Local Development Best Practices: Java, Docker, Kubernetes

You can build a docker image directly from maven with docker-maven-plugin. Add to your pom.xml:

<build>
  <plugins>
    ...
    <plugin>
      <groupId>com.spotify</groupId>
      <artifactId>docker-maven-plugin</artifactId>
      <version>VERSION GOES HERE</version>
      <configuration>
        <imageName>example</imageName>
        <dockerDirectory>docker</dockerDirectory>
        <resources>
           <resource>
             <targetPath>/</targetPath>
             <directory>${project.build.directory}</directory>
             <include>${project.build.finalName}.jar</include>
           </resource>
        </resources>
      </configuration>
    </plugin>
    ...
  </plugins>
</build>

I don't know precisely your use case, but deploying a k8's cluster in your dev machine is maybe overkill. You can test your docker images with Docker compose