README.md

kubernetes-podlogger

Two separate golang app (client-server) to monitor kubernetes pods inside their namespaces and communicate with each other when pod events occur

Technologies

The project has been created using these technologies:

• golang as programming language
• Kubernetes as container-orchestration system
• kubectl as command-line tool to interact kubernetes
• client-go for talking to a kubernetes cluster
• ws tiny websocket library for Golang

Setup & Installtion

Install:

1. golang from here
2. Docker from here then enable kubernetes
3. kubectl from here
4. helm from here

Running The App

Create namespaces for client and server:

• ns1 for server -> kubectl create namespace ns1
• ns2 for client -> kubectl create namespace ns2

Installation of the helm charts:

helm install podloggerserver ./podlogger-server/helm
helm install podloggerclient ./podlogger-client/helm

Check your pod's logs:

kubectl logs -f -n <namespace> -l "app=<app-name>"