Up and running with K8s
Kubernetes is the premier technology for deploying and manage large apps. In this article, we’ll get up and running with K8s on your local machine. Then you’ll Deploy your first app. Finally, you’ll see the top K8s commands to know.
If you’re new to Kubernetes, check out my previous article to learn fundamental K8s concepts.
Let’s set sail! ⛵️
Until recently, Minikube was the primary means of creating a local, single-node Kubernetes cluster. It works on Mac, Windows, and Linux. Minikube runs inside a virtual environment with drivers for many different virtual environments. It also has an extensive API. However, when using Minikube with VirtualBox, I found it to be slow and buggy.
If you are playing with K8s locally on a Mac or Windows machine, I recommend you use the K8s version that comes with Docker Desktop. It uses HyperKit as its virtual environment. I found it to be a breath of fresh air. 🌷
If you’re using a Linux machine with K8s locally, check out MicroK8s. It’s lightweight and uses a snap instead of a virtual environment.
For this article, I’m running K8s v1.13.0 from Docker Desktop CE, Edge version in April 2019.
