Replace term 'instance' with 'variant'.

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Jeffrey Regan
2018-05-08 11:40:33 -07:00
parent 7a73b59016
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6 changed files with 38 additions and 36 deletions

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@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ These demos assume that `kustomize` is on your `$PATH`.
They are covered by pre-submit tests.
* [hello world](helloWorld.md) - Deploy multiple
(differently configured) instances of a simple Hello
(differently configured) variants of a simple Hello
World server.
* [LDAP](ldap.md) - Deploy multiple
(differently configured) instances of a LDAP server.
(differently configured) variants of a LDAP server.
* [mySql](mySql.md) - Create a MySQL production
configuration from scratch.

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@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
[kubernetes API object style]: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/kubernetes-objects/#required-fields
[variant]: ../docs/glossary.md#variant
# Demo: configure breakfast
@@ -45,8 +46,8 @@ data:
EOF
```
The `name` field merely distinguishes this instance of coffee from others (if
there were any).
The `name` field merely distinguishes this [variant] of
coffee from others (if there were any).
Likewise, define _pancakes_:
<!-- @pancakes @test -->

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@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
[config]: https://github.com/kinflate/example-hello
[gitops]: ../docs/glossary.md#gitops
[hello]: https://github.com/monopole/hello
[instance]: ../docs/glossary.md#instance
[instances]: ../docs/glossary.md#instance
[kustomization]: ../docs/glossary.md#kustomization
[original]: https://github.com/kinflate/example-hello
[overlay]: ../docs/glossary.md#overlay
[overlays]: ../docs/glossary.md#overlay
[variant]: ../docs/glossary.md#variant
[variants]: ../docs/glossary.md#variant
# Demo: hello world with instances
# Demo: hello world with variants
Steps:
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Alternatively, use
Let's run the [hello] service.
To use [overlays] to create [instances], we must
To use [overlays] to create [variants], we must
first establish a common [base].
To keep this document shorter, the base resources are
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ Create a _staging_ and _production_ [overlay]:
* _Staging_ enables a risky feature not enabled in production.
* _Production_ has a higher replica count.
* Web server greetings from these cluster
[instances] will differ from each other.
[variants] will differ from each other.
<!-- @overlayDirectories @test -->
```
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ defining a new name prefix, and some different labels.
cat <<'EOF' >$OVERLAYS/staging/kustomization.yaml
namePrefix: staging-
commonLabels:
instance: staging
variant: staging
org: acmeCorporation
commonAnnotations:
note: Hello, I am staging!
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ with a different name prefix and labels.
cat <<EOF >$OVERLAYS/production/kustomization.yaml
namePrefix: production-
commonLabels:
instance: production
variant: production
org: acmeCorporation
commonAnnotations:
note: Hello, I am production!
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ EOF
- an _overlays_ directory, containing the kustomizations
and patches required to create distinct _staging_
and _production_ instances in a cluster.
and _production_ [variants] in a cluster.
Review the directory structure and differences:
@@ -276,9 +276,9 @@ something like
> ---
> > note: Hello, I am production!
> 11c11
> < instance: staging
> < variant: staging
> ---
> > instance: production
> > variant: production
> 13c13
> (...truncated)
> ```
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ collected.
[patch]: ../docs/glossary.md#patch
The _staging_ instance here has a configMap [patch]:
The _staging_ [variant] here has a configMap [patch]:
<!-- @showMapPatch @test -->
```

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@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
[base]: ../docs/glossary.md#base
[gitops]: ../docs/glossary.md#gitops
[instance]: ../docs/glossary.md#instance
[instances]: ../docs/glossary.md#instance
[kustomization]: ../docs/glossary.md#kustomization
[overlay]: ../docs/glossary.md#overlay
[overlays]: ../docs/glossary.md#overlay
[variant]: ../docs/glossary.md#variant
[variants]: ../docs/glossary.md#variant
# Demo: LDAP with instances
# Demo: LDAP with variants
Steps:
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Alternatively, use
## Establish the base
To use [overlays] to create [instances], we must
To use [overlays] to create [variants], we must
first establish a common [base].
To keep this document shorter, the base resources are
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ Create a _staging_ and _production_ [overlay]:
* _Staging_ adds a configMap.
* _Production_ has a higher replica count and a persistent disk.
* [instances] will differ from each other.
* [variants] will differ from each other.
<!-- @overlayDirectories @test -->
```
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ The production customization adds 6 replica as well as a consistent disk.
- an _overlays_ directory, containing the kustomizations
and patches required to create distinct _staging_
and _production_ instances in a cluster.
and _production_ [variants] in a cluster.
Review the directory structure and differences:
@@ -282,4 +282,3 @@ To deploy, pipe the above commands to kubectl apply:
> kustomize build $OVERLAYS/production |\
> kubectl apply -f -
> ```

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@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
[resources]: #resource
[rpm]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rpm_(software)
[target]: #target
[variant]: #variant
[variants]: #variant
[workflow]: workflows.md
## application
@@ -107,7 +109,7 @@ of k8s clusters.
* Works with any configuration, be it bespoke,
off-the-shelf, stateless, stateful, etc.
* Supports common customizations, and creation of
instance variants (dev vs, staging vs. production).
[variants] (dev vs. staging vs. production).
* Exposes and teaches native k8s APIs, rather than
hiding them.
* No friction integration with version control to
@@ -123,20 +125,20 @@ Devops or CICD workflows that use a git repository as a
single source of truth and take action (e.g., build,
test or deploy) when that truth changes.
## instance
## variant
An _instance_ is the outcome, in a cluster, of applying
An _variant_ is the outcome, in a cluster, of applying
an [overlay] to a [base].
> E.g., a _staging_ and _production_ overlay both modify some
> common base to create distinct instances.
> common base to create distinct variants.
>
> The _staging_ instance is the set of resources
> The _staging_ variant is the set of resources
> exposed to quality assurance testing, or to some
> external users who'd like to see what the next
> version of production will look like.
>
> The _production_ instance is the set of resources
> The _production_ variant is the set of resources
> exposed to production traffic, and thus may employ
> deployments with a large number of replicas and higher
> cpu and memory requests.
@@ -179,7 +181,7 @@ It's often abbreviated as _k8s_.
An object, expressed in a YAML or JSON file, with the
[fields required] by kubernetes. Basically just a
`kind` field to identify the type, a `metadata/name`
field to identify the instance, and an `apiVersion`
field to identify the variant, and an `apiVersion`
field to identify the version (if there's more than one
version).
@@ -225,15 +227,15 @@ own [overlays] to do further customization.
An _overlay_ is a [target] that modifies (and thus
depends on) another target.
The [kustomization] in an overlay refers to (via file path,
URI or other method) _some other kustomization_, known as
its [base].
The [kustomization] in an overlay refers to (via file
path, URI or other method) _some other kustomization_,
known as its [base].
An overlay is unusable without its base.
An overlay supports the typical notion of a
_development_, _QA_, _staging_ and _production_
environment instances.
environment variants.
The configuration of these environments is specified in
individual overlays (one per environment) that all

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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
[applying]: glossary.md#apply
[base]: glossary.md#base
[fork]: https://guides.github.com/activities/forking/
[instances]: glossary.md#instance
[variants]: glossary.md#variant
[kustomization]: glossary.md#kustomization
[off-the-shelf]: glossary.md#off-the-shelf
[overlays]: glossary.md#overlay
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ The _production_ directory might get a patch
that increases the replica count in a deployment
specified in the base.
#### 4) bring up [instances]
#### 4) bring up [variants]
Run kustomize, and pipe the output to [apply].
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ The [overlays] are siblings to each other and to the
> ```
#### 4) bring up instances
#### 4) bring up [variants]
> ```
> kustomize ~/ldap/overlays/staging | kubectl apply -f -