4: Getting Kubernetes
The goal of this chapter is to get you a lab environment so you can follow along with the examples in the book.
To do this, you’ll need all of the following:
- Docker
- kubectl
- A Kubernetes cluster
- The sample app
Installing Docker Desktop will get you Docker and kubectl. You can also enable Docker Desktop’s built-in single-node Kubernetes cluster. It’s the easiest way to get everything, but you won’t be able to use the single-node cluster for every example.
If you want to follow every example, you should install Docker Desktop and then create a multi-node Kubernetes cluster in the cloud. We’ll show you how to do this on the Civo Cloud.
There are lots of other ways to get Docker, kubectl, and a Kubernetes cluster. However, ...
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