Kubernetes/GKE integration - First-class clusters

Description

We want to make integration with Kubernetes and GKE really simple for users, so they can leverage a cluster for many things (review apps, deployments, runners, monitoring, etc...).

Roadmap

List of open issues ordered by milestone

10.1 -

• Create a Cluster page to add a new cluster on GKE: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/35954

10.2 -

• Easy installation of Helm tiller, needed to install other apps: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/36629
• Easy installation of Ingress, for reaching deployed apps: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/35958
• Link Kubernetes integration page in Cluster page for easy access: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/40015
• Change default size for GKE cluster creation: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/39649

10.3 -

• Support multiple Kubernetes cluster per project: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/3734
• Move Kubernetes from service to Cluster page: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/35616
• Move Cluster menu entry up in the list: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/39826
• Rename Cluster page in Clusters: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/40493
• Change multiple cluster tabs to 'All', 'GKE', and 'Custom': https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/4160 Stretch
• Rename 'Google Container Engine' in 'Google Kubernetes Engine': https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/40537 Stretch

10.4 - General Availability (GA)

• Redirect to GPC page if users try to create a cluster but the account is not enabled: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/39957
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/39789
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/40583

Transition between Kubernetes integration service and Clusters: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/41007#104-

• Disable creation of new Kubernetes Integrations unless they are active and created from template: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/41054
• Migrate Kubernetes Integration data to Clusters::Cluster:: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/40418
• Extend deployment_platform to lazily create Clusters::Cluster from Kubernetes Application Template: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/41056

10.5 -

• Rename Clusters to Kubernetes: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/41963 Stretch ~Discussion
• Enhance Prometheus integration for managed deployments on Kubernetes: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/28916 ~Monitoring
• Link to Clusters in Auto DevOps instead of Kubernetes service: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/42053 Stretch
• Make GKE cluster integration more visible to users in GitLab UI: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/41672
• Improve wording about additional costs for ingress on custom clusters: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/41163
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/42491
• Enable Prometheus metrics for deployed Ingresses: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/39985 ~Monitoring
• Document how to get the external IP of the ingress deployed using the Kubernetes page: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/42691
• Add a link to documentation on how to get external ip in the Kubernetes cluster details page: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/42693 Stretch

10.6 -

• Track GCP Billing enabled project changes: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/41722
• Single click deploy of Runner to k8s cluster: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/32831
• Add a button to deploy a runner to a Kubernetes cluster in the settings page: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/42044 ~Discussion
• Add a button in the project page to set up a cluster: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/42431 ~Discussion
• Add CPU & Memory metrics to k8s cluster page: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/5029 ~Monitoring
• Display ingress IP address in the Kubernetes page: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/42643
• Error message for GKE clusters persists in the next page: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/43496

10.7 -

• Usage ping for Kubernetes integration: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/44291

10.8 -

• Replace 'GKE' with 'Google Kubernetes Engine': https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/43567
• Add how to use nip.io to Auto DevOps and Kubernetes documentation: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/45561
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/43469

11.0 -

• Whitespace on Google auth causing underline/link on “or” after "Sign in with Google": https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/45551
• Document end to end flow for Kubernetes+Auto DevOps: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/44455
• Design Artifact: Funnel users from Auto DevOps setting to cluster creation: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/43467
• Document how to use multiple clusters with Auto DevOps: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/5887
• Fetch available parameters directly from GKE when creating a cluster: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/38759

Future

• Inform user of unfinished steps when setting up Auto DevOps: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/43475
• Change new cluster page design to use tabs: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/43446
• Deploy kube-lego to managed cluster: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/40635
• Use HTTPS for applications managed by Auto DevOps: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/41355
• Improve UX for Clusters workflows: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/40586
• Use Google Cloud SQL rather than spinning up MySQL: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/27897
• Automatically create a Kubernetes cluster during group creation: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/42043
• Improve how Kubernetes applications are deployed: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/42739
• Make Kubernetes Service to be a shallow object to hold only parameters, not logic: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/41413 Stretch

• Instance level cluster configuration: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/39840
• Support existing clusters in GKE: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/38786
• Show cluster status to users without permissions: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/39110
• Automatically create subdomain <group>.gitlab-apps.com: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/38369
• Single Click Deploy to GCP: omnibus-gitlab#2437 (closed)
• Scale a GKE cluster manually: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/46468
• Configure GKE clusters: &115
• Create k8s cluster as part of project creation
• Link to k8s dashboard from cluster
• Show cluster details similar to what GKE shows (node/master versions, cluster IP, etc.)
• Add empty-group onboarding notice to create a cluster: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/42444
• Improve UX for installing necessary applications when creating a cluster: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/43477
• Select applications or cluster scope in the Cluster creation form: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/42072

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