garden-app

Garden App

This is a Go application with a CLI and web backend for working with the garden controller.

Getting Started

1. Clonse this repository

   git clone https://github.com/calvinmclean/automated-garden.git
   

2. Start up all services

   docker compose -f deploy/docker-compose.yml --profile demo up
   

3. In a new terminal, create a config.yaml file from the provided example

   cd garden-app
   cp config.yaml.example config.yaml
   

4. Create a gardens.yaml file from the provided example

   cp gardens.yaml.example gardens.yaml
   

5. Run the server:

   go run main.go serve --config config.yaml
   

To run this in a more long-term setup, I recommend using K3s and deploying the manifests from /deploy/k8s.

Don't forget to update the config.yaml and gardens.yaml in the ConfigMap. Also, to use ConfigMap storage client you will have to enable the correct permissions in your cluster with this command:

kubectl create clusterrolebinding default --clusterrole=admin --serviceaccount=default:default

Additional Usage Details

Server

The server command is the main program that runs the webserver backend for managing Gardens.

Storage Clients

The storage package defines a Client interface and multiple implementations of it. The NewStorageClient will create a client based on the configuration. The available clients are:

• YAMLClient
  • Writes objects to a YAML file on the local filesystem
  • Requires a filename to use
• ConfigMapClient
  • Write objects to a YAML file in a Kubernetes ConfigMap
  • Requires a ConfigMap name and key to access the data
  • Additional setup may be required to enable the garden-app Pod to write to the ConfigMap:

    kubectl create clusterrolebinding default --clusterrole=admin --serviceaccount=default:default
    

Controller

The controller command behaves as a mock garden-controller that makes it easier to develop, test, and debug without using a standalone microcontroller. This has extensive options using flags to control different behaviors. In most cases, the defaults will work perfectly fine.