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Sagar Jadhav
Sagar Jadhav

Posted on • Updated on • Originally published at developersthought.in

How to create route in OpenShift?

#openshift #redhat #kubernetes #devops

Objective

  • Access application via Service IP within cluster
  • Access application via Service IP outside cluster
  • Create route
  • Access application via HTTP Route
  • Create Edge Terminating Route
  • Access application via HTTPS Route

Step 1: Deploy Nginx application

Refer How to manage Users & Project in Openshift?

Step 2: List services 

oc get svc
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Step 3: Access application via service ip within cluster 

curl http://<SERVICE_IP>:80
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Step 4: Access application via service ip outside cluster 

From browser, Browse http://<SERVICE_IP>:80
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Step 5: Create route 

oc expose service <SERVICE_NAME>
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Step 6: Describe route 

oc get route
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Step 7: Access application via HTTP route 

From browser, Browse http://<ROUTE_URL>
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Step 8: Create self-signed certificates 

openssl genrsa -out example.key 2048
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openssl req -new -key example.key -out example.csr -subj "/C=US/ST=CA/L=Los Angeles/O=Example/OU=IT/CN=test.example.com"
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openssl x509 -req -days 366 -in example.csr -signkey example.key -out example.crt
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Step 9: Create edge terminated route 

oc create route edge --service=nginx --key=example.key --cert=example.crt
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Step 6: Describe route 

oc get route
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Step 7: Access application via HTTPS route 

From browser, Browse https://<ROUTE_URL>
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