This guide provides comprehensive instructions for deploying the Telecom Platform with all infrastructure components including GitOps, multi-environment support, service mesh, backup, logging, secrets management, and compliance.
The Telecom Platform deployment consists of the following components:
- API Server: Main REST API service
- Charging Engine: Billing and payment processing
- Packet Gateway: Network packet processing
- Web Dashboard: React-based admin interface
- GitOps: ArgoCD for continuous deployment
- Service Mesh: Istio for traffic management and security
- Monitoring: Prometheus + Grafana stack
- Logging: ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)
- Backup: Velero for disaster recovery
- Secrets: HashiCorp Vault for secure secret management
- Certificates: cert-manager for automated TLS
- Compliance: GDPR compliance framework
- Autoscaling: HPA and VPA for dynamic scaling
- Kubernetes 1.24+ with RBAC enabled
- Minimum 8 CPU cores, 32GB RAM for production
- Storage class provisioned (e.g., standard, gp2)
- kubectl 1.24+
- helm 3.8+
- argocd CLI (optional)
- vault CLI (optional)
- S3 bucket for backups
- Domain names for TLS certificates
- Email for Let's Encrypt certificates
# Install Istio
kubectl apply -f deployments/istio/istio-install.yaml
# Wait for Istio to be ready
kubectl wait --for=condition=ready pod -l app=istio-ingressgateway -n istio-system --timeout=300s# Install cert-manager
kubectl apply -f deployments/cert-manager/cert-manager-install.yaml
# Wait for cert-manager to be ready
kubectl wait --for=condition=ready pod -l app.kubernetes.io/name=cert-manager -n cert-manager --timeout=300s# Install Vault
kubectl apply -f deployments/vault/vault-install.yaml
# Initialize Vault
kubectl apply -f deployments/vault/vault-secrets-config.yaml
# Wait for Vault to be ready
kubectl wait --for=condition=ready pod -l app.kubernetes.io/name=vault -n vault --timeout=300s# Install Elasticsearch
kubectl apply -f deployments/elk-stack/elasticsearch.yaml
# Wait for Elasticsearch to be ready
kubectl wait --for=condition=ready pod -l app.kubernetes.io/name=elasticsearch -n elasticsearch --timeout=600s
# Install Logstash
kubectl apply -f deployments/elk-stack/logstash.yaml
# Install Kibana
kubectl apply -f deployments/elk-stack/kibana.yaml# Install Velero
kubectl apply -f deployments/backup/velero-install.yaml
# Configure AWS credentials (update with your actual credentials)
kubectl patch secret velero-aws-credentials -n velero --patch '{"data":{"cloud":"[base64-encoded-aws-credentials]"}}'# Install ArgoCD
kubectl apply -f deployments/argocd/argocd-install.yaml
# Wait for ArgoCD to be ready
kubectl wait --for=condition=ready pod -l app.kubernetes.io/name=argocd -n argocd --timeout=300s# Deploy namespace and core services
kubectl apply -f deployments/kubernetes/00-namespace.yaml
kubectl apply -f deployments/kubernetes/01-mongodb.yaml
kubectl apply -f deployments/kubernetes/02-redis.yaml
kubectl apply -f deployments/kubernetes/03-api-server.yaml
kubectl apply -f deployments/kubernetes/04-charging-engine.yaml
kubectl apply -f deployments/kubernetes/05-packet-gateway.yaml
kubectl apply -f deployments/kubernetes/06-web-dashboard.yaml# Deploy monitoring components
kubectl apply -f deployments/kubernetes/monitoring/# Deploy Istio gateway
kubectl apply -f deployments/istio/telecom-platform-gateway.yaml# Deploy ArgoCD applications
kubectl apply -f deployments/argocd/argocd-app-of-apps.yaml
kubectl apply -f deployments/argocd/apps/# Get ArgoCD admin password
kubectl get secret argocd-initial-admin-secret -n argocd -o jsonpath='{.data.password}' | base64 -d
# Port forward to ArgoCD UI
kubectl port-forward svc/argocd-server -n argocd 8080:443# Deploy HPA and VPA configurations
kubectl apply -f deployments/autoscaling/hpa.yaml
kubectl apply -f deployments/autoscaling/vpa.yaml# Deploy GDPR compliance
kubectl apply -f deployments/gdpr/gdpr-compliance.yaml# Deploy certificate configurations
kubectl apply -f deployments/cert-manager/certificates.yaml# Deploy to dev environment
kubectl apply -k deployments/environments/dev# Deploy to staging environment
kubectl apply -k deployments/environments/staging# Deploy to production environment
kubectl apply -k deployments/environments/prod# Port forward to Grafana
kubectl port-forward svc/grafana -n monitoring 3000:3000
# Default credentials: admin/admin# Port forward to Kibana
kubectl port-forward svc/kibana -n elasticsearch 5601:5601# Port forward to Prometheus
kubectl port-forward svc/prometheus -n monitoring 9090:9090# Create manual backup
kubectl create backup telecom-platform-manual-$(date +%Y%m%d) \
--from-namespaces=telecom-platform \
--include-cluster-resources=true \
--storage-location=default \
--wait# Restore from backup
kubectl create restore telecom-platform-restore \
--from-backup=telecom-platform-manual-20231201 \
--include-namespaces=telecom-platform \
--wait# Access Vault UI
kubectl port-forward svc/vault -n vault 8200:8200
# Login with root token (from initialization)
vault login <root-token>
# Add new secrets
vault kv put kv/telecom-platform/database url="postgresql://user:pass@postgres:5432/db"# Check certificate status
kubectl get certificates -n telecom-platform
# Renew certificates (automatic with cert-manager)
kubectl annotate certificate telecom-platform-tls cert-manager.io/renew=true -n telecom-platform# Check pod status and logs
kubectl describe pod <pod-name> -n <namespace>
kubectl logs <pod-name> -n <namespace># Check service and endpoints
kubectl get svc -n <namespace>
kubectl get endpoints -n <namespace>
# Check Istio configuration
kubectl get virtualservices -n <namespace>
kubectl get gateways -n <namespace># Check certificate status
kubectl describe certificate <cert-name> -n <namespace>
kubectl get certificate <cert-name> -n <namespace> -o yaml# Check Velero status
kubectl get backups -n velero
kubectl describe backup <backup-name> -n velero- Adjust CPU/memory limits based on actual usage
- Monitor HPA/VPA recommendations
- Consider node affinity for critical services
- Configure connection pooling
- Enable query caching
- Set up read replicas for scaling
- Configure log retention policies
- Implement log sampling for high-volume services
- Use structured logging format
- Use Istio mTLS for service-to-service communication
- Implement network policies
- Regularly review security group rules
- Rotate secrets regularly
- Use Vault for dynamic secrets
- Enable audit logging for secret access
- Regular GDPR compliance audits
- Data retention policy enforcement
- Privacy by design principles
- Weekly: Review backup status
- Monthly: Update certificates and secrets
- Quarterly: Security audit and compliance review
- Annually: Disaster recovery testing
- Monitor resource utilization
- Plan for peak traffic patterns
- Implement auto-scaling policies
- Consider multi-region deployment
For issues and questions:
- Check the troubleshooting section
- Review logs and metrics
- Consult the documentation
- Contact the platform team
- v1.0.0: Initial deployment with core services
- v1.1.0: Added Istio service mesh
- v1.2.0: Added ELK stack logging
- v1.3.0: Added Vault secrets management
- v1.4.0: Added GDPR compliance
- v1.5.0: Added auto-scaling and monitoring