Bosh release for redis

One of the fastest ways to get redis running on any infrastructure is to deploy this bosh release.

Supports consul for service advertisements.

Usage

To use this BOSH release, first upload it to your bosh:

bosh upload release https://redis-boshrelease.s3.amazonaws.com/boshrelease-redis-5.tgz

To deploy it you will need the source repository that contains templates:

git clone https://github.com/cloudfoundry-community/redis-boshrelease.git
cd redis-boshrelease
git checkout v5

For bosh-lite, you can quickly create a deployment manifest & deploy a 3 VM cluster:

templates/make_manifest warden normal
bosh -n deploy

For Openstack (Nova Networks), create a three-node cluster:

templates/make_manifest openstack-nova
bosh -n deploy

For AWS EC2, create a three-node clusterg:

templates/make_manifest aws-ec2
bosh -n deploy

To rename the deployment, set the $NAME environment variable:

NAME=my-redis templates/make_manifest warden normal

Consul service advertisement

Co-locate the consul job template from the consul-boshrelease and the deployment will automatically advertise each VM on consul.

There is an example available for bosh-lite.

First, deploy the consul-boshrelease into bosh-lite. The redis templates for consul are pre-configured to find the consul cluster:

templates/make_manifest warden consul
bosh -n deploy

To confirm that redis is now discoverable on any VM connected to the consul cluster (including the 3 redis VMs deployed above), target the consul DNS service:

$ bosh ssh redis_leader_z1/0

# dig @127.0.0.1 -p 8600 redis.service.consul +short
10.244.2.14
10.244.2.10
10.244.2.6

# dig @127.0.0.1 -p 8600 master.redis.service.consul +short
10.244.2.6
# dig @127.0.0.1 -p 8600 slave.redis.service.consul +short
10.244.2.14
10.244.2.10

From any machine running the consul agent you can also discover the redis cluster via the HTTP API:

$ curl 127.0.0.1:8500/v1/catalog/services
{"consul":null,"redis":["master","slave"]}

$ curl 127.0.0.1:8500/v1/catalog/service/redis?tag=master
[{"Node":"redis-warden-redis_leader_z1-0","Address":"10.244.2.6","ServiceID":"redis","ServiceName":"redis","ServiceTags":["master"],"ServicePort":6379}]

Create new final release

To create a new final release you need to get read/write API credentials to the @cloudfoundry-community s3 account.

Please email Dr Nic Williams and he will create unique API credentials for you.

Create a config/private.yml file with the following contents:

---
blobstore:
  s3:
    access_key_id:     ACCESS
    secret_access_key: PRIVATE

You can now create final releases for everyone to enjoy!

bosh create release
# test this dev release
git commit -m "updated redis"
bosh create release --final
git commit -m "creating vXYZ release"
git tag vXYZ
git push origin master --tags