diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-backend/.gitignore b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-backend/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2af7cefb0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-backend/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+target/
+!.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
+
+### STS ###
+.apt_generated
+.classpath
+.factorypath
+.project
+.settings
+.springBeans
+
+### IntelliJ IDEA ###
+.idea
+*.iws
+*.iml
+*.ipr
+
+### NetBeans ###
+nbproject/private/
+build/
+nbbuild/
+dist/
+nbdist/
+.nb-gradle/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-backend/Dockerfile b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-backend/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a0a9d57662
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-backend/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+FROM openjdk:8-jdk-alpine
+VOLUME /tmp
+COPY target/demo-backend-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar app.jar
+ENV JAVA_OPTS=""
+ENTRYPOINT exec java -jar /app.jar --debug
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-backend/mvnw b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-backend/mvnw
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5bf251c077
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-backend/mvnw
@@ -0,0 +1,225 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Maven2 Start Up Batch script
+#
+# Required ENV vars:
+# ------------------
+# JAVA_HOME - location of a JDK home dir
+#
+# Optional ENV vars
+# -----------------
+# M2_HOME - location of maven2's installed home dir
+# MAVEN_OPTS - parameters passed to the Java VM when running Maven
+# e.g. to debug Maven itself, use
+# set MAVEN_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000
+# MAVEN_SKIP_RC - flag to disable loading of mavenrc files
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+if [ -z "$MAVEN_SKIP_RC" ] ; then
+
+ if [ -f /etc/mavenrc ] ; then
+ . /etc/mavenrc
+ fi
+
+ if [ -f "$HOME/.mavenrc" ] ; then
+ . "$HOME/.mavenrc"
+ fi
+
+fi
+
+# OS specific support. $var _must_ be set to either true or false.
+cygwin=false;
+darwin=false;
+mingw=false
+case "`uname`" in
+ CYGWIN*) cygwin=true ;;
+ MINGW*) mingw=true;;
+ Darwin*) darwin=true
+ # Use /usr/libexec/java_home if available, otherwise fall back to /Library/Java/Home
+ # See https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/qa/qa1170/_index.html
+ if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ]; then
+ if [ -x "/usr/libexec/java_home" ]; then
+ export JAVA_HOME="`/usr/libexec/java_home`"
+ else
+ export JAVA_HOME="/Library/Java/Home"
+ fi
+ fi
+ ;;
+esac
+
+if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+ if [ -r /etc/gentoo-release ] ; then
+ JAVA_HOME=`java-config --jre-home`
+ fi
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$M2_HOME" ] ; then
+ ## resolve links - $0 may be a link to maven's home
+ PRG="$0"
+
+ # need this for relative symlinks
+ while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
+ ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
+ link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+ if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+ PRG="$link"
+ else
+ PRG="`dirname "$PRG"`/$link"
+ fi
+ done
+
+ saveddir=`pwd`
+
+ M2_HOME=`dirname "$PRG"`/..
+
+ # make it fully qualified
+ M2_HOME=`cd "$M2_HOME" && pwd`
+
+ cd "$saveddir"
+ # echo Using m2 at $M2_HOME
+fi
+
+# For Cygwin, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
+if $cygwin ; then
+ [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
+ M2_HOME=`cygpath --unix "$M2_HOME"`
+ [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
+ JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --unix "$JAVA_HOME"`
+ [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
+ CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --unix "$CLASSPATH"`
+fi
+
+# For Migwn, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
+if $mingw ; then
+ [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
+ M2_HOME="`(cd "$M2_HOME"; pwd)`"
+ [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
+ JAVA_HOME="`(cd "$JAVA_HOME"; pwd)`"
+ # TODO classpath?
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ]; then
+ javaExecutable="`which javac`"
+ if [ -n "$javaExecutable" ] && ! [ "`expr \"$javaExecutable\" : '\([^ ]*\)'`" = "no" ]; then
+ # readlink(1) is not available as standard on Solaris 10.
+ readLink=`which readlink`
+ if [ ! `expr "$readLink" : '\([^ ]*\)'` = "no" ]; then
+ if $darwin ; then
+ javaHome="`dirname \"$javaExecutable\"`"
+ javaExecutable="`cd \"$javaHome\" && pwd -P`/javac"
+ else
+ javaExecutable="`readlink -f \"$javaExecutable\"`"
+ fi
+ javaHome="`dirname \"$javaExecutable\"`"
+ javaHome=`expr "$javaHome" : '\(.*\)/bin'`
+ JAVA_HOME="$javaHome"
+ export JAVA_HOME
+ fi
+ fi
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+ if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+ if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
+ # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
+ JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java"
+ else
+ JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
+ fi
+ else
+ JAVACMD="`which java`"
+ fi
+fi
+
+if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+ echo "Error: JAVA_HOME is not defined correctly." >&2
+ echo " We cannot execute $JAVACMD" >&2
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+ echo "Warning: JAVA_HOME environment variable is not set."
+fi
+
+CLASSWORLDS_LAUNCHER=org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher
+
+# traverses directory structure from process work directory to filesystem root
+# first directory with .mvn subdirectory is considered project base directory
+find_maven_basedir() {
+
+ if [ -z "$1" ]
+ then
+ echo "Path not specified to find_maven_basedir"
+ return 1
+ fi
+
+ basedir="$1"
+ wdir="$1"
+ while [ "$wdir" != '/' ] ; do
+ if [ -d "$wdir"/.mvn ] ; then
+ basedir=$wdir
+ break
+ fi
+ # workaround for JBEAP-8937 (on Solaris 10/Sparc)
+ if [ -d "${wdir}" ]; then
+ wdir=`cd "$wdir/.."; pwd`
+ fi
+ # end of workaround
+ done
+ echo "${basedir}"
+}
+
+# concatenates all lines of a file
+concat_lines() {
+ if [ -f "$1" ]; then
+ echo "$(tr -s '\n' ' ' < "$1")"
+ fi
+}
+
+BASE_DIR=`find_maven_basedir "$(pwd)"`
+if [ -z "$BASE_DIR" ]; then
+ exit 1;
+fi
+
+export MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=${MAVEN_BASEDIR:-"$BASE_DIR"}
+echo $MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR
+MAVEN_OPTS="$(concat_lines "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/jvm.config") $MAVEN_OPTS"
+
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin; then
+ [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
+ M2_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$M2_HOME"`
+ [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
+ JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA_HOME"`
+ [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
+ CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CLASSPATH"`
+ [ -n "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR" ] &&
+ MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=`cygpath --path --windows "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR"`
+fi
+
+WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
+
+exec "$JAVACMD" \
+ $MAVEN_OPTS \
+ -classpath "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar" \
+ "-Dmaven.home=${M2_HOME}" "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=${MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR}" \
+ ${WRAPPER_LAUNCHER} $MAVEN_CONFIG "$@"
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-backend/mvnw.cmd b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-backend/mvnw.cmd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..019bd74d76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-backend/mvnw.cmd
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+@REM or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+@REM distributed with this work for additional information
+@REM regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+@REM to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+@REM "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+@REM with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@REM
+@REM http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@REM
+@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+@REM software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+@REM "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+@REM KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+@REM specific language governing permissions and limitations
+@REM under the License.
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Maven2 Start Up Batch script
+@REM
+@REM Required ENV vars:
+@REM JAVA_HOME - location of a JDK home dir
+@REM
+@REM Optional ENV vars
+@REM M2_HOME - location of maven2's installed home dir
+@REM MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO - set to 'on' to enable the echoing of the batch commands
+@REM MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE - set to 'on' to wait for a key stroke before ending
+@REM MAVEN_OPTS - parameters passed to the Java VM when running Maven
+@REM e.g. to debug Maven itself, use
+@REM set MAVEN_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000
+@REM MAVEN_SKIP_RC - flag to disable loading of mavenrc files
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@REM Begin all REM lines with '@' in case MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO is 'on'
+@echo off
+@REM enable echoing my setting MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO to 'on'
+@if "%MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%" == "on" echo %MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%
+
+@REM set %HOME% to equivalent of $HOME
+if "%HOME%" == "" (set "HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%")
+
+@REM Execute a user defined script before this one
+if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPre
+@REM check for pre script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat"
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd"
+:skipRcPre
+
+@setlocal
+
+set ERROR_CODE=0
+
+@REM To isolate internal variables from possible post scripts, we use another setlocal
+@setlocal
+
+@REM ==== START VALIDATION ====
+if not "%JAVA_HOME%" == "" goto OkJHome
+
+echo.
+echo Error: JAVA_HOME not found in your environment. >&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
+echo location of your Java installation. >&2
+echo.
+goto error
+
+:OkJHome
+if exist "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo Error: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory. >&2
+echo JAVA_HOME = "%JAVA_HOME%" >&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
+echo location of your Java installation. >&2
+echo.
+goto error
+
+@REM ==== END VALIDATION ====
+
+:init
+
+@REM Find the project base dir, i.e. the directory that contains the folder ".mvn".
+@REM Fallback to current working directory if not found.
+
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%MAVEN_BASEDIR%
+IF NOT "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%"=="" goto endDetectBaseDir
+
+set EXEC_DIR=%CD%
+set WDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
+:findBaseDir
+IF EXIST "%WDIR%"\.mvn goto baseDirFound
+cd ..
+IF "%WDIR%"=="%CD%" goto baseDirNotFound
+set WDIR=%CD%
+goto findBaseDir
+
+:baseDirFound
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%WDIR%
+cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
+goto endDetectBaseDir
+
+:baseDirNotFound
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
+cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
+
+:endDetectBaseDir
+
+IF NOT EXIST "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config" goto endReadAdditionalConfig
+
+@setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion
+for /F "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config") do set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=!JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS! %%a
+@endlocal & set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=%JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS%
+
+:endReadAdditionalConfig
+
+SET MAVEN_JAVA_EXE="%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe"
+
+set WRAPPER_JAR="%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.jar"
+set WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
+
+%MAVEN_JAVA_EXE% %JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS% %MAVEN_OPTS% %MAVEN_DEBUG_OPTS% -classpath %WRAPPER_JAR% "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%" %WRAPPER_LAUNCHER% %MAVEN_CONFIG% %*
+if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
+goto end
+
+:error
+set ERROR_CODE=1
+
+:end
+@endlocal & set ERROR_CODE=%ERROR_CODE%
+
+if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPost
+@REM check for post script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat"
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd"
+:skipRcPost
+
+@REM pause the script if MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE is set to 'on'
+if "%MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE%" == "on" pause
+
+if "%MAVEN_TERMINATE_CMD%" == "on" exit %ERROR_CODE%
+
+exit /B %ERROR_CODE%
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-backend/pom.xml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-backend/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b951671612
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-backend/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+
+
+ 4.0.0
+
+
+ com.baeldung.spring.cloud
+ spring-cloud-kubernetes
+ 1.0-SNAPSHOT
+
+ demo-backend
+
+
+
+ UTF-8
+ UTF-8
+ 1.8
+
+
+
+
+ org.springframework.boot
+ spring-boot-starter-web
+
+
+
+ org.springframework.boot
+ spring-boot-starter-test
+ test
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ org.springframework.boot
+ spring-boot-maven-plugin
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-backend/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/kubernetes/backend/KubernetesBackendApplication.java b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-backend/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/kubernetes/backend/KubernetesBackendApplication.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1605d59f28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-backend/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/kubernetes/backend/KubernetesBackendApplication.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package com.baeldung.spring.cloud.kubernetes.backend;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+@RestController
+public class KubernetesBackendApplication {
+
+ public static void main(String[] args) {
+ SpringApplication.run(KubernetesBackendApplication.class, args);
+ }
+
+ @GetMapping("")
+ public String helloWorld() throws UnknownHostException {
+
+ return "Hello from " + InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostName();
+ }
+}
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-backend/src/main/resources/application.properties b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a3ac65cee5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+server.port=8080
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-backend/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/kubernetes/backend/KubernetesBackendApplicationTests.java b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-backend/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/kubernetes/backend/KubernetesBackendApplicationTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ccc49eaa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-backend/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/kubernetes/backend/KubernetesBackendApplicationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package com.baeldung.spring.cloud.kubernetes.backend;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
+
+@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
+@SpringBootTest
+public class KubernetesBackendApplicationTests {
+
+ @Test
+ public void contextLoads() {
+ }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-frontend/.gitignore b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-frontend/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2af7cefb0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-frontend/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+target/
+!.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
+
+### STS ###
+.apt_generated
+.classpath
+.factorypath
+.project
+.settings
+.springBeans
+
+### IntelliJ IDEA ###
+.idea
+*.iws
+*.iml
+*.ipr
+
+### NetBeans ###
+nbproject/private/
+build/
+nbbuild/
+dist/
+nbdist/
+.nb-gradle/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-frontend/Dockerfile b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-frontend/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..69adb03a17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-frontend/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+FROM openjdk:8-jdk-alpine
+VOLUME /tmp
+COPY target/demo-frontend-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar app.jar
+ENV JAVA_OPTS=""
+ENTRYPOINT exec java -jar /app.jar
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-frontend/mvnw b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-frontend/mvnw
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5bf251c077
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-frontend/mvnw
@@ -0,0 +1,225 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Maven2 Start Up Batch script
+#
+# Required ENV vars:
+# ------------------
+# JAVA_HOME - location of a JDK home dir
+#
+# Optional ENV vars
+# -----------------
+# M2_HOME - location of maven2's installed home dir
+# MAVEN_OPTS - parameters passed to the Java VM when running Maven
+# e.g. to debug Maven itself, use
+# set MAVEN_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000
+# MAVEN_SKIP_RC - flag to disable loading of mavenrc files
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+if [ -z "$MAVEN_SKIP_RC" ] ; then
+
+ if [ -f /etc/mavenrc ] ; then
+ . /etc/mavenrc
+ fi
+
+ if [ -f "$HOME/.mavenrc" ] ; then
+ . "$HOME/.mavenrc"
+ fi
+
+fi
+
+# OS specific support. $var _must_ be set to either true or false.
+cygwin=false;
+darwin=false;
+mingw=false
+case "`uname`" in
+ CYGWIN*) cygwin=true ;;
+ MINGW*) mingw=true;;
+ Darwin*) darwin=true
+ # Use /usr/libexec/java_home if available, otherwise fall back to /Library/Java/Home
+ # See https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/qa/qa1170/_index.html
+ if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ]; then
+ if [ -x "/usr/libexec/java_home" ]; then
+ export JAVA_HOME="`/usr/libexec/java_home`"
+ else
+ export JAVA_HOME="/Library/Java/Home"
+ fi
+ fi
+ ;;
+esac
+
+if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+ if [ -r /etc/gentoo-release ] ; then
+ JAVA_HOME=`java-config --jre-home`
+ fi
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$M2_HOME" ] ; then
+ ## resolve links - $0 may be a link to maven's home
+ PRG="$0"
+
+ # need this for relative symlinks
+ while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
+ ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
+ link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+ if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+ PRG="$link"
+ else
+ PRG="`dirname "$PRG"`/$link"
+ fi
+ done
+
+ saveddir=`pwd`
+
+ M2_HOME=`dirname "$PRG"`/..
+
+ # make it fully qualified
+ M2_HOME=`cd "$M2_HOME" && pwd`
+
+ cd "$saveddir"
+ # echo Using m2 at $M2_HOME
+fi
+
+# For Cygwin, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
+if $cygwin ; then
+ [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
+ M2_HOME=`cygpath --unix "$M2_HOME"`
+ [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
+ JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --unix "$JAVA_HOME"`
+ [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
+ CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --unix "$CLASSPATH"`
+fi
+
+# For Migwn, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
+if $mingw ; then
+ [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
+ M2_HOME="`(cd "$M2_HOME"; pwd)`"
+ [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
+ JAVA_HOME="`(cd "$JAVA_HOME"; pwd)`"
+ # TODO classpath?
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ]; then
+ javaExecutable="`which javac`"
+ if [ -n "$javaExecutable" ] && ! [ "`expr \"$javaExecutable\" : '\([^ ]*\)'`" = "no" ]; then
+ # readlink(1) is not available as standard on Solaris 10.
+ readLink=`which readlink`
+ if [ ! `expr "$readLink" : '\([^ ]*\)'` = "no" ]; then
+ if $darwin ; then
+ javaHome="`dirname \"$javaExecutable\"`"
+ javaExecutable="`cd \"$javaHome\" && pwd -P`/javac"
+ else
+ javaExecutable="`readlink -f \"$javaExecutable\"`"
+ fi
+ javaHome="`dirname \"$javaExecutable\"`"
+ javaHome=`expr "$javaHome" : '\(.*\)/bin'`
+ JAVA_HOME="$javaHome"
+ export JAVA_HOME
+ fi
+ fi
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+ if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+ if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
+ # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
+ JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java"
+ else
+ JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
+ fi
+ else
+ JAVACMD="`which java`"
+ fi
+fi
+
+if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+ echo "Error: JAVA_HOME is not defined correctly." >&2
+ echo " We cannot execute $JAVACMD" >&2
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+ echo "Warning: JAVA_HOME environment variable is not set."
+fi
+
+CLASSWORLDS_LAUNCHER=org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher
+
+# traverses directory structure from process work directory to filesystem root
+# first directory with .mvn subdirectory is considered project base directory
+find_maven_basedir() {
+
+ if [ -z "$1" ]
+ then
+ echo "Path not specified to find_maven_basedir"
+ return 1
+ fi
+
+ basedir="$1"
+ wdir="$1"
+ while [ "$wdir" != '/' ] ; do
+ if [ -d "$wdir"/.mvn ] ; then
+ basedir=$wdir
+ break
+ fi
+ # workaround for JBEAP-8937 (on Solaris 10/Sparc)
+ if [ -d "${wdir}" ]; then
+ wdir=`cd "$wdir/.."; pwd`
+ fi
+ # end of workaround
+ done
+ echo "${basedir}"
+}
+
+# concatenates all lines of a file
+concat_lines() {
+ if [ -f "$1" ]; then
+ echo "$(tr -s '\n' ' ' < "$1")"
+ fi
+}
+
+BASE_DIR=`find_maven_basedir "$(pwd)"`
+if [ -z "$BASE_DIR" ]; then
+ exit 1;
+fi
+
+export MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=${MAVEN_BASEDIR:-"$BASE_DIR"}
+echo $MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR
+MAVEN_OPTS="$(concat_lines "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/jvm.config") $MAVEN_OPTS"
+
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin; then
+ [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
+ M2_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$M2_HOME"`
+ [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
+ JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA_HOME"`
+ [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
+ CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CLASSPATH"`
+ [ -n "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR" ] &&
+ MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=`cygpath --path --windows "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR"`
+fi
+
+WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
+
+exec "$JAVACMD" \
+ $MAVEN_OPTS \
+ -classpath "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar" \
+ "-Dmaven.home=${M2_HOME}" "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=${MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR}" \
+ ${WRAPPER_LAUNCHER} $MAVEN_CONFIG "$@"
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-frontend/mvnw.cmd b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-frontend/mvnw.cmd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..019bd74d76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-frontend/mvnw.cmd
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+@REM or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+@REM distributed with this work for additional information
+@REM regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+@REM to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+@REM "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+@REM with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@REM
+@REM http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@REM
+@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+@REM software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+@REM "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+@REM KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+@REM specific language governing permissions and limitations
+@REM under the License.
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Maven2 Start Up Batch script
+@REM
+@REM Required ENV vars:
+@REM JAVA_HOME - location of a JDK home dir
+@REM
+@REM Optional ENV vars
+@REM M2_HOME - location of maven2's installed home dir
+@REM MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO - set to 'on' to enable the echoing of the batch commands
+@REM MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE - set to 'on' to wait for a key stroke before ending
+@REM MAVEN_OPTS - parameters passed to the Java VM when running Maven
+@REM e.g. to debug Maven itself, use
+@REM set MAVEN_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000
+@REM MAVEN_SKIP_RC - flag to disable loading of mavenrc files
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@REM Begin all REM lines with '@' in case MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO is 'on'
+@echo off
+@REM enable echoing my setting MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO to 'on'
+@if "%MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%" == "on" echo %MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%
+
+@REM set %HOME% to equivalent of $HOME
+if "%HOME%" == "" (set "HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%")
+
+@REM Execute a user defined script before this one
+if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPre
+@REM check for pre script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat"
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd"
+:skipRcPre
+
+@setlocal
+
+set ERROR_CODE=0
+
+@REM To isolate internal variables from possible post scripts, we use another setlocal
+@setlocal
+
+@REM ==== START VALIDATION ====
+if not "%JAVA_HOME%" == "" goto OkJHome
+
+echo.
+echo Error: JAVA_HOME not found in your environment. >&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
+echo location of your Java installation. >&2
+echo.
+goto error
+
+:OkJHome
+if exist "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo Error: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory. >&2
+echo JAVA_HOME = "%JAVA_HOME%" >&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
+echo location of your Java installation. >&2
+echo.
+goto error
+
+@REM ==== END VALIDATION ====
+
+:init
+
+@REM Find the project base dir, i.e. the directory that contains the folder ".mvn".
+@REM Fallback to current working directory if not found.
+
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%MAVEN_BASEDIR%
+IF NOT "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%"=="" goto endDetectBaseDir
+
+set EXEC_DIR=%CD%
+set WDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
+:findBaseDir
+IF EXIST "%WDIR%"\.mvn goto baseDirFound
+cd ..
+IF "%WDIR%"=="%CD%" goto baseDirNotFound
+set WDIR=%CD%
+goto findBaseDir
+
+:baseDirFound
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%WDIR%
+cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
+goto endDetectBaseDir
+
+:baseDirNotFound
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
+cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
+
+:endDetectBaseDir
+
+IF NOT EXIST "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config" goto endReadAdditionalConfig
+
+@setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion
+for /F "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config") do set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=!JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS! %%a
+@endlocal & set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=%JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS%
+
+:endReadAdditionalConfig
+
+SET MAVEN_JAVA_EXE="%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe"
+
+set WRAPPER_JAR="%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.jar"
+set WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
+
+%MAVEN_JAVA_EXE% %JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS% %MAVEN_OPTS% %MAVEN_DEBUG_OPTS% -classpath %WRAPPER_JAR% "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%" %WRAPPER_LAUNCHER% %MAVEN_CONFIG% %*
+if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
+goto end
+
+:error
+set ERROR_CODE=1
+
+:end
+@endlocal & set ERROR_CODE=%ERROR_CODE%
+
+if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPost
+@REM check for post script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat"
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd"
+:skipRcPost
+
+@REM pause the script if MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE is set to 'on'
+if "%MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE%" == "on" pause
+
+if "%MAVEN_TERMINATE_CMD%" == "on" exit %ERROR_CODE%
+
+exit /B %ERROR_CODE%
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-frontend/pom.xml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-frontend/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2231556149
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-frontend/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+
+
+ 4.0.0
+
+
+ com.baeldung.spring.cloud
+ spring-cloud-kubernetes
+ 1.0-SNAPSHOT
+
+ demo-frontend
+
+
+
+ UTF-8
+ UTF-8
+ 1.8
+
+
+
+
+ org.springframework.boot
+ spring-boot-starter-web
+
+
+
+ org.springframework.boot
+ spring-boot-starter-test
+ test
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ org.springframework.boot
+ spring-boot-maven-plugin
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-frontend/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/kubernetes/frontend/KubernetesFrontendApplication.java b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-frontend/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/kubernetes/frontend/KubernetesFrontendApplication.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..635a79e8bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-frontend/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/kubernetes/frontend/KubernetesFrontendApplication.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package com.baeldung.spring.cloud.kubernetes.frontend;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
+
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+
+@RestController
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class KubernetesFrontendApplication {
+
+ public static void main(String[] args) {
+ SpringApplication.run(KubernetesFrontendApplication.class, args);
+ }
+
+ @GetMapping
+ public String helloWorld() throws UnknownHostException {
+
+ RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate();
+ String resourceUrl
+ = "http://demo-backend:8080";
+ ResponseEntity response
+ = restTemplate.getForEntity(resourceUrl, String.class);
+ return "Message from backend is: " + response.getBody();
+ }
+}
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-frontend/src/main/resources/application.properties b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-frontend/src/main/resources/application.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bafddced85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-frontend/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+server.port=8081
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-frontend/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/kubernetes/frontend/KubernetesFrontendApplicationTests.java b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-frontend/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/kubernetes/frontend/KubernetesFrontendApplicationTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e34eb45f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/demo-frontend/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/kubernetes/frontend/KubernetesFrontendApplicationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package com.baeldung.spring.cloud.kubernetes.frontend;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
+
+@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
+@SpringBootTest
+public class KubernetesFrontendApplicationTests {
+
+ @Test
+ public void contextLoads() {
+ }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/object-configurations/backend-deployment.yaml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/object-configurations/backend-deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a7e26a6ec5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/object-configurations/backend-deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+kind: Service
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata:
+ name: demo-backend
+spec:
+ selector:
+ app: demo-backend
+ tier: backend
+ ports:
+ - protocol: TCP
+ port: 8080
+ type: ClusterIP
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+ name: demo-backend
+spec:
+ selector:
+ matchLabels:
+ app: demo-backend
+ tier: backend
+ replicas: 3
+ template:
+ metadata:
+ labels:
+ app: demo-backend
+ tier: backend
+ spec:
+ containers:
+ - name: demo-backend
+ image: demo-backend:latest
+ imagePullPolicy: Never
+ ports:
+ - containerPort: 8080
+
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/object-configurations/frontend-deployment.yaml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/object-configurations/frontend-deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bf44dce21c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/object-configurations/frontend-deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+kind: Service
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata:
+ name: demo-frontend
+spec:
+ selector:
+ app: demo-frontend
+ ports:
+ - protocol: TCP
+ port: 8081
+ nodePort: 30001
+ type: NodePort
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+ name: demo-frontend
+spec:
+ selector:
+ matchLabels:
+ app: demo-frontend
+ replicas: 3
+ template:
+ metadata:
+ labels:
+ app: demo-frontend
+ spec:
+ containers:
+ - name: demo-frontend
+ image: demo-frontend:latest
+ imagePullPolicy: Never
+ ports:
+ - containerPort: 8081
+
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/pom.xml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e34de5a14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+
+
+
+ com.baeldung.spring.cloud
+ spring-cloud-kubernetes
+ 1.0-SNAPSHOT
+ pom
+
+
+ demo-frontend
+ demo-backend
+
+
+
+ parent-boot-5
+ com.baeldung
+ 0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
+ ../../parent-boot-5
+
+ 4.0.0
+
+
+
+
\ No newline at end of file