My Second Month as an LFX Mentee: Advancing Microcks Deployments

Hello everyone! It’s been another productive month in the LFX Mentorship program with the CNCF Microcks project. This month, I focused on enhancing Microcks deployments on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and improving documentation for cloud-specific deployment strategies. Additionally, I had the opportunity to present my contributions during the community meeting, where I encouraged others to contribute, provide feedback, and review the documentation. 1. Deploying Microcks with Asynchronous Options on GKE I worked on improving the Microcks GKE deployment by adding support for asynchronous protocols and securing the Microcks endpoint with TLS. Enabled Kafka-based async protocols with Helm and installed Strimzi for Kafka management. Secured the endpoint using cert-manager and Let's Encrypt for automatic SSL certificate provisioning. 2. Troubleshooting Guide for Microcks & Keycloak Deploying complex systems like Microcks with external Keycloak and MongoDB can sometimes lead to roadblocks. To address this, I created a TROUBLESHOOTING.md file in the repository. This document provides a set of common issues and solutions that developers may encounter when deploying Microcks on GKE, especially when integrating with Keycloak for authentication and MongoDB for data storage. Troubleshooting Guide 3. Creating Common Guidelines for Cloud Providers I developed a GUIDELINES.md document that outlines the deployment process for Microcks across multiple cloud providers. The guidelines cover setting up infrastructure, deploying Keycloak, provisioning databases, and configuring Microcks with Helm. Common Guidelines

May 11, 2025 - 08:21

My Second Month as an LFX Mentee: Advancing Microcks Deployments

Hello everyone! It’s been another productive month in the LFX Mentorship program with the CNCF Microcks project. This month, I focused on enhancing Microcks deployments on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and improving documentation for cloud-specific deployment strategies. Additionally, I had the opportunity to present my contributions during the community meeting, where I encouraged others to contribute, provide feedback, and review the documentation.

1. Deploying Microcks with Asynchronous Options on GKE

I worked on improving the Microcks GKE deployment by adding support for asynchronous protocols and securing the Microcks endpoint with TLS.

Enabled Kafka-based async protocols with Helm and installed Strimzi for Kafka management.
Secured the endpoint using cert-manager and Let's Encrypt for automatic SSL certificate provisioning.

2. Troubleshooting Guide for Microcks & Keycloak

Deploying complex systems like Microcks with external Keycloak and MongoDB can sometimes lead to roadblocks. To address this, I created a TROUBLESHOOTING.md file in the repository. This document provides a set of common issues and solutions that developers may encounter when deploying Microcks on GKE, especially when integrating with Keycloak for authentication and MongoDB for data storage.
Troubleshooting Guide

3. Creating Common Guidelines for Cloud Providers

I developed a GUIDELINES.md document that outlines the deployment process for Microcks across multiple cloud providers. The guidelines cover setting up infrastructure, deploying Keycloak, provisioning databases, and configuring Microcks with Helm.
Common Guidelines