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Go backend for messaging application running gin gonic api server.

Getting started

install docker desktop if not installed yet

brew install --cask docker

Spining up the local cluster

Open docker for desktop and enable the kubernetes engine. To do so:

1. Go to Settings -> Kubernetes -> enable Kubernetes ✅
2. Restart docker desktop

Setting the kubectl context right

If you have already installed kubectl and it is pointing to some other environment, such as minikube or a EKS cluster, ensure you change the context so that kubectl is pointing to docker-desktop:

 kubectl config get-contexts
 kubectl config use-context docker-desktop

Deploying applications

Build container:

make build-app

Deploy to local k8s cluster:

 cd deployment
 make deploy-local

Access API server

To access API server at localhost:8080

 make port-forward

Make targets

Here is a list of all available make targets:

• generate: Generate golang code
• build-app: Build docker image
• lint: Carry out linting