign-in to your Azure Account.

az login

3. (Optional) Create a Resource Group

Below script will create a resource group in location eastus.

AKS_RESOURCE_GROUP=pinot-demo
AKS_RESOURCE_GROUP_LOCATION=eastus
az group create --name ${AKS_RESOURCE_GROUP} \
                --location ${AKS_RESOURCE_GROUP_LOCATION}

4. (Optional) Create a Kubernetes cluster(AKS) in Azure

Below script will create a 3 nodes cluster named pinot-quickstart for demo purposes.

Please modify the parameters in the example command below:

AKS_RESOURCE_GROUP=pinot-demo
AKS_CLUSTER_NAME=pinot-quickstart
az aks create --resource-group ${AKS_RESOURCE_GROUP} \
              --name ${AKS_CLUSTER_NAME} \
              --node-count 3

Once the command is succeed, it's ready to be used.

5. Connect to an existing cluster

Simply run below command to get the credential for the cluster pinot-quickstart that you just created or your existing cluster.

AKS_RESOURCE_GROUP=pinot-demo
AKS_CLUSTER_NAME=pinot-quickstart
az aks get-credentials --resource-group ${AKS_RESOURCE_GROUP} \
                       --name ${AKS_CLUSTER_NAME}

To verify the connection, you can run:

kubectl get nodes

6. Pinot Quickstart

Please follow this Kubernetes QuickStart to deploy your Pinot Demo.

7. Delete a Kubernetes Cluster

AKS_RESOURCE_GROUP=pinot-demo
AKS_CLUSTER_NAME=pinot-quickstart
az aks delete --resource-group ${AKS_RESOURCE_GROUP} \
              --name ${AKS_CLUSTER_NAME}