3: Getting Kubernetes
This chapter shows a couple of ways to get a Kubernetes cluster you can use to follow the hands-on examples throughout the book.
You’ll learn how to:
- Create a Kubernetes cluster on your laptop (free)
- Create a hosted Kubernetes cluster in the cloud (costs money)
There are lots of ways to get Kubernetes, and we can’t cover them all. However, I’ve hand-picked two that are easy and will allow you to follow most of the examples in the book. You can use other clusters, but some of the hands-on examples may have small and subtle differences.
The laptop example builds a single-node Kubernetes cluster in Docker Desktop. I recommend this option for most readers, as it’s free1, and you can follow almost all the examples.
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