Setup dev envioronment

Install Go (should be available in path)

Install protoc (should be available in path)

Other necessary tools are installed via go get and are part of the Makefile

Build demo from scratch

git clone project

cd to the project directory

make tools-update to install or update required tools

make deps-update to get vendor dependencies

make gen to generate protobuf/grpc code

make build to build server binary

docker build -t webui . to build docker container

./target/server to run server from a binary

docker run -p 8080:8080 webui to run server from a container

Example deployment to Kubernetes cluster with Isto from local machine:

kubectl apply -f kubernetes/service.yaml
cat kubernetes/deployment.yaml | sed -e 's^{{image}}^IMG^g' | sed -e 's^{{version}}^VER^g' | istioctl kube-inject -f - | kubectl apply -f -

Development

Change API

Edit api/protobuf-spec/*.proto

make gen to update generated protobuf/grpc code

Build server as usual.

Change dependencies

Edit Gopkg.toml

make deps-update to update vendor dependencies

Keep Go build Makefile reusable for local and Docker builds

Makefile is used to build a binary executable from go sources.

The same Makefile may be used for

• local build environment setup (tools-update, deps-update targets),
• generated sources update (gen target),
• local build (build target)
• Docker image build (tools-update, deps-update, and build targets are run from the Dockerfile)

When changing Makefile make sure that all these scenarios are still supported, which is especially important for fast local development.

Keep Docker build Dockerfile cacheable

Dockerfile used in the project defines multi-stage build.

Some efforts were applied to ensure that docker build can cache layers and cached layers can be reused as much as possible:

• .dockerignore only includes files necessary to build Docker image,
• Dockerfile adds source and build files gradually, so that on each step only necessary files are added.

When modifying code, make sure that iterative builds optimization goal is maintained, which is especially important for fast local development.