This repo shows you how to build a React-based application with Okteto Cloud.

Okteto is compatible with any Kubernetes distribution. This guide uses Okteto Cloud to take advantage of automatic builds and deploys.

Prerequisites

1. Install the Okteto CLI
2. Run okteto login to create your free Okteto Cloud account and download the required credentials and certificates.

Launch your development environment

The okteto.yml manifest is configured to use the first stage of the Dockerfile as the development environment.

To deploy it:

okteto up

To build the development environment and then deploy it (e.g. if you want to add more dependencies), run:

okteto up --build

Develop your Application

okteto up will give you a terminal to your remote development environment. This environment is just like a regular one, except that it's running directly in Okteto Cloud. This means that it's fully integrated with the rest of your namespace.

To start your react application, simply run:

yarn start

This will start React's dev server on hot reload mode. Every time you make a change in the local version of your files, the files will be synchronized to your remote development environment and auto reloaded.

Deploy your production image

The Dockerfile is configured to give you a minimal image for production. In this case, the image only contains the build assets, served by nginx.

To deploy your react application in Okteto Cloud, simply run:

okteto push

okteto push will automatically build, generate manifests, deploy and/or update your react application.