azavea / azavea/kubernetes-deployment
Inline infrastructure module and reorganize into core stage
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Description
Issue #1 suggested that the right way to go about architecting this infrastructure was to use a Terraform module to provision an EKS cluster. This was done in #6, but it's unclear if this module structure was a good idea. In particular, because some of the steps to set up the infrastructure require the use of the `kubernetes` Terraform provider, and configuring that provider relies on the output of the EKS module, which creates a circular dependency when using the infrastructure module as currently set up, but not when the same code is inlined (for some idiosyncratic Terraform reason, no doubt), I had to separate the core into the `0-hardware` and `1-services` stages, rather than simply offer a `core` stage. This hasn't been and continues not to be a particularly big deal, but configuring IRSA for some core add-ons (notably EBS CSI, as introduced in #17 / #18) is now split across stages—the add-on is installed in `0-hardware` and the IRSA role is attached in `1-services`. This has a smell, and I think the better way might be to inline the `infrastructure` module code, and merge the two core deployment stages.
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Research direction
Start by reviewing the infrastructure module from issue #6 and the split 0-hardware and 1-services stages. Trace the Kubernetes provider dependency and the EBS CSI IRSA changes from issues #17 and #18. Done means the module is inlined, the core stages are merged, and core add-on IRSA configuration no longer spans stages.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- aws, kubernetes, terraform
- Domain
- cloud, devops, infrastructure
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100