Kind instructions (#323)

README.md

@@ -72,12 +72,13 @@ We offer the following installation methods:
 
 1. **Running locally** (~20 minutes) You will build
    and deploy microservices images to a single-node Kubernetes cluster running
-   on your development machine. There are two options to run a Kubernetes
+   on your development machine. There are three options to run a Kubernetes
    cluster locally for this demo:
-   - [Minikube](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube). Recommended for the
+   - [Minikube](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube). Recommended for
      Linux hosts (also supports Mac/Windows).
    - [Docker for Desktop](https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop).
      Recommended for Mac/Windows.
+   - [Kind](https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop). Supports Mac/Windows/Linux.
 
 1. **Running on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)”** (~30 minutes) You will build,
    upload and deploy the container images to a Kubernetes cluster on Google
@@ -98,38 +99,58 @@ We offer the following installation methods:
    - kubectl (can be installed via `gcloud components install kubectl`)
    - Local Kubernetes cluster deployment tool:
         - [Minikube (recommended for
-         Linux)](https://kubernetes.io/docs/setup/minikube/).
+         Linux)](https://kubernetes.io/docs/setup/minikube/)
-        - Docker for Desktop (recommended for Mac/Windows): It provides Kubernetes support as [noted
+        - [Docker for Desktop (recommended for Mac/Windows)](https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop)
-     here](https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-mac/kubernetes/).
+          - It provides Kubernetes support as [noted
+     here](https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-mac/kubernetes/)
+        - [Kind](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind)
    - [skaffold]( https://skaffold.dev/docs/install/) (ensure version ≥v0.20)
 
 1. Launch the local Kubernetes cluster with one of the following tools:
 
-    - Launch Minikube (tested with Ubuntu Linux). Please, ensure that the
+    - To launch **Minikube** (tested with Ubuntu Linux). Please, ensure that the
        local Kubernetes cluster has at least:
         - 4 CPU's
         - 4.0 GiB memory
 
-        To run a Kubernetes cluster with Minikube using the described configuration, please run:
+      ```shell
+      minikube start --cpus=4 --memory 4096
+      ```
 
-    ```shell
+    - To launch **Docker for Desktop** (tested with Mac/Windows). Go to Preferences:
-    minikube start --cpus=4 --memory 4096
-    ```
-    
-    - Launch “Docker for Desktop” (tested with Mac/Windows). Go to Preferences:
         - choose “Enable Kubernetes”,
         - set CPUs to at least 3, and Memory to at least 6.0 GiB
         - on the "Disk" tab, set at least 32 GB disk space
 
+    - To launch a **Kind** cluster:
+
+      ```shell
+      kind create cluster
+      ```
+
 1. Run `kubectl get nodes` to verify you're connected to “Kubernetes on Docker”.
 
 1. Run `skaffold run` (first time will be slow, it can take ~20 minutes).
    This will build and deploy the application. If you need to rebuild the images
    automatically as you refactor the code, run `skaffold dev` command.
 
-1. Run `kubectl get pods` to verify the Pods are ready and running. The
+1. Run `kubectl get pods` to verify the Pods are ready and running.
-   application frontend should be available at http://localhost:80 on your
+
-   machine.
+1. Access the web frontend through your browser
+    - **Minikube** requires you to run a command to access the frontend service:
+
+    ```shell
+    minikube service frontend-external
+    ```
+
+    - **Docker For Desktop** should automatically provide the frontend at http://localhost:80
+
+    - **Kind** does not provision an IP address for the service.
+      You must run a port-forwarding process to access the frontend at http://localhost:8080:
+
+    ```shell
+    kubectl port-forward deployment/frontend 8080:8080
+    ```
 
 ### Option 2: Running on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)