3.7. Viewing the application in a web browser
After you have deployed the necessary applications and loaded data into the database, you are now ready view your application through a browser. You can get the URL for the application by retrieving the route information for the front-end application.
Prerequisites
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You have deployed the
parksmapfront-end application. -
You have deployed the
nationalparksback-end application. -
You have deployed the
mongodb-nationalparksdatabase application. -
You have loaded the data into the
mongodb-nationalparksdatabase.
Procedure
Get your route information to retrieve your map application URL by running the following command:
$ oc get route parksmapExample output
NAME HOST/PORT PATH SERVICES PORT TERMINATION WILDCARD parksmap parksmap-user-getting-started.apps.cluster.example.com parksmap 8080-tcp edge None-
From the above output, copy the value in the
HOST/PORTcolumn. Add
https://in front of the copied value to get the application URL. This is necessary because the route is a secured route.Example application URL
https://parksmap-user-getting-started.apps.cluster.example.comPaste this application URL into your web browser. Your browser should display a map of the national parks across the world.
图 3.1. National parks across the world
If you allow the application to access your location, the map will center on your location.