Support kubernetes in development environment

[mehdihadeli]

Hi, Does gitpod support Kubernetes in its development environment for hosting apps on Kubernetes nodes?

[Kreyren]

Like developing kubernetes environment and apps on gitpod?

I don't know afaik if it doesn't need /dev/kvm and root account then i don't see anything that would prevent that?

[jankeromnes]

Hi @mehdihadeli, Gitpod itself runs on Kubernetes, and can be deployed in a Kubernetes cluster alongside your Kubernetes apps in order to make your development flow truly cloud-native -- i.e. you can then launch a dev environment on any branch or Pull Request in seconds, and your workspace is directly connected to a dedicated Kubernetes staging deployment, so that you can start coding / debugging / testing / tweaking a live deployment almost immediately from any context (as opposed to tediously re-configuring a local clone all the time).

For example, we use Gitpod to develop Gitpod itself (a Kubernetes app), and our internal on-demand dev environments have direct Kubernetes access when launched. See it in action here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFMpXUsJcGM

[jankeromnes]

For deploying Gitpod in your own Kubernetes cluster, see also: https://github.com/gitpod-io/self-hosted/

[mehdihadeli]

@jankeromnes Hi, I don't want deploy Kubernetes on my own machine. so can I use Kubernetes commands (kubectl) on gitpod environment to deploy my repo app on gitpod Kubernetes cluster on the cloud?

[sr229]

From what I understood, looks like he wants to try out developing for Kubernetes using kubectl (please @mehdihadeli correct me if I'm wrong).

We could add the following but I think this is more of the job of our friends from OpenShift.io.

[mehdihadeli]

ok thanks

[jankeromnes]

Hi @mehdihadeli! We use kubectl in Gitpod every day while developing Gitpod in Gitpod. 🙂 (Because Gitpod runs on Kubernetes.)

Every internal Pull Request gets its own dedicated Kubernetes staging deployment, so that you can see your modified Gitpod running live, and every PR also gets a prebuilt Gitpod dev environment that is pre-connected to the staging deployment, so that in one click, you can review a PR, see & test the deployment running live, use kubectl to inspect the different microservices (and maybe tweak their config live or try shutting one pod to see what happens).

This is a workflow that I think would be super valuable for many Gitpod users, so we're working on a demo where hopefully you'll also be able to use a pre-connected kubectl in a Gitpod workspace. More news on that soon. 🙂

[mehdihadeli]

@jankeromnes thanks for your explanation, yes it's better creating a sample or a document for using this feature for easy to use

[jankeromnes]

Agreed. We're on it. :)

[DanielHabenicht]

@jankeromnes is there a guide or article already published?

[3goats]

+1 for this

[realsama]

Is something like Okteto possible with GitPod?

[axonasif]

@shepherd1530 see:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgtuEgmsLoQ
• https://www.okteto.com/blog/modern-development-environments-for-cloud-native-applications-using-gitpod-and-okteto/

[loujaybee]

Hey folks, just coming back to this for others who are googling, we recently published a new docs page:

https://www.gitpod.io/docs/integrations/kubernetes

This page covers common use cases and ways to develop Kubernetes applications in Gitpod:

• Using Docker in Gitpod
• Using Docker Compose in Gitpod
• Using a Kubernetes Network Proxy in Gitpod (e.g. Telepresence)
• Running Kubernetes clusters in Gitpod (e.g. MiniKube)
• Connecting to a remote Kubernetes cluster inside Gitpod

Please do check it out, and let us know if you have any questions 🙏