Configuring ingress cluster traffic using an Ingress Controller - Configuring ingress cluster traffic | Networking

Creating a project and service
Exposing the service by creating a route

OpenShift Dedicated provides methods for communicating from outside the cluster with services running in the cluster. This method uses an Ingress Controller.

Creating a project and service

If the project and service that you want to expose do not exist, first create the project, then the service.

If the project and service already exist, skip to the procedure on exposing the service to create a route.

Prerequisites

Install the oc CLI and log in as a cluster administrator.

Procedure

Create a new project for your service:

$ oc new-project <project_name>

For example:

$ oc new-project myproject

Use the oc new-app command to create a service. For example:

$ oc new-app \
    -e MYSQL_USER=admin \
    -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=redhat \
    -e MYSQL_DATABASE=mysqldb \
    registry.redhat.io/rhscl/mysql-80-rhel7

Run the following command to see that the new service is created:

$ oc get svc -n myproject
NAME             TYPE        CLUSTER-IP     EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)    AGE
mysql-80-rhel7   ClusterIP   172.30.63.31   <none>        3306/TCP   4m55s

By default, the new service does not have an external IP address.

Exposing the service by creating a route

You can expose the service as a route by using the oc expose command.

Procedure

To expose the service:

Run the following command to expose the route:

$ oc expose service <service_name>

For example:

$ oc expose service mysql-80-rhel7
route "mysql-80-rhel7" exposed

Use a tool, such as cURL, to make sure you can reach the service using the cluster IP address for the service:
```
$ curl <pod_ip>:<port>
```
For example:
```
$ curl 172.30.131.89:3306
```
The examples in this section use a MySQL service, which requires a client application. If you get a string of characters with the Got packets out of order message, you are connected to the service.

If you have a MySQL client, log in with the standard CLI command:
```
$ mysql -h 172.30.131.89 -u admin -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.

MySQL [(none)]>
```