---
title: Test your Python deployment
linkTitle: Test your deployment
weight: 50
keywords: deploy, kubernetes, python
description: Learn how to develop locally using Kubernetes
aliases:
  - /language/python/deploy/
  - /guides/language/python/deploy/
---

## Prerequisites

- Complete all the previous sections of this guide, starting with [Use containers for Python development](develop.md).
- [Turn on Kubernetes](/manuals/desktop/features/kubernetes.md#install-and-turn-on-kubernetes) in Docker Desktop.

## Overview

In this section, you'll learn how to use Docker Desktop to deploy your application to a fully-featured Kubernetes environment on your development machine. This allows you to test and debug your workloads on Kubernetes locally before deploying.

## Create a Kubernetes YAML file

In your `python-docker-dev-example` directory, create a file named `docker-postgres-kubernetes.yaml`. Open the file in an IDE or text editor and add
the following contents.

```yaml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: postgres
  namespace: default
spec:
  replicas: 1
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: postgres
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: postgres
    spec:
      containers:
        - name: postgres
          image: postgres
          ports:
            - containerPort: 5432
          env:
            - name: POSTGRES_DB
              value: example
            - name: POSTGRES_USER
              value: postgres
            - name: POSTGRES_PASSWORD
              valueFrom:
                secretKeyRef:
                  name: postgres-secret
                  key: POSTGRES_PASSWORD
          volumeMounts:
            - name: postgres-data
              mountPath: /var/lib/postgresql/data
      volumes:
        - name: postgres-data
          persistentVolumeClaim:
            claimName: postgres-pvc
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: postgres
  namespace: default
spec:
  ports:
    - port: 5432
  selector:
    app: postgres
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
metadata:
  name: postgres-pvc
  namespace: default
spec:
  accessModes:
    - ReadWriteOnce
  resources:
    requests:
      storage: 1Gi
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: postgres-secret
  namespace: default
type: Opaque
data:
  POSTGRES_PASSWORD: cG9zdGdyZXNfcGFzc3dvcmQ= # Base64 encoded password (e.g., 'postgres_password')
```

In your `python-docker-dev-example` directory, create a file named
`docker-python-kubernetes.yaml`. Replace `DOCKER_USERNAME/REPO_NAME` with your
Docker username and the repository name that you created in [Configure CI/CD for
your Python application](./configure-github-actions.md).

```yaml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: docker-python-demo
  namespace: default
spec:
  replicas: 1
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      service: fastapi
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        service: fastapi
    spec:
      containers:
        - name: fastapi-service
          image: DOCKER_USERNAME/REPO_NAME
          imagePullPolicy: Always
          env:
            - name: POSTGRES_PASSWORD
              valueFrom:
                secretKeyRef:
                  name: postgres-secret
                  key: POSTGRES_PASSWORD
            - name: POSTGRES_USER
              value: postgres
            - name: POSTGRES_DB
              value: example
            - name: POSTGRES_SERVER
              value: postgres
            - name: POSTGRES_PORT
              value: "5432"
          ports:
            - containerPort: 8001
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: service-entrypoint
  namespace: default
spec:
  type: NodePort
  selector:
    service: fastapi
  ports:
    - port: 8001
      targetPort: 8001
      nodePort: 30001
```

In these Kubernetes YAML file, there are various objects, separated by the `---`:

- A Deployment, describing a scalable group of identical pods. In this case,