tilt-linkerd-demo

A demo of using Tilt to run an application with Linkerd on your local machine

Quick Setup

1. Setup local Kubernetes cluster

   Recommend using Orbstack (macOS only) for local Kubernetes

   Other options:

   • Docker Desktop (macOS / Windows)
   • Rancher Desktop (macOS / Windows)

   Once Kubernetes is running, verify it's working and you can connect to it with kubectl

   kubectl get nodes

2. Install Tilt

   brew install tilt-dev/tap/tilt

   Full instructions are available here

3. Setup /etc/hosts (optional, choose one of the following)

   (option A) Add the following to /etc/hosts:

   127.0.0.1   linkerd.localhost
   127.0.0.1   foo.localhost

   (option B) use hostctl

   brew install guumaster/tap/hostctl
   sudo hostctl add tilt-linkerd-demo < .etchosts

4. Install Linkerd cli (optional)

   curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSfL https://run.linkerd.io/install-edge | sh
   export PATH="$PATH:/Users/username/.linkerd/bin"

   Full instructions are available here

Run the demo

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