From Laptop to Cluster: Running darkedges-entraid-tokenexchange with Docker and Kubernetes

I wanted one clean deployment path for local testing and real cluster rollout, so I packaged the same app for both Docker Compose and Kubernetes (Helm). This post is the exact runbook I now use for darkedges-entraid-tokenexchange . Why this setup works This app is a Next.js token-exchange broker with: OIDC sign-in (single or multiple providers) Redis-backed sessions Entra token exchange support Optional Vault integration The key idea is simple: run the same container image everywhere, then swap