While completing my Cloud Native Architecture nanodegree I learned about FastAPI and decided to build an application that uses FastAPI. Here I will show you how I did it and how you can try it yourself.
- Raspberry Pi 3B+ (But any model will do)
- Three LEDs, three 220 ohm resistors and jumper wires
- 9g servo motor
- My Robot Torvalds (any robot can be used or you can omit this part)
- Raspberry Pi OS
- FastAPI (I have provided that in the requirements.txt file so all you need to do is run pip install requirements.txt)
- Python 3
fastapi_gpio: The main code that runs the application. To run this you must run theuvicorn fastapi_gpio:app --reloadtemplates/gpio.html: The main code that defines the design of the appstatic/gpio.css: The css of the appstatic/gpio.js: The jQuery that defines the logic of the application
To package this as a docker container, I have provided a Dockerfile for use. To use this first install Docker on your machine. Follow this link to install. Set up a DockerHub account so you can implement this on your own. Once you do that run the following commands:
docker build -t gpio_fastapi .: This builds the imagedocker run -d -p 8000:8000 gpio_fastapi: This runs docker image detached at port 8000docker ps: Checks the docker images that have run- Check
locahost:8000to see the app run. - You can stop the image with
docker stop - To tag use
docker tag gpio_fastapi yourusername/gpio-fastapi:tag - Push with
docker push yourusername/gpio_fastapi:tag
I have provided kubernetes manifests to run the service. I have provided a service, deployment and namespace. The namespace needs to run first since the deployment and service files require a namespace. Make sure if you are using your own docker image to change the image in the file. Install k3s and then deploy with kubectl apply -f filename.yaml.
To deploy this on ArgoCD first install ArgoCD with this link. Then follow the instructions to deploy ArgoCD on your own machine. Use the ArgoCD files I have provided to deploy the service. Make sure to use kubectl apply -f and then the file name to deploy the service.
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App Screenshot
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ArgoCD Screenshot
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