Deploying the container artifacts

In the previous section, we explored how we can use Jib to simplify microservice containerization. In this section, we will dive into how we can make the end-to-end deployment seamless and unified using Docker orchestration with docker-compose.

Using docker-compose to deploy the pet-clinic services

docker-compose is a tool available under the Docker ecosystem and is very intuitive in defining and deploying a multi-container application. With a simple YAML-flavored syntax, we can set up all the services and their dependencies and use a single command to deploy the whole application. We will create a docker-compose file for the pet-clinic application covering all the necessary services/components, including microservices, service discovery, and the Apache Kafka ecosystem.

Firstly, let's define the ancillary services in docker-compose as follows:

version: '3'
services:
  consul:
    image: bitnami...