go-auth

A simple Go service, which serves as an exercise bringing together the power of Golang, MongoDB, Kubernetes, Helm, Prometheus, and more!

Available endpoints:

• 🌐 Register: /register - POST your username and password to embark on your tech journey.
• 🔐 Login: /login - Validate your password and prepare for the adventure.
• 📋 List Users: /listusers - Discover the vibrant community of registered usernames.
• ❤️ Health Check: /health - Ensure the heartbeat of the database with a liveness probe.
• 📈 Metrics: /metrics - Revel in Prometheus instrumentation and monitor the heartbeat of your service.

Installation and Setup Guide for go-auth

Build go-auth Docker Image

Run the following command to build the go-auth Docker image:

make build

Initialize Minikube

Enable the necessary Minikube addons and start Minikube with the following commands:

make initialize_minikube

This sets up Minikube with Ingress and starts it with specified resources.

Start Local Deployment

Deploy go-auth and Prometheus locally using Helm:

make start_local

This command upgrades or installs Helm charts for go-auth and Prometheus in the go-auth namespace.

Stop Local Deployment

To stop the local deployment, use the following command:

make uninstall

This will uninstall the go-auth and Prometheus Helm charts.

Local Test Run

For a complete local test run, including building, Minikube initialization, and deployment, use:

make local_testrun

This command performs the build, initializes Minikube, and deploys go-auth and Prometheus.

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What's Coming Next? 🌟🚀

• need to stop users from being able to register again through /register, instead only allow for changing password through /changepassword
• store users' data in a volume/storage