Production use

.dockerignore

@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 frontend/node_modules/
-frontend/build/

backend/elasticsurgery/app.py

@@ -1,7 +1,18 @@
+from os import path
+
 from flask import Flask
 
 from . import settings
 
-app = Flask('elasticsurgery')
+
+frontend_build_dir = path.abspath(path.join(
+    path.dirname(__file__), '..', '..', 'frontend', 'build',
+))
+
+app = Flask(
+    'elasticsurgery',
+    static_folder=path.join(frontend_build_dir, 'static'),
+    template_folder=frontend_build_dir,
+)
 app.debug = settings.DEBUG
 app.secret_key = settings.SECRET_KEY

backend/elasticsurgery/views/__init__.py

@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
-from flask import jsonify
+from flask import jsonify, render_template
 
 from ..app import app
 
 
 @app.route('/ping', methods=('GET',))
 def get_ping():
     return jsonify(ping='pong')
+
+
+@app.route('/', methods=('GET',))
+def get_frontend():
+    return render_template('index.html')

kubetools.yml

@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ containerContexts:
   elasticsurgery:
     build:
       dockerfile: docker/Dockerfile
+      preBuildCommands:
+        - [rm, -rf, frontend/build/]  # remove any existing
+        - [npm, --prefix, frontend/, prune]
+        - [npm, --prefix, frontend/, install, --quiet]
+        - [npm, --prefix, frontend/, run, build]
     dev:
       volumes:
         - ./:/opt/elasticsurgery