Set Up Tools to Make DOKS Cluster Operationally Ready

Validated on 27 Apr 2022 • Last edited on 6 Jan 2023

Series Table of Contents:

  1. Set Up Tools to Make DOKS Cluster Operationally Ready
  2. Install NGINX Ingress Controller
  3. Set Up NGINX Ingress Controller with HTTPS Enabled
  4. Set Up NGINX Ingress Controller to Use Wildcard Certificates

You can set up a variety of tools to make your DigitalOcean Kubernetes (DOKS) cluster operationally ready. Your operationally-ready DOKS cluster can have a set up as shown below, which includes:

  • Setting up an ingress controller using Ambassador or NGINX

  • Installing apps such as Prometheus to monitor the cluster

  • Installing apps such as Loki to aggregate logs

  • Configuring backups and restoration using Velero or Trilio

Starter kit setup overview

This tutorial series consists of three parts:

  • Part 1: Install NGINX ingress controller and set up backend services.
  • Part 2: Use Cert-Manager to configure production-ready TLS certificates for NGINX using HTTP-01 challenge.
  • Part 3: Use Cert-Manager to configure wildcard certificates for NGINX using DNS-01 challenge.

Start Tutorial

In the first part of this tutorial series, you install the NGINX ingress controller and configure HTTP rules for two deployed backend services.

Part 1: Install NGINX Ingress Controller
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