Hands-On Kubernetes on Windows

Installing and configuring Kubernetes prerequisites

First, ensure that Windows Server 2019 is up to date. In order to do that, use the Hyper-V terminal connection and perform the following steps:

If you do not want to use a third-party module for managing updates, you can use the sconfig command. Currently, these operations cannot be easily performed via SSH as they require a graphical user interface (GUI) interaction.

1. Open a PowerShell session, using the powershell command.
2. Install the PSWindowsUpdate custom module for managing Windows updates, as follows:

Install-Module -Name PSWindowsUpdate

3. Trigger Windows updates by running the following code (this process may take a bit of time to complete):

Get-WUInstall -AcceptAll -Install

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