Overview
Kyma /kee-ma/
is a platform for extending applications with microservices and serverless Functions. It provides CLI and UI through which you can connect your application to a Kubernetes cluster. You can also expose the application's API or events securely thanks to the built-in Application Connector. You can then implement the business logic you require by creating microservices or serverless Functions. Trigger them to react to particular events or calls to your application's API.
To limit the time spent on coding, use the built-in cloud services from Service Management from such cloud providers as GCP, Azure, and AWS.
Go to the Kyma project website to learn more about our project, its features, and components.
Installation
Install Kyma locally or on a cluster. See the Installation guides for details.
NOTE: Make sure to install the latest Kyma version and keep it up to date by upgrading Kyma.
Usage
Kyma comes with the ready-to-use code snippets that you can use to test the extensions and the core functionality. See the list of existing examples in the examples
repository.
Development
Develop on your remote repository forked from the original repository in Go.
Read also the CONTRIBUTING.md
document that includes the contributing rules specific for this repository.
Follow these steps:
NOTE: The example assumes you have the $GOPATH
already set.
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Fork the repository in GitHub.
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Clone the fork to your $GOPATH
workspace. Use this command to create the folder structure and clone the repository under the correct location:
git clone git@github.com:{GitHubUsername}/kyma.git $GOPATH/src/github.com/kyma-project/kyma
Follow the steps described in the git-workflow.md
document to configure your fork.
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Build the project.
Every project runs differently. Follow instructions in the main README.md
document of the given project to build it.
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Create a branch and start to develop.
Do not forget about creating unit and acceptance tests if needed. For the unit tests, follow the instructions specified in the main README.md
document of the given project. For the details concerning the acceptance tests, go to the corresponding directory inside the tests
directory.
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Test your changes.
Kyma users
Read how these companies use Kyma:
Join us
If you would like to join us and work together on the Kyma project, there are some prerequisite skills you should acquire beforehand. Git basic skills are the most important for a quick start with the code. Mastering Kubernetes skills is very important for your future work.
Required programming skills
TIP: Complete the Docker and Kubernetes fundamentals training to get the basic Docker and Kubernetes knowledge.
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Cloud services skillset:
- Logging in to Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Understanding GCP basics concepts
- Creating and deleting Kubernetes clusters in team projects on GCP
- Creating Kubernetes shoot clusters on GCP and Azure
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Linux/Terminal basic skill set
- Understanding basic
bash
scripting
- Understanding the basics of the Unix filesystem
- Performing basic operations on files (list, create, copy, delete, move, execute)
- Sending REST queries with curl or HTTPie
- CLI/Terminal confident use
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Fluency with command-line JSON and YAML processors, such as jq, yq, grep
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CI/CD experience (ideally Prow)
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Other skills
- Understanding the Architecture Base Pattern
- Understanding the Service Mesh concept
- Basic Markdown editing
Basic Kyma knowledge
These are the sources you can get the basic Kyma knowledge from:
Open job positions
Kyma team is located mostly in Poland and Germany. See the open job positions for both locations:
FAQ
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What is your IDE?
Nothing is enforced. People often use GoLand, Visual Studio Code, VIM.
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How do you approach testing in Go? Do you use any frameworks?
We use tools such as classical Go runner, Gomega, Testify.
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How to learn Go?
Here are some useful sources to learn Go: