This book intends to implement service mesh architecture. However, to do this, we require a Kubernetes environment in order to learn and practice the examples throughout this book. Hence, in this chapter, we will be building this environment.
Using a managed Kubernetes service prebuilt by a cloud service provider of your choice is recommended. The advantage of a managed service is the operational point of view as it eliminates the need for upgrading the software, and maintaining the operating system and infrastructure. However, you have to pay for such a service.
If you want to simply learn and practice the examples in this book without paying money to any cloud provider, we suggest that you get a prebuilt virtual machine (VM) and then complete the following in this chapter:
- Downloading your base VM
- Performing prerequisite tasks
- Building...