All Kf Apps that serve HTTP traffic to users or applications outside of the cluster must be associated with a domain name.
Kf has three locations where domains can be configured. Ordered by precedence, they are:
- Apps
- Spaces
- The
config-defaults
ConfigMap in thekf
Namespace
The config-defaults
ConfigMap
The config-defaults
ConfigMap holds cluster-wide settings for Kf and can be edited by cluster administrators.
The values in the ConfigMap are read by the Spaces controller and modify their configuration.
Domain values are reflected in the Space's status.networkConfig.domains
field.
To modify Kf cluster's domain, edit the config-defaults
ConfigMap in the kf
Namespace:
kubectl edit configmap config-defaults -n kf
Add or update the entry for the spaceClusterDomain
key like the following:
spaceClusterDomain: my-domain.com
To validate the configuration was updated correctly, check the domain value in a space:
kf space SPACE_NAME -o "jsonpath={.status.networkConfig.domains[]['domain']}"
The output will look similar to:
Getting Space some-space
some-space.my-domain.com
Each Space prefixes the cluster domains with its own name. This prevents conflicts between Apps.
Space domains
Spaces are the authoritative location for domain configuration.
You can assign domains and sub-domains to each space for developers to use.
The field for configuring domains is spec.networkConfig.domains
.
Use kf space
to view the domains assigned to a Space:
kf space SPACE_NAME
In the output, the Spec
field contains specific configuration for the Space
and the Status
field reflects configuration for the Space with cluster-wide
defaults appended to the end:
...
Spec:
Network Config:
Domains:
Domain: my-space.mycompany.com
...
Status:
Network Config:
Domains:
Domain: my-space.mycompany.com
Domain: my-space.prod.us-east1.kf.mycompany.com
Configuration with the CLI
The kf
CLI supports mutations on Space domains. Each command outputs
a diff between the old and new configurations.
Add a new domain with kf configure-space append-domain
:
kf configure-space append-domain SPACE_NAME myspace.mycompany.com
Add or make an existing domain the default with kf configure-space set-default-domain
:
kf configure-space set-default-domain SPACE_NAME myspace.mycompany.com
And finally, remove a domain:
kf configure-space remove-domain SPACE_NAME myspace.mycompany.com
Apps
Apps can specify domains as part of their configuration.
Routes are mapped to Apps during kf push
using the following logic:
let current_routes = The set of routes already on the app
let manifest_routes = The set of routes defined by the manifest
let flag_routes = The set of routes supplied by the --route flag(s)
let no_route = Whether the manifest has no-route:true or --no-route is set
let random_route = Whether the manifest has random-route:true or --random-route is set
let new_routes = Union(current_routes, manifest_routes, flag_routes)
if new_routes.IsEmpty() then
if random_route then
new_routes.Add(CreateRandomRoute())
else
new_routes.Add(CreateDefaultRoute())
end
end
if no_route then
new_routes.RemoveAll()
end
return new_routes
If an App doesn't specify a Route, or requests a random Route, the first domain on the Space will be used. If the first domain on a Space changes, all Apps in the space using the default domain will be updated to reflect it.
Domain templates
Kf supports variable substitution in domains. Substitution allows a single
cluster-wide domain to be customized per-Space and to react to changes to the
ingress IP. Substitution is performed on variables with the syntax $(VARIABLE_NAME)
that occur in a domain.
Variable | Description |
---|---|
CLUSTER_INGRESS_IP |
The IPV4 address of the cluster ingress. |
SPACE_NAME |
The name of the Space. |
Examples
The following examples demonstrate how domain variables can be used to support a variety of different organizational structures and cluster patterns.
Using a wildcard DNS service like nip.io:
$(SPACE_NAME).$(CLUSTER_INGRESS_IP).nip.io
Domain for an organization with centrally managed DNS:
$(SPACE_NAME).cluster-name.example.com
Domain for teams who manage their own DNS:
cluster-name.$(SPACE_NAME).example.com
Domain for a cluster with warm failover and external circuit breaker:
$(SPACE_NAME)-failover.cluster-name.example.com
Differences between Kf and CF
- Kf Spaces prefix the cluster-wide domain with the Space name.
- Kf does not check for domain conflicts on user-specified routes.