Switch all production traffic to an ACK cluster

Prerequisites

To reduce the risk of service disruption, make sure that the services in the ACK cluster are running as expected before you switch all production traffic to the cluster. You can perform regression testing to verify the functions of the services by using the test domain name or a production domain name. The production domain name must have an Internet Content Provider (ICP) number. For more information, see Regression testing.

Switch traffic by modifying the DNS record

If your client connect to the services through a production domain name, you can modify DNS records to switch production traffic to the ACK cluster without service disruption.

1. Obtain the IP address of the default Server Load Balancer (SLB) instance attached to the ACK cluster. The IP address is 39.XX.XX.112 in this example.
   Log on to the ACK console. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Ingresses and Load Balancing > Ingresses. On the Ingress page, select the k8s-piggymetrics-cluster cluster and the default namespace. The endpoint of the SLB instance attached to the ACK cluster is 39.XX.XX.112.
2. Add the IP address 39.XX.XX.112 as a backend IP address for the production domain name piggymetrics.com at your DNS provider.
3. Monitor the service performance and check whether traffic sent to the ACK cluster is properly handled. For more information, see Regression testing.
   Note You can also use your own monitoring system to check whether services in the ACK cluster are running as expected.
4. After you make sure that traffic sent to the ACK cluster is properly handled, log on to the platform of your DNS provider that hosts the production domain name. Remove the IP address of the SLB instance attached to the Container Service for Swarm cluster from the backend IP address list.

   In this example, the IP address of the SLB instance attached to the Container Service for Swarm cluster is 39.XX.XX.230. Remove the IP address from the backend IP address list for the production domain name piggymetrics.com.

Switch traffic by updating the client configurations

The test domain name is related to the cluster ID. Therefore, the test domain name of the Container Service for Swarm cluster is different from that of the ACK cluster. The client may access the Container Service for Swarm cluster through the test domain name or use the host IP to access the IP address of the SLB instance attached to the cluster. In this case, you cannot switch traffic to the ACK cluster without service disruption. We recommend that you perform the switchover during off-peak hours.

1. Obtain the IP address of the SLB instance that is attached to the ACK cluster. The IP address is 39.XX.XX.112 in this example.
   Log on to the ACK console. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Ingresses and Load Balancing > Ingresses. On the Ingress page, select the k8s-piggymetrics-cluster cluster and the default namespace. The endpoint of the SLB instance attached to the ACK cluster is 39.XX.XX.112.
2. Add 39.XX.XX.112 to the list of IP addresses that the client accesses by updating the configuration or code of the client.
3. Monitor the service performance and check whether traffic sent to the ACK cluster is properly handled. For more information, see Regression testing.
   Note You can also use your own monitoring system to check whether services in the ACK cluster are running as expected.
4. After you make sure that traffic sent to the ACK cluster is properly handled, remove the IP address of the SLB instance attached to the Container Service for Swarm cluster from the list of IP addresses that the client accesses. You can complete this task by updating the configuration or code of the client.

   In this example, the IP address of the SLB instance attached to the Container Service for Swarm cluster is 39.XX.XX.230. Remove this IP address from the list of IP addresses that the client accesses.