Run JetBrains Goland in the Browser with Kubernetes: Step‑by‑Step Guide

Many cloud‑native developers use a MacBook with Goland, but limited hardware often forces a switch to VSCode. JetBrains now provides a web version of Goland via Projector, which can be run in a Linux environment.

The official Docker image registry.jetbrains.team/p/prj/containers/projector-goland can be deployed on Kubernetes. First create a PersistentVolumeClaim and a Deployment/Service using the following manifest:

# projector-goland.yaml
kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
apiVersion: v1
metadata:
  name: project-data
spec:
  accessModes:
    - ReadWriteOnce
  resources:
    requests:
      storage: 100Gi
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: projector-goland
  labels:
    app: projector-goland
spec:
  replicas: 1
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: projector-goland
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: projector-goland
    spec:
      containers:
        - name: projector-goland
          image: registry.jetbrains.team/p/prj/containers/projector-goland
          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
          volumeMounts:
            - mountPath: /etc/localtime
              name: localtime
            - mountPath: /home/projector-user
              name: project-data
      imagePullSecrets:
        - name: regcred
      volumes:
        - name: localtime
          hostPath:
            path: /etc/localtime
        - name: project-data
          persistentVolumeClaim:
            claimName: project-data
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: projector-goland
  labels:
    app: projector-goland
spec:
  selector:
    app: projector-goland
  ports:
    - protocol: TCP
      name: http
      port: 80
      targetPort: 8887

Apply the manifest: $ kubectl apply -f projector-goland.yaml Verify the pod and service:

$ kubectl get pod -l app=projector-goland
$ kubectl get svc -l app=projector-goland

Once the Service IP is reachable, open the Goland web UI, import your local settings (exported as settings.zip) via Configure → Import Settings , and copy the archive into the container:

$ kubectl cp settings.zip projector-goland-xxxx:/home/projector-user/settings.zip

Configure the Go SDK inside the web IDE. Because the official image lacks a Go SDK, download it on the host and copy it into the container:

$ wget https://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/golang/go1.16.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz
$ kubectl cp go1.16.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz projector-goland-xxxx:/home/projector-user/
$ kubectl exec -it projector-goland-xxxx -- bash
$ mkdir sdk && tar zxvf go1.16.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz -C sdk

In the web IDE, set GOROOT to the extracted SDK path, enable Go modules, and apply the changes. After restarting the container, the Goland web version is ready for use, even on an iPad.