openremote
Deploy custom project under local k8s
User Story
As a Dev, I want to be able to run a custom OR project under k8s on my machine.
Description
Check what additional steps are required to run a custom project, in addition to the stock OR manager.
Acceptance Criteria
- [ ] 1. Run a custom project locally
- [ ] 2. Documentation on how to run a custom project under k8s
Implementation Notes
Current mechanism with docker compose is to mount a volume for the customer project on top of a generic manager container.
The corresponding way to do this in Kubernetes would be to use Image Volumes, which at the moment (Feb 2025) is still an alpha feature, disabled by default.
The alternative is to create a specific docker image for each custom project, with the changes baked in. This is already done for Balena.
See section Running custom project in README.md under kubernetes
Although issue talks about local k8s, the mechanism also works for deployment in cloud environments.
As of June 2025, Image Volumes under kubernetes is now a beta feature (still disabled by default)