haikube

HaikuBe

What's this do?

• create docker images from just your code (no dockerfiles needed)
• deploy to kubernetes from just your docker image (no k8s manifests, no helm charts needed)

If you like the Cloud Foundry and Heroku 'push' experiences, but are using Kubernetes, try this!

Inspired by the haiku, but made for kubernetes. So, (Haiku) meet (Kube)rnetes in Haikube

here is my source code
run it on the cloud for me
i do not care how
            - Onsi Fakhouri
            (https://content.pivotal.io/blog/pivotal-cloud-foundry-s-roadmap-for-2016)

Download

Binaries available for linux, osx & windows

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Overview

• haikube takes the same approach as cloudfoundry & heroku and uses buildpacks to create a working image from just your code
  • buildpacks can detect if your code is supported, and then can create a fully functional application container image from just your code
  • buildpacks will run any required scripts/processes to make your code ready to be deployed (ie. ruby bundle, go dep, etc)
• haikube can use any dockerhost its configured for to build the container images
• haikube can store the container image in dockerhub by default, but can be configured to use any docker registry
• haikube can install a helm chart (deployment, service, ingress) using the created docker image
• haikube allows the user to define helm values in the haikube.yml

features

• build: build your container using a buildpack
• upload: push your container to dockerhub
• deploy: install a helm chart which creates deployment, service & ingress for your container
• push: push will create a docker image using your source code and a buildpack. it will then upload it to a docker registry. after that it will install a helm chart using your container which creates a deployment, service and ingress.

samples

# will build the image using a buildpack
# upload the image to docker hub
# install a helm chart with deployment, service, ingress using the created image
$ hk push -c haikube.yml -s pathtosource

# install a helm chart with deployment, service, ingress using the created image
$ hk deploy -c haikube.yml

# will build the image using a buildpack
$ hk build -c haikube.yml -s pathtosource

# will build the image & upload it to docker registry
$ hk upload -c haikube.yml -s pathtosource

sample .haikube.yml

---
name: unicornapp
cmd: ./bin/main
image: xchapter7x/myapp
tag: 1.0.0
ports:
  - 80
env:
  CF_STACK: cflinuxfs2
  GOPACKAGENAME: main

# in addition to a url to a zipped buildpack you can give a language
# example url: https://github.com/cloudfoundry/go-buildpack/releases/download/v1.8.22/go-buildpack-v1.8.22.zip
# supported languages are: (binary,go,java,dotnetcore,node,php,python,ruby,staticfile,nginx)
buildpack: go 

# you can pass anything from a helm values.yml file under this element
helm_values:
  replicaCount: 4
  ingress:
    enabled: true
  basedomain: localhost.com
  
# optional: below is default
baseimage: cloudfoundry/cflinuxfs2

HK Usage

some local env vars you can set

• DOCKER_HOST: to set the url to the docker server. (optional)
• DOCKER_API_VERSION: to set the version of the API to reach, leave empty for latest. (optional)
• DOCKER_CERT_PATH: to load the TLS certificates from. (optional)
• DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY: to enable or disable TLS verification, off by default. (optional)
• DOCKER_USERNAME: to set which account to use when uploading to docker registry. (required for upload calls)
• DOCKER_PASSWORD: to set password of docker registry account. (required for upload calls)
• DOCKER_REGISTRY_URL: to set a private registry host (optional: dockerhub is used by default) (optional)

Contributions

Simply send over a PR or submit an issue

Running the tests

# run everything
$ make test

# run units only (no external deps)
$ make unit

# run e2e tests (will likely require docker and k8s configured on your machine)
$ make e2e

# run integrations only ( will likely require docker and k8s configured on your machine)
$ make integrations

Test related toggles

• K8S_CLUSTER: setting this var to false when running tests will disable integration tests and e2e tests which require a kubernetes cluster to succeed. If you do not have a k8s cluster to test against, or are not testing functionality that requires a cluster, set this variable to false.

build the binaries

# build cross all platform
$ make build

# build individual platform
$ make build-(darwin|linux|win)

updating dependencies

$ make dep

Missing Functionality

• Does not yet allow for deployment of private container images
• support KUBECONFIG var
• tag deployment with haikue buildpack and git meta data
• configure alternative helm charts for app installation
• ... Lots missing, this project is only a few days old :)

Similar tools in the space

• Draft : Simple app development & deployment - into any Kubernetes cluster.
  • Draft is a really interesting tool, Its intent, as stated on the site and in its name, is to target a fast feedback loop for WIP code. This is very different from haikube, in that, haikube is looking to be used as the mechanism to deploy your production code onto kubernetes with as little friction as possible.
  • Draft makes it easy to build applications that run on Kubernetes.
  • Draft targets the "inner loop" of a developer's workflow: as they hack on code, but before code is committed to version control.
  • Uses it's own packs to generate images. Haikube uses cf buildpacks.
  • Uses helm to install the apps on k8s. Haikube also uses helm, but hides the details and removes the dependencies, so no configs or charts to worry about.
• Helm : The Kubernetes Package Manager
  • helm is a great tool, but it plays in a different space than haikube.
  • helm is meant to bring structure to templatizing, versioning and distributing your k8s deployments. Haikube explicitely is meant for those who do not care how their code is run on k8s, they just want to push it and have it work. One can use haikube to generate an image, which gets deployed via a helm chart.
• Skaffold : Skaffold is a command line tool that facilitates continuous development for Kubernetes applications
  • More similar to haikube, but takes a different approach. Skaffold is a sort of framework to organize and structure how you create your images, what your deployments, services, etc look like. You can even use it with helm. Haikube isnt a framework, it assumes you dont want to worry about how to build your images or architect your deployments. Haikube forms its own opinion, so you don't have to, where as Skaffold gives engineers who wish to build everything themselves a standard structure and tooling to play safely. It's a great tool, but meets the needs of a different user persona.