GoFiber Starter Stack

🚀 A production-ready Go Fiber microservices template with multiple deployment options, featuring Redis clustering, MySQL database, comprehensive monitoring, and observability solutions.

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🎯 What This Repository Offers

This repository provides a complete microservices stack built with Go Fiber that can be deployed using either:

• 🐳 Docker Compose - For local development and simple deployments
• ☸️ Kubernetes with Helm - For production-ready cloud deployments

🌟 Key Features

• Go Fiber API Gateway - High-performance HTTP framework with built-in middleware
• Redis Cluster - Master-slave replication with Redis Sentinel for high availability
• MySQL Database - Relational database with GORM ORM integration
• Comprehensive Monitoring Stack:
  • Prometheus - Metrics collection and monitoring
  • Grafana - Data visualization and dashboards
  • Loki & Promtail - Log aggregation and querying (Kubernetes only)
• Redis Insight - Redis GUI for database management
• Go Swagger Documentation - Auto-generated API documentation
• Prometheus Auto Service Discovery - Automatic service monitoring (Kubernetes only)

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🚀 Quick Start

Choose your deployment method:

🐳 Docker Compose (Local Development)

Perfect for local development, testing, and simple deployments.

📖 Click here for Docker Compose Documentation

# Quick start with Docker Compose
git clone https://github.com/XDcobra/gofiber-starter-stack.git
cd gofiber-starter-stack
make docker-start

☸️ Kubernetes with Helm (Production)

Enterprise-ready deployment with advanced features like log aggregation and auto service discovery.

📖 Click here for Kubernetes/Helm Documentation

# Quick start with Kubernetes
git clone https://github.com/XDcobra/gofiber-starter-stack.git
cd gofiber-starter-stack/charts/gofiber-starter-stack
helm install gofiber-starter-stack .

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🏗️ Architecture Overview

┌─────────────────┐    ┌─────────────────┐    ┌─────────────────┐
│   API Gateway   │    │     Grafana     │    │   Prometheus    │
│   (Go Fiber)    │    │   (Port 3000)   │    │   (Port 9090)   │
│   (Port 8000)   │    │                 │    │                 │
└─────────────────┘    └─────────────────┘    └─────────────────┘
         │                       │                       │
         └───────────────────────┼───────────────────────┘
                                 │
         ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
         │              Redis Cluster                      │
         │  ┌─────────┐ ┌─────────┐ ┌─────────┐ ┌─────────┐ │
         │  │  Master │ │  Slave  │ │Sentinel1│ │Sentinel2│ │
         │  │ (6379)  │ │ (6379)  │ │ (26379) │ │ (26380) │ │
         │  └─────────┘ └─────────┘ └─────────┘ └─────────┘ │
         │                    │                    │         │
         │              ┌─────────┐         ┌─────────┐     │
         │              │Sentinel3│         │Redis    │     │
         │              │(26381)  │         │Insight  │     │
         │              └─────────┘         │(5540)   │     │
         └──────────────────────────────────┴─────────┴─────┘
                                 │
         ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
         │              MySQL Database                     │
         │              (Port 3306)                        │
         └─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

         ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
         │              Loki & Promtail                   │
         │              (Kubernetes Only)                 │
         │  ┌─────────┐ ┌─────────┐ ┌─────────┐           │
         │  │  Loki   │ │Promtail1│ │Promtail2│           │
         │  │ (3100)  │ │         │ │         │           │
         │  └─────────┘ └─────────┘ └─────────┘           │
         └─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

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📋 Prerequisites

For Docker Compose

• Docker and Docker Compose
• Go 1.24.4 or higher
• Git

For Kubernetes/Helm

• Kubernetes cluster (minikube, kind, or cloud provider)
• Helm 3.x
• kubectl configured
• Ingress controller (nginx-ingress recommended)

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🔧 API Endpoints

Health Check

• GET / - API health check

Redis Operations

• GET /redis/ping - Redis connection test
• GET /redis/get - Get value from Redis
• POST /redis/post - Set value in Redis

MySQL Operations

• GET /mysql/get/:id - Get record by ID
• POST /mysql/post - Create new record

Documentation & Monitoring

• GET /swagger/* - Swagger API documentation
• GET /metrics - Prometheus metrics endpoint

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🔐 Security Features

Both deployment methods include:

• Authentication for monitoring dashboards (Prometheus, Grafana)
• Database security with configurable credentials
• Service isolation and network security
• Environment-based configuration management

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📊 Monitoring & Observability

Docker Compose

• Prometheus metrics collection
• Grafana dashboards
• Basic logging

Kubernetes/Helm

• Enhanced monitoring with auto service discovery
• Centralized logging with Loki & Promtail
• Advanced dashboards and alerting
• Service mesh ready architecture

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🚀 Production Deployment

Docker Compose

• Suitable for small to medium deployments
• Easy to set up and maintain
• Good for development and testing environments

Kubernetes/Helm

• Enterprise-grade scalability and reliability
• Auto-scaling and load balancing
• Advanced monitoring and logging
• Multi-environment support (dev, staging, prod)

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🤝 Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

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📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

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🙏 Acknowledgments

• Go Fiber - Fast HTTP framework
• GORM - Go ORM library
• Redis - In-memory data store
• Prometheus - Monitoring system
• Grafana - Data visualization
• Loki - Log aggregation
• Helm - Kubernetes package
• Go Swagger - Swagger for GoFiber

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📞 Support

If you have any questions or need help, please open an issue on GitHub.