Google is the inventor of Kubernetes and, to this date, the driving force behind it. One would thus expect that Google has a compelling offering around hosted Kubernetes. Let's have a peek into it. To continue, you need to either have an existing account with Google Cloud or you can create a test account here at https://console.cloud.google.com/freetrial. Proceed with the following steps:
- In the main menu, select
Kubernetes Engine
. The first time you do that, it will take a few moments until the Kubernetes engine is initialized. - Once this is ready, we can create a cluster by clicking on
CREATE CLUSTER
. - Name the cluster as
pets-cluster
and leave all other settings in theCreate a Kubernetes Cluster
form with their default values and click onCreate
.
It will again take a few moments to provision the cluster for us. Once the cluster has been created, we can open the Cloud Shell. This should look similar to the following screenshot:
First Kubernetes...