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Complete Deployment Example

This section provides production-ready Kubernetes manifests for deploying Gate.

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ConfigMap

Store your Gate configuration in a ConfigMap: 
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  name: gate-config
  labels:
    app.kubernetes.io/name: gate
data:
  config.yml: |
    # Gate configuration for Kubernetes
    config:
      bind: 0.0.0.0:25565
      
      # Backend servers using Kubernetes DNS
      servers:
        server-0: server-0.servers:25565
        server-1: server-1.servers:25565
      
      # Try servers in order
      try:
        - server-0
        - server-1
      
      # MOTD configuration
      motd: |
        &bWelcome to Gate!
        &7Running on Kubernetes
      
      # Player info forwarding
      playerInfoForwarding:
        mode: modern

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Deployment

Deploy Gate as a Deployment for easy scaling: 
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: gate
  labels:
    app.kubernetes.io/name: gate
spec:
  replicas: 2
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app.kubernetes.io/name: gate
      app.kubernetes.io/component: proxy
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app.kubernetes.io/name: gate
        app.kubernetes.io/component: proxy
    spec:
      containers:
        - name: gate
          image: ghcr.io/minekube/gate:latest
          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
          
          ports:
            - containerPort: 25565
              name: minecraft
              protocol: TCP
          
          # Health checks
          livenessProbe:
            tcpSocket:
              port: minecraft
            initialDelaySeconds: 30
            periodSeconds: 10
            timeoutSeconds: 5
            failureThreshold: 3
          
          readinessProbe:
            tcpSocket:
              port: minecraft
            initialDelaySeconds: 10
            periodSeconds: 5
            timeoutSeconds: 3
            failureThreshold: 2
          
          # Resource limits
          resources:
            requests:
              memory: "512Mi"
              cpu: "250m"
            limits:
              memory: "1Gi"
              cpu: "1000m"
          
          # Mount configuration
          volumeMounts:
            - name: config
              mountPath: /config.yml
              subPath: config.yml
              readOnly: true
          
          # Security context
          securityContext:
            runAsNonRoot: true
            runAsUser: 65532
            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
            capabilities:
              drop:
                - ALL
      
      # Pod security context
      securityContext:
        fsGroup: 65532
        seccompProfile:
          type: RuntimeDefault
      
      volumes:
        - name: config
          configMap:
            name: gate-config
      
      # Termination grace period
      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 30

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Service (NodePort)

Expose Gate using a NodePort service: 
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: gate
  labels:
    app.kubernetes.io/name: gate
spec:
  type: NodePort
  selector:
    app.kubernetes.io/component: proxy
    app.kubernetes.io/name: gate
  ports:
    - port: 25565
      targetPort: minecraft
      protocol: TCP
      name: minecraft
      nodePort: 32556  # Optional: specify a fixed port (30000-32767)

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Service (LoadBalancer)

For cloud deployments, use a LoadBalancer: 
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: gate
  labels:
    app.kubernetes.io/name: gate
  annotations:
    # AWS-specific annotations
    service.beta.kubernetes.io/aws-load-balancer-type: "nlb"
    service.beta.kubernetes.io/aws-load-balancer-cross-zone-load-balancing-enabled: "true"
    
    # GCP-specific annotations
    # cloud.google.com/load-balancer-type: "Internal"
    
    # Azure-specific annotations
    # service.beta.kubernetes.io/azure-load-balancer-internal: "true"
spec:
  type: LoadBalancer
  selector:
    app.kubernetes.io/component: proxy
    app.kubernetes.io/name: gate
  ports:
    - port: 25565
      targetPort: minecraft
      protocol: TCP
      name: minecraft
  # Preserve client IP addresses
  externalTrafficPolicy: Local

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Backend Server Example

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StatefulSet for Minecraft Servers

Deploy backend Minecraft servers as a StatefulSet: 
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: StatefulSet
metadata:
  name: server
  labels:
    app.kubernetes.io/name: gate
    app.kubernetes.io/component: server
spec:
  serviceName: servers
  replicas: 2
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app.kubernetes.io/name: gate
      app.kubernetes.io/component: server
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app.kubernetes.io/name: gate
        app.kubernetes.io/component: server
    spec:
      containers:
        - name: minecraft-server
          image: itzg/minecraft-server:latest
          stdin: true
          tty: true
          
          # Environment variables for server configuration
          env:
            - name: TYPE
              value: "PUFFERFISH"
            - name: EULA
              value: "TRUE"
            - name: ONLINE_MODE
              value: "FALSE"  # Gate handles authentication
            - name: MEMORY
              value: "2G"
          
          ports:
            - containerPort: 25565
              name: minecraft
          
          # Health probes using mc-health
          livenessProbe:
            exec:
              command: ["mc-health"]
            initialDelaySeconds: 120
            periodSeconds: 60
            timeoutSeconds: 10
            failureThreshold: 3
          
          readinessProbe:
            exec:
              command: ["mc-health"]
            initialDelaySeconds: 20
            periodSeconds: 10
            timeoutSeconds: 5
            failureThreshold: 12
          
          resources:
            requests:
              memory: "2Gi"
              cpu: "1000m"
            limits:
              memory: "4Gi"
              cpu: "2000m"
          
          volumeMounts:
            - name: data
              mountPath: /data
            - name: spigot-config
              mountPath: /data/spigot.yml
              subPath: spigot.yml
              readOnly: false
      
      volumes:
        - name: spigot-config
          configMap:
            name: spigot-config
  
  # Persistent storage for server data
  volumeClaimTemplates:
    - metadata:
        name: data
      spec:
        accessModes: ["ReadWriteOnce"]
        resources:
          requests:
            storage: 10Gi

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Headless Service for Server Discovery

Create a headless service for backend servers: 
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: servers
  labels:
    app.kubernetes.io/name: gate
    app.kubernetes.io/component: server
spec:
  clusterIP: None  # Headless service
  selector:
    app.kubernetes.io/component: server
    app.kubernetes.io/name: gate
  ports:
    - name: minecraft
      port: 25565
      targetPort: minecraft
      protocol: TCP

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Spigot ConfigMap

Configure backend servers for BungeeCord/Velocity mode: 
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  name: spigot-config
  labels:
    app.kubernetes.io/name: gate
    app.kubernetes.io/component: server
data:
  spigot.yml: |
    settings:
      bungeecord: true

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Using Kustomize

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Base Kustomization

Create a kustomization.yaml file: 
resources:
  - deploy.yaml
  - svc.yaml
  - servers/

configMapGenerator:
  - name: gate-config
    files:
      - config.yml

images:
  - name: gate
    newName: ghcr.io/minekube/gate
    newTag: latest

commonLabels:
  app.kubernetes.io/name: gate
  app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.0"
  app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: kustomize

namespace: minecraft

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Environment-Specific Overlays

Create overlays for different environments: Production overlay (overlays/production/kustomization.yaml): 
namespace: production

bases:
  - ../../base

replicas:
  - name: gate
    count: 3

images:
  - name: gate
    newTag: v1.0.0  # Use specific version in production

patches:
  - patch: |
      - op: replace
        path: /spec/template/spec/containers/0/resources/limits/memory
        value: 2Gi
    target:
      kind: Deployment
      name: gate
Development overlay (overlays/dev/kustomization.yaml): 
namespace: dev

bases:
  - ../../base

replicas:
  - name: gate
    count: 1

images:
  - name: gate
    newTag: latest

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Deploy with Kustomize

# Development
kubectl apply -k overlays/dev

# Production
kubectl apply -k overlays/production

# Preview changes
kubectl diff -k overlays/production

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Complete Bundle

The Gate repository includes a complete bundle.yaml with all resources: 
# Download and apply
curl -LO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/minekube/gate/master/.examples/kubernetes/bundle.yaml
kubectl apply -f bundle.yaml

# Or apply directly
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/minekube/gate/master/.examples/kubernetes/bundle.yaml

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Health Checks

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TCP Socket Probes

For basic health checking: 
livenessProbe:
  tcpSocket:
    port: minecraft
  initialDelaySeconds: 30
  periodSeconds: 10

readinessProbe:
  tcpSocket:
    port: minecraft
  initialDelaySeconds: 10
  periodSeconds: 5

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HTTP Probes

If Gate exposes an HTTP health endpoint: 
livenessProbe:
  httpGet:
    path: /health
    port: 8080
  initialDelaySeconds: 30
  periodSeconds: 10

readinessProbe:
  httpGet:
    path: /ready
    port: 8080
  initialDelaySeconds: 10
  periodSeconds: 5

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Environment Variables

Configure Gate using environment variables: 
env:
  # Log level
  - name: LOG_LEVEL
    value: "info"
  
  # Custom config path
  - name: CONFIG_PATH
    value: "/config.yml"
  
  # Java options for JRE variant
  - name: JAVA_OPTS
    value: "-Xms512M -Xmx1G"

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Next Steps

Scaling

Configure autoscaling and load balancing

Configuration

Explore all configuration options

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