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J. BartlettCloud Native Applications with Docker and Kuberneteshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8876-4_6

6. Getting Started with Kubernetes

Jonathan Bartlett1  
(1)
Tulsa, OK, USA
 

Before we start covering the theory of Kubernetes in Chapter 8, this chapter will get you up and running with a real, live Kubernetes cluster. If I start talking about Kubernetes theory first, it tends to be pretty meaningless. If you start with some concrete Kubernetes usage, then, when I start talking about the theory, you will have a more concrete grasp of how things go together.

We are going to use Linode to create the cluster, because Linode’s Kubernetes service is easy, low-cost, ...

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