k8s-microservices-app

This repository contains the code for a cloud-native application developed using a microservices architecture and container orchestration with Kubernetes.

Architural Diagram ---Looping

graph LR
  A[Kubernetes Cluster] -- Ingress --> B(Service1: Go)
  A -- Ingress --> C(Service2: Python)
  A -- Ingress --> D(Service3: JavaScript)
  B -- Service-to-Service --> C
  C -- Service-to-Service --> D

Getting Started

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes.

Prerequisites

• Docker
• Kubernetes
• kubectl
• Helm
• Skaffold (optional)

Installing

• Clone the repository git clone https://github.com/Addax101/k8s-microservices-app.git
• Build the Docker images for the microservices cd k8s-microservices-app docker build -t service1:latest service1/ docker build -t service2:latest service2/
• Deploy the application to a Kubernetes cluster using Helm helm install --name my-release charts/
• Use kubectl to check the status of the pods and services kubectl get pods kubectl get services

Optional: Continuous Development with Skaffold

If you want to use Skaffold for continuous development, you can use the following command to build, deploy, and watch for changes in the code: skaffold dev

Built With

• Docker - Containerization
• Kubernetes - Container orchestration
• Helm - Package manager for Kubernetes

Authors

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.