How to Configure NCache to Run in a Kubernetes Cluster and Testing

By Sriram Mannava

In this article, let us discuss how to deploy and run NCache in a Kubernetes Cluster and how we can integrate this cache cluster with our application. We’ll follow it up with testing stress and then expose performance counters with SNMP.

What is NCache?

NCache is one of the most popular caching providers available in the market, along with other players like Apache Ignite, Redis, Memcached, etc. It is a distributed caching solution that provides a highly scalable and reliable in-memory data store. Its capabilities include cache synchronization, distributed caching, and cache notifications.

Running NCache in a Kubernetes Cluster

Getting Started – Creating a Kubernetes cluster

To get started, let us create a Kubernetes cluster environment where we can deploy and run NCache. For starters, to run an application in a Kubernetes cluster architecture, you’d need 3 major components:

• Pods: The containers where the application runs.
• Deployments: Configuration using which we can scale the Pods.
• Services: Configuration using which we can create communication channels with the application running in the Pods.