Kubernetes (with Helm)

Overview

This guide installs Feast on an existing Kubernetes cluster, and ensures the following services are running:

• Feast Core

• Feast Online Serving

• Postgres

• Redis

• Feast Jupyter (Optional)

• Prometheus (Optional)

1. Requirements

1. Install and configure Kubectl

2. Install Helm 3

2. Preparation

Add the Feast Helm repository and download the latest charts:

helm repo add feast-charts https://feast-helm-charts.storage.googleapis.com
helm repo update

Feast includes a Helm chart that installs all necessary components to run Feast Core, Feast Online Serving, and an example Jupyter notebook.

Feast Core requires Postgres to run, which requires a secret to be set on Kubernetes:

kubectl create secret generic feast-postgresql --from-literal=postgresql-password=password

3. Installation

Install Feast using Helm. The pods may take a few minutes to initialize.

helm install feast-release feast-charts/feast

4. Use Jupyter to connect to Feast

After all the pods are in a RUNNING state, port-forward to the Jupyter Notebook Server in the cluster:

kubectl port-forward \
$(kubectl get pod -l app=feast-jupyter -o custom-columns=:metadata.name) 8888:8888

Forwarding from 127.0.0.1:8888 -> 8888
Forwarding from [::1]:8888 -> 8888

You can now connect to the bundled Jupyter Notebook Server at localhost:8888 and follow the example Jupyter notebook.

5. Further Reading

• Feast Concepts

• Feast Examples/Tutorials

• Feast Helm Chart Documentation

• Configuring Feast components

• Feast and Spark