intellij-derrick

An IntelliJ IDEA plugin which integrates Derrick and supports automated Kubernetes deployment.

Features

Automatically detect application source code and generate Dockerfile, Kubernetes-Yaml by utilizing Derrick.
Build Docker image from Dockerfile and run as test container.
Push Docker image to remote registry.
Deploy application to remote Kubernetes cluster.
Support Aliyun Registry and Aliyun Container Service.

Prerequisites

You will need:

derrick installed (currently derrick is not compatible with our plugin, but it won't take long).
(at least) an account of Docker registry (DockerHub or any third-party registries that support password authentication).
(at least) an account of Kubernetes cluster (i.e. kubeconfig) or access key of Alicloud Container Service.

Installation

You can install this plugin in two different ways:

Install directly from IDE:

Open Perferences dialog, and then go to Plugins; Click the Browse repositories... button; Search derrick and install; Restart IDE.
Download from Github:

Click Releases; Select and download the plugin file in required version; Install the plugin from disk (refer to official docs).

User Guide

Note: Please make sure the toolbar is visible by checking View->Toolbar.

Users should configure the plugin first before using it: Open Settings/Preferences dialog, and click Derrick in the Tools group. Set the path to derrick executable file and add your own Docker registries and Kubernetes clusters.

There are 4 main actions provided by this plugin: Init, Serve, Push and Deploy.

Init: Automatically detect application source code and generate Dockerfile, Kubernetes-Yaml by leveraging derrick.
Serve: Build Docker image from Dockerfile and run as container.
Push: Push Docker image to remote registry.
Deploy: Deploy application to remote Kubernetes cluster.

Users are able to select one of these actions by clicking the derrick icon in IntelliJ IDEA toolbar.

Plugin Versioning Specs

Refer to Semantic Versioning 2.0.0