k8s-learn

This is just a simple project to learn about the ins and outs of deploying apps with Kubernetes.

Prereqs

• Docker Desktop on Windows 10
• Kubernetes enabled in Docker Desktop( this is what I used, if you want to set up Kubernetes some other way good on you, but I cant help you with that)
  • I don't have the Kubernetes dashboard running

How to deploy locally

1. Setup a Local Docker Registry
2. Build and tag Docker images for both app/ and backend/
   • tag the app/ image as localhost:5000/shw
   • tag the backend/ image as localhost:5000/shw-backend
3. Push app and backend images to local repository, reference article from step 1 on how to do this.
4. From project root run kubectl apply -f self_hello_world.yml

Accessing the application

After deploying the application locally you can access it by navigating to http://localhost:1738/ and you should hopefully be presented with a message similar to this one:

Who is the man? provided by communication between: self-hello-kubernetes-5b7bf8cd88-rpzgj and self-hello-backend-586f4d7d69-dxgqk