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Signed-off-by: Ihor Dvoretskyi <ihor@linux.com>
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## Features
- **[Kubernetes](https://kubernetes.io)/[GKE](https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/):**
The app is designed to run on Kubernetes (both locally on "Docker for
The app is designed to run on Kubernetes (both locally on Minikube and "Docker for
Desktop", as well as on the cloud with GKE).
- **[gRPC](https://grpc.io):** Microservices use a high volume of gRPC calls to
communicate to each other.
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1. Install tools to run a Kubernetes cluster locally:
- kubectl (can be installed via `gcloud components install kubectl`)
- Docker for Desktop (Mac/Windows): It provides Kubernetes support as [noted
- One of the tools that deploy Kubernetes cluster locally:
- Minikube (Linux/Mac/Wimdows). It's the open source, cross-platrorm tool, developed by the Kubernetes community. Installation instructions and documentation can be found [here](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube).
- Docker for Desktop (Mac/Windows): It provides Kubernetes support as [noted
here](https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-mac/kubernetes/).
- [skaffold](https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/#installation)
1. Launch “Docker for Desktop”. Go to Preferences and choose “Enable Kubernetes”.
1. Launch the local Kubernetes cluster:
- Launch Minikube with `minikube start` command. More details can be found [here](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube#quickstart).
- Launch “Docker for Desktop”. Go to Preferences and choose “Enable Kubernetes”.
1. Run `kubectl get nodes` to verify you're connected to “Kubernetes on Docker”.
1. Run `kubectl get nodes` to verify that the local cluster works properly.
1. Run `skaffold run` (first time will be slow, it can take ~20-30 minutes).
This will build and deploy the application. If you need to rebuild the images