Practical Kubernetes with kubectl and Minikube Setup

Setup

By the end of this setup, you will be ready to begin working with Kubernetes using kubectl and Minikube.

For virtual machine users

If you are using a GA provided virtual machine, good news! Your environment is already set up, and you can proceed to the main lesson content. No further action is required.

For students installing locally

If you are setting up Kubernetes tools on your own machine, follow the steps below to prepare your environment.

1. Install kubectl

kubectl is the command-line tool used to interact with Kubernetes clusters. Install it by following the official kubectl installation instructions.

2. Configure kubectl (Optional)

kubectl needs to be configured to communicate with a Kubernetes cluster by setting up different contexts. However, for this lesson, no configuration is needed as everything is pre-configured in the provided materials.

For future reference, you can learn about configuring kubectl by following these instructions.