Running on GCP

This starter provides a quick start for running Pinot on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

This document provides the basic instruction to set up a Kubernetes Cluster on Google Kubernetes Engine(GKE)

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 Google Cloud SDK

Please follow this link (https://cloud.google.com/sdk/install) to install Google Cloud SDK.

1.3.1 For Mac User

• Install Google Cloud SDK

curl https://sdk.cloud.google.com | bash

• Restart your shell

exec -l $SHELL

2. (Optional) Initialize Google Cloud Environment

gcloud init

3. (Optional) Create a Kubernetes cluster(GKE) in Google Cloud

Below script will create a 3 nodes cluster named pinot-quickstart in us-west1-b with n1-standard-2 machines for demo purposes.

Please modify the parameters in the example command below:

GCLOUD_PROJECT=[your gcloud project name]
GCLOUD_ZONE=us-west1-b
GCLOUD_CLUSTER=pinot-quickstart
GCLOUD_MACHINE_TYPE=n1-standard-2
GCLOUD_NUM_NODES=3
gcloud container clusters create ${GCLOUD_CLUSTER} \
  --num-nodes=${GCLOUD_NUM_NODES} \
  --machine-type=${GCLOUD_MACHINE_TYPE} \
  --zone=${GCLOUD_ZONE} \
  --project=${GCLOUD_PROJECT}

You can monitor cluster status by command:

gcloud compute instances list

Once the cluster is in RUNNING status, it's ready to be used.

4. 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.

GCLOUD_PROJECT=[your gcloud project name]
GCLOUD_ZONE=us-west1-b
GCLOUD_CLUSTER=pinot-quickstart
gcloud container clusters get-credentials ${GCLOUD_CLUSTER} --zone ${GCLOUD_ZONE} --project ${GCLOUD_PROJECT}

To verify the connection, you can run:

kubectl get nodes

5. Pinot Quickstart

Please follow this Kubernetes QuickStart to deploy your Pinot Demo.

6. Delete a Kubernetes Cluster

GCLOUD_ZONE=us-west1-b
gcloud container clusters delete pinot-quickstart --zone=${GCLOUD_ZONE}