How to build simplytest.me with Kubernetes, an introduction to K8s.
Last summer, I took up the challenge to setup of a POC of running a simplytest.me like service with Kubernetes. The end result is a simple demonstration of the power of Kubernetes.
Using helm we can easily create ephemeral environments with additional modules with a single command.
All in 231 lines of code..
https://github.com/thom8/simplytest
Using this project as an example I'll walk through some of the Kubernetes basics and by the end hopefully you'll have a good understanding of how Kubernetes and Helm work together to provide this functionality.
This talk is targeted for beginners an introduction to Kubernetes and will cover a basic overview of the building blocks, cluster, pods, deployments, services, volumes.