Local Hosting

OrbStack

Local hosting via OrbStack on Apple Silicon Macs.

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Install Orbstack and jq:

bash 
brew install orbstack jq

Clone workshop repository:

bash 
git clone https://github.com/splunk/observability-workshop

Change into Orbstack directory:

bash 
cd observability-workshop/local-hosting/orbstack

Run the script and provide and instance name and SWiPE ID e.g.:

bash 
./start.sh my-instance 12345678

Once the instance has been successfully created (this can take several minutes), you will automatically be logged into the instance. If you exit you can SSH back in using the following command (replace <my_instance> with the name of your instance):

bash 
ssh splunk@<my_instance>@orb

Once in the shell, you can validate that the instance is ready by running the following command:

bash 
kubectl version --output=yaml

To get the IP address of the instance, run the following command:

bash 
ifconfig eth0

To delete the instance, run the following command:

bash 
orb delete my-instance