Chapter 2. First steps with Docker and Kubernetes
This chapter covers
- Creating, running, and sharing a container image with Docker
- Running a single-node Kubernetes cluster locally
- Setting up a Kubernetes cluster on Google Kubernetes Engine
- Setting up and using the kubectl command-line client
- Deploying an app on Kubernetes and scaling it horizontally
Before you start learning about Kubernetes concepts in detail, let’s see how to create a simple application, package it into a container image, and run it in a managed Kubernetes cluster (in Google Kubernetes Engine) or in a local single-node cluster. This should give you a slightly better overview of the whole Kubernetes system and will make it easier to follow the next few chapters, where we’ll ...
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