added some comments and refactored idempotency

kind-with-registry.sh

@@ -5,11 +5,19 @@ export PATH=$PATH:$(go env GOPATH)/bin
 reg_name="kind-registry"
 reg_port="5001"
 
+# Build utility image if it doesn't already exist
+if [ "$(podman image list --format='{{.Repository}}:{{.Tag}}' 2>/dev/null | cut -d/ -f2 | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | egrep 'utility:latest')" != 'utility:latest' ]; then
+       	podman build -t utility .
+fi
+
+# Deploy local registry container
 if [ "$(podman inspect -f '{{.State.Running}}' ${reg_name} 2>/dev/null || true)" != 'true' ]; then
 	podman run -d -p "127.0.0.1:${reg_port}:5000" --name "${reg_name}" registry:2
 fi
 
-kind get clusters -q | egrep '^ek-demo$' >/dev/null || cat <<EOF | kind create cluster -n ek-demo --image kindest/node:v1.24.15 --kubeconfig .kube/config --config=-
+# Create cluster, with ingress and registry patches
+if [ ! "$(kind get clusters -q | egrep '^ek-demo$' >/dev/nulli)" ]; then
+	cat <<-EOF | kind create cluster -n ek-demo --image kindest/node:v1.24.15 --kubeconfig .kube/config --config=-
 	kind: Cluster
 	apiVersion: kind.x-k8s.io/v1alpha4
 	containerdConfigPatches:
@@ -35,7 +43,9 @@ nodes:
 	- role: worker
 	- role: worker
 	EOF
+fi
 
+# Add registry to each node
 REGISTRY_DIR="/etc/containerd/certs.d/localhost:${reg_port}"
 for node in $(kind get nodes -q --name staticweb); do
   podman exec "${node}" mkdir -p "${REGISTRY_DIR}"

kind.yaml

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-kind: Cluster
-apiVersion: kind.x-k8s.io/v1alpha4
-nodes:
-- role: control-plane
-- role: worker
-- role: worker
-- role: worker