In this chapter, you'll learn how to define a cluster, deploying all the interacting microservices, and how to work locally for development purposes. We will build on the concepts introduced in the previous chapter and we will describe how to configure the whole system in Kubernetes in practical terms, deploying multiple microservices, and how to make it work as a whole on your own local computer.
Here, we will introduce the other two microservices: the Frontend and the Users Backend. They were discussed in Chapter 1, Making the Move – Design, Plan, and Execute, in the Strategic planning to break the monolith section. We will see in this chapter how they need to be configured to work in Kubernetes. This is in addition to the Thoughts Backend introduced in Chapter 2, Creating a REST Service with Python; Chapter 3, Build, Run, and Test...