flask-app-kubernetes

Sample Dokerized flask app deployed on Kubernetes on Azure using AKS

Overview

Running this app

1. As a standalone app

1. install python
2. git clone the project then cd into the directory
3. run virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python3 venvor python -m venv venv to create a virtual environment
4. activate it using source venv/bin/activate
5. pip install -r requirements.txt to install the app libaries and it dependencies

running the app

After installing, run the server using python main.py Access the running app in a browser at the URL written to the console (most likely http://localhost:5000)

2. As a Docker container running on your machine

1. install Docker
2. run docker --version to check if docker is installed
3. run docker build -t flask-app-kubernetes:latest . to build the docker image
4. docker images list the local avaible images
5. run docker run --name flask-app-kubernetes -d -p 5000:5000 --rm flask-app-kubernetes:latest to start the container
6. Navigate to http://localhost:5000 in a browser to see the results. If you want to share it with your local network devices navigate to http://[your-ip-address]:5000