Steps

First start minikube

minikube start

Then uninstall the previous helm installation

helm uninstall release1

Then run the minikube tunnel (for load balancer)

minikube tunnel &

Then install the new release

helm install release1 ./docker-compose

Then watch for the pod status

minikube kubectl -- get pods -A

Then watch the services

minikube kubectl -- get services

Extract the external ip from backend and put it in the send_request.sh file

Then run the send_request.sh file

./send_request.sh

Get a shell from a pod

minikube kubectl -- exec -it PODNAME -- /bin/bash

View DB

First get a shell, then run:

psql -U postgres -d testdb

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