Installing Kubernetes

There are a ridiculous number of different ways to get a Kubernetes cluster, and we’re not trying to show them all (there are probably hundreds). The methods shown here are simple, and I’ve chosen them because they’re quick and easy ways to get a Kubernetes cluster that you can follow most of the examples with.

All of the examples will work on Magic Sandbox and GKE, and most of them will work on other installations. Ingress examples and volumes may not work on platforms like Docker Desktop and Play with Kubernetes.

In this course, we’ll look at the following:

• Play with Kubernetes (PWK)
• Docker Desktop: local development cluster on your laptop
• Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE): production-grade hosted cluster