Challenge 1: Provision a GKE Cluster

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Introduction

We begin our journey by creating the Kubernetes cluster that will run our new containerized application. We’ll be using GKE: Google Kubernetes Engine and will show you how quick and simple it is to create a fully managed Kubernetes cluster.

Description

In this challenge, you will create a single Standard GKE cluster as per these specifications:

  • An initial node pool of machine type: n1-standard-2
  • An initial node pool size of 3
  • Located in a GCP zone near you

Note Although you can create this cluster using the Google Cloud Console UI, we encourage you to explore and figure out how to create clusters using the gcloud CLI tool.

Note Creating a cluster will take 5-7 minutes.

Success Criteria

  • Show your coach that you’re using the correct machine sizes in your node pool
  • Verify that you can connect to your cluster with the kubectl CLI tool and output a list of all nodes.

Learning Resources

Tips

  • Keep in mind that you need to get the credentials to connect kubectl to your cluster.

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