How to Use Payara Micro with Kubernetes via Amazon Web Services EKS

The purpose of this guide is to showcase how to create a new Kubernetes cluster in Amazon Web Services and to set up a deployment using a sample WAR application running on Payara Micro.

The contents of this guide will cover:

• What is AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)?

• Requirements for how to set up your environment

• How to setup your AWS account

• Creating the Kubernetes cluster

• The structure of the Payara Micro sample application

• How to prepare the Docker image to deploy in the cluster

• Provision your Kubernetes cluster with a new Deployment

• Testing the application in the cluster