Containers MachaOn Projects

The Containers MachaOn Projects are designed to facilitate the development, packaging, and deployment of containerized MachaOn implementations. These projects allow applications to be run locally as standalone services, while also being ready for deployment to containerized environments like Docker, Kubernetes, or other container orchestration platforms.

Containers provide a consistent and isolated runtime environment, simplifying how applications are built, tested, and deployed. By adopting containerization for MachaOn projects, we aim to:

  1. Standardize Deployment:

    • Ensures that applications run consistently across environments (local, staging, production, etc.).
    • Reduces dependency management issues by packaging the application and its environment together.

  2. Improved Developer Experience:

    • Local development with containers allows developers to test standalone applications without needing to set up complex external dependencies manually.
    • Quick startup and easy teardown of the application.

  3. Scalability:

    • Containerized implementations are scalable by design and can be deployed to modern platforms like AWS ECS, Kubernetes, or other container orchestrators.

  4. Modularity:

    • Each MachaOn project functions as an independent container, making it easier to compose modular architectures for microservices or larger systems.

  5. Cloud-Native Ready:

    • Containers make MachaOn projects cloud-native, leveraging the benefits of containerized hosting solutions provided by AWS, Azure, GCP, and others.

Core Features of Containers MachaOn Projects

The Containers MachaOn projects are aimed at empowering developers and teams with:

  1. Containerized Build:

    • Provides Dockerfiles and build scripts to containerize MachaOn projects easily.
    • Ensures lightweight container images optimized for deployment efficiency.

  2. Local Development Support:

    • Applications can be run locally using Docker as standalone services, enabling quicker iteration cycles without requiring a full cloud deployment.

  3. Simplified Deployment Pipeline:

    • Integration-ready with container registries (e.g., DockerHub, ECR, GCR) for CI/CD pipelines.

  4. Predefined Configurations:

    • Includes base configurations and templates to support Docker Compose for running multiple containerized services locally.

Structure of a Containers MachaOn Project

Each project provides:

  1. Dockerfile:

    • Script to define the containerized build process for a specific MachaOn project.

  2. docker-compose.yml (optional):

    • A Compose file to orchestrate multi-container setups locally for projects with dependencies such as databases, message queues, or additional services.

Current Projects under Containers MachaOn

MachaOn-C1

The MachaOn-C1 project is the first container-ready implementation under the Containers MachaOn umbrella. It provides:

  • FastAPI-based backend for core services like user login, registration, and order management.
  • Support for JWT-based authentication.
  • Integration with Commercetools for backend data handling.

See the MachaOn-C1 page for detailed architecture, features, and API documentation.