appendix A. Setting up a test Kubernetes cluster

A full production-capable Kubernetes cluster is a very complex system consisting of multiple components that must be installed and configured based on your particular needs. How to deploy and maintain Kubernetes in production goes way beyond the focus of this book and is covered elsewhere.

Luckily for us, there are several projects that handle the configuration complexity and allow running Kubernetes locally with a single CLI command. Running Kubernetes locally on your laptop is useful to get your hands dirty with Kubernetes and prepare you for completing the exercises in this book. To the extent possible, all the exercises will utilize a cluster running on your laptop using an application called ...

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