Create a service

After creating a project, you can create one or more services for that project. A service spans stages in your project, so Keptn can run sequences for a particular microservice in different stages, applying different configurations to different stages.

Service name restrictions

• The service name must be a a string that can be a valid *nix directory name because the service name is used as the name of the directory that is created in the upstream git repository.
• The service name must be less than 43 characters long.

Create a service

You can create a service for your project in either of the following ways:

• Use the Keptn Bridge UI
• Use the Keptn CLI

In both cases, you must specify the service and project names.

Use the Keptn Bridge

To create a service from the Keptn Bridge:

1. Click on the “Services” button for your project.
2. Click “Create service”.
3. Give your service a name.
4. Click “Create service”.

Use the Keptn CLI

Use the keptn create service command to create a service from the command line. You must install and authenticate the Keptn CLI before you can run this command:

keptn create service <SERVICENAME> --project=<PROJECTNAME>

Requirements for the Helm Chart to deploy

After creating a service, you ,must provide a Helm Chart where the service deploys. For Keptn, the Helm Chart has the following requirements:

1. The Helm chart must contain exactly one deployment. The properties spec.selector.matchLabels.app and spec.template.metadata.labels.app must be set in this deployment.

2. The Helm chart must contain exactly one service. The property spec.selector.app must be set in this service.

3. The Helm chart must contain a values.yaml file with at least the image and replicaCount parameter for the deployment. These image and replicaCount parameters must be used in the deployment. An example is shown below:

image: docker.io/keptnexamples/carts:1.3.0
replicaCount: 1

--- 
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: your_deployment
spec:
  replicas: {{ .Values.replicaCount }}
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: your_service
  template:
    metadata: 
      labels:
        app: your_service
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: your_service
        image: "{{ .Values.image }}"

Note: If you are using custom configurations and you would like to have the environment variables KEPTN_PROJECT, KEPTN_STAGE, and KEPTN_SERVICE within your service, add the following environment variables to your deployment configuration.

env:
...
- name: KEPTN_PROJECT
  value: "{{ .Chart.Name }}"
- name: KEPTN_STAGE
  valueFrom:
    fieldRef:
      fieldPath: "metadata.namespace"
- name: KEPTN_SERVICE
  value: "{{ .Values.SERVICE_PLACEHOLDER_C.service.name }}"

• Finally, upload the Helm Chart to your service:

keptn add-resource --project=PROJECTNAME --service=SERVICENAME --all-stages --resource=HELM_CHART.tgz --resourceUri=helm/SERVICENAME.tgz