Install dependencies

We have two kinds of dependencies in this project: tools and angular framework code. The tools help us manage and test the application.

• We get the tools we depend upon via npm, the node package manager.
• We get the angular code via bower, a client-side code package manager.

npm is configured to automatically run bower install and gulp. Before you run the application for the first time, simply run this command from the www/master directory:

npm install

To start the application, run this command from the www/master directory:

npm start

The gulp command will start a file watcher which will update the generated app code after any changes are saved. Note: gulp file watcher does not currently support adding or deleting files, this will require a restart of gulp). Two new directories will also be created in the project.

• master/node_modules - contains npm dependencies
• master/bower_components - contains the angular framework files and any custom dependencies

Bower components should be refernced in one of the vendor.json files below:

• master/vendor.base.json - 3rd party vendor javascript required to start the app. JS is compiled to base.js and loaded before app.js
• master/vendor.json - 3rd party vendor scripts to make the app work, usually lazy loaded. Can be js or css. Copied to vendor/*.

Serving the app during development

For development you can serve the files locally by installing a webserver as follows:

sudo npm install -g http-server

The server can then be launched:

cd app
http-server -a localhost -p 8000

Serving the app in production

https:///static/app/

Configuration

Configuration settings

A json file can be used by gulp to automatically create angular constants. This is useful for setting per environment variables such as api endpoints.

• www/master/shared/config/development.json or www/master/shared/config/production.json can be created from the www/master/shared/config/development.example.json file.
• development.example.json should be kept up to date with default values, since development.json is not under source control.
• Component configuration can be added to www/master/components/<component name>/config/development.json and it will be combined with the main app config files and compiled into the intermediary www/master/shared/config/generated-config.js file.
• All generated-config.js is compiled into app.js
• Production config can be generated using gulp config --env production or gulp --env production
• The generated angular constant is named ENV with the shared root and each component having their own child configuration. For example,

www/master
├── shared/config/development.json
└── components
    ├── dashboard/config/development.json
    └── my_component/config/development.json

produces www/master/shared/config/generated-config.js:

angular.module('kubernetesApp.config', [])
.constant('ENV', {
  '/': <www/master/shared/config/development.json>,
  'dashboard': <www/master/components/dashboard/config/development.json>,
  'my_component': <www/master/components/my_component/config/development.json>
});

Kubernetes server configuration

You'll need to run hack/build-ui.sh to create a new pkg/ui/datafile.go file. This is the file that is built-in to the kube-apiserver.

RECOMMENDED: When working in development mode the Kubernetes api server does not support CORS, so the kube-apiserver.service must be started with --cors_allowed_origins=.* or --cors_allowed_origins=http://<your host here>

HACKS: If you don't want to/cannot restart the Kubernetes api server:

• Or you can start your browser with web security disabled. For Chrome, you can launch it with flag --disable-web-security.

Building a new visualizer or component

See master/components/README.md.

Testing

Currently kubernetes/www includes both unit-testing (run via Karma) and end-to-end testing (run via Protractor).

Unittests via Karma

To run the existing Karma tests:

• Install the Karma CLI: sudo npm install -g karma-cli (it needs to be installed globally, hence the sudo may be needed). Note that the other Karma packages (such as karma, karma-jasmine, and karma-chrome-launcher should be automatically installed when running npm start).
• Go to the www/master directory, and run karma start karma.conf.js. The Karma configuration is defined in karma.config.js. The console should show the test results.

To write new Karma tests:

• For testing each components, write test files (*.spec.js) under the corresponding www/master/components/**/test/modules/ directory.
• For testing the chrome and the framework, write test files (*.spec.js) under the www/master/test/modules/* directory.

End-to-end testing via Protractor

To run the existing Protractor tests:

• Install the CLIs: sudo npm install -g protractor.
• Start the webdriver server: sudo webdriver-manager start
• Start the kubernetes-ui app (see instructions above), assuming running at port 8000.
• Go to the www/master/protractor directory and run protractor conf.js. The protractor configuration is in conf.js. The console should show the test results.

To write new protractor tests, put the test files (*.spec.js) in the corresponding www/master/components/**/protractor/ directory.