Developing using local k8s cluster

Install Skaffold

Linux and macOS:

curl -Lo skaffold https://storage.googleapis.com/skaffold/releases/latest/skaffold-darwin-amd64 && \
sudo install skaffold /usr/local/bin/

With Homebrew

brew install skaffold

Install Kompose

Linux and macOS:

Linux

curl -L https://github.com/kubernetes/kompose/releases/download/v1.19.0/kompose-linux-amd64 -o kompose

macOS

curl -L https://github.com/kubernetes/kompose/releases/download/v1.19.0/kompose-darwin-amd64 -o kompose

Give executable permissions

chmod +x kompose
sudo mv ./kompose /usr/local/bin/kompose

With Homebrew

brew install kompose

Install K8s for docker-desktop

The easy way, just enable Kubernetes on your docker-desktop

Install MiniKube

Hyperkit

brew install hyperkit

MiniKube

brew install minikube

Skaffolding k8s config(just the first time)

skaffold init --compose-file docker-compose.yml

Usage

Start MiniKube

minikube start --driver=hyperkit

Run project with hot reload

skaffold dev --port-forward -p minikube

For monitoring use Lens or run the following command

minikube dashboard

K8s Skaffold alternatives

• Draft
• Tilt
• Garden