build.md

The Kubeapps Build Guide

This guide explains how to build Kubeapps.

Prerequisites

• Git
• Make
• Go programming language
• kubecfg
• Docker CE

Download kubeapps source code

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/kubeapps/kubeapps $KUBEAPPS_DIR
cd $KUBEAPPS_DIR

Build kubeapps

Kubeapps consists of a number of in-cluster components. To build all these components in one go:

make IMAGE_TAG=myver all

Or if you wish to build specific component(s):

# to build the kubeapps binary
make IMAGE_TAG=myver kubeapps

# to build the kubeapps/dashboard docker image
make IMAGE_TAG=myver kubeapps/dashboard

# to build the kubeapps/apprepository-controller docker image
make IMAGE_TAG=myver kubeapps/apprepository-controller

Running tests

To test all the components:

make test

Or if you wish to test specific component(s):

# to test the kubeapps binary
make test-kubeapps

# to test kubeapps/dashboard
make test-dashboard

# to test the cmd/apprepository-controller package
make test-apprepository-controller