Services

Creating a Service

To ensure that the created Services is accessible, you must install EdgeMesh on the node that initiates the access.

1. Log in to the IEF console, and click Switch Instance on the Dashboard page to select a platinum service instance.
2. In the navigation pane, choose Application Mesh > Service List. On the page displayed, click Create Service in the upper right corner.
3. Set the parameters.
   • Service Name: Enter a Service name.
   • Application: Select the application that the Service is bound to.
   • Port Settings
     • Access Port: indicates the port used to access the containerized application.
     • Container Port: indicates the port on which the containerized application listens.
     • Protocol: Specify the protocol that will be used to access the workload. Select HTTP or TCP.
   Figure 1 Creating a Service
   

4. Click Create.
   After the creation is complete, you can view the internal access domain name of the Service in the Service list.

   Figure 2 Viewing the internal access domain name and access port
   

Updating a Service

You can update the port settings of a Service, including the access port, container port, and protocol.

1. Log in to the IEF console, and click Switch Instance on the Dashboard page to select a platinum service instance.
2. In the navigation pane, choose Application Mesh > Service List. Click Update at the row where the Service resides.
   Figure 3 Updating a Service
   

3. Only port settings can be updated.
   Figure 4 Updating the port settings of a Service
   

4. Click Update.

Configuring a Traffic Policy

A traffic policy defines how service traffic is forwarded to multiple application instances.

1. Log in to the IEF console, and click Switch Instance on the Dashboard page to select a platinum service instance.
2. In the navigation pane, choose Application Mesh > Service List. Click Traffic Policy at the row where the Service resides.
   Figure 5 Service list
   

3. On the page displayed, select a traffic policy type.
   Currently, the following traffic policy types are supported:

   • Load Balancing Algorithm: Two forwarding modes, that is, ROUND_ROBIN and RANDOM, are supported.
   • Session persistence: Three HTTP header-based forwarding modes, that is, Cookie, User-Agent, and Custom, are supported.

   Figure 6 Selecting a traffic policy
   

   

   You can select Load Balancing Algorithm or Session Persistence for Services using HTTP. However, Services using TCP support only the load balancing algorithm.

4. Click OK.

Deleting a Service

1. Log in to the IEF console, and click Switch Instance on the Dashboard page to select a platinum service instance.
2. In the navigation pane, choose Application Mesh > Service List. Click Delete at the row where the Service to be deleted resides, or select the Service and click Delete above the Service list.
   Figure 7 Deleting a Service
   

3. In the displayed dialog box, enter DELETE in the text box and click Yes.