ThatConference 2016 - Highly Available NodeJS

Using NodeJS, Nginx, Docker, and Kubernetes you can create a highly available microservice environment. This repository contains a local demostration of how to integrate these technologies.

Presentation

http://www.slideshare.net/BradWilliams86/thatconference-2016-highly-available-nodejs

Getting Started

1. Clone this repo

2. Install Minikube (a simple utility to run Kubernetes locally)

   curl -Lo minikube https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/v0.7.1/minikube-darwin-amd64 && chmod +x minikube && sudo mv minikube /usr/local/bin/
   brew install docker-machine-driver-xhyve
   sudo chown root:wheel $(brew --prefix)/opt/docker-machine-driver-xhyve/bin/docker-machine-driver-xhyve
   sudo chmod u+s $(brew --prefix)/opt/docker-machine-driver-xhyve/bin/docker-machine-driver-xhyve
   

3. Install kubectl (Kubernetes CLI)

   curl -O https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.3.4/bin/darwin/amd64/kubectl && chmod +x kubectl && sudo mv kubectl /usr/local/bin/
   

   OR

   brew install kubernetes-cli
   

4. Start Minikube

   minikube start --vm-driver="xhyve"
   

5. Deploy apps to Kubernetes

   kubectl apply -f kubernetes/