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DevOps Foundations: Code Your Infrastructure with Kubernetes

In this lab, you’ll practice the basics of working with Kubernetes. When you’re finished, you’ll have the skills necessary to create a basic cluster with a web server that you can access.

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Level
Clock icon Beginner
Duration
Clock icon 55m
Published
Clock icon Aug 27, 2024

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Get Started in the Lab Environment

    Here are the initial instructions and explanation of the lab environment. Read this while your environment is busy creating itself from nothing. Yes, this violates physics; we know. How fun!

  2. Challenge

    Run Basic Commands with MiniKube and Kubectl

    There are two components to the Kubernetes installation you're going to work with in this challenge–the Kubernetes host, which is called Minikube, and the control interface, called kubectl. This will give introduce you to the basics of working with Kubernetes.

  3. Challenge

    Create a Basic Cluster with Minikube and Kubectl

    Now that you've got the basic commands working with Minikube and kubectl, it's time to actually create something. One of the most common use cases for working with Kubernetes is creating a web farm, and you'll use nginx as the base image.

  4. Challenge

    Apply a Configuration Using Kubectl

    Working directly at the command line only goes so far. Here, you are going to define the configuration in a YAML file.

  5. Challenge

    Expose the Application to the World Using a Service

    You now have a web-server container running inside Kubernetes, but it has no access to the outside world. You will expose it using a service by modifying the YAML file.

Chris B. Behrens is a writer, speaker and software developer, specializing in DevOps. He has been a developer and architect for more than twenty years focusing on small to medium size companies and the development changes they face.

What's a lab?

Hands-on Labs are real environments created by industry experts to help you learn. These environments help you gain knowledge and experience, practice without compromising your system, test without risk, destroy without fear, and let you learn from your mistakes. Hands-on Labs: practice your skills before delivering in the real world.

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We will provide the credentials and environment necessary for you to practice right within your browser.

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Follow along with the author’s guided walkthrough and build something new in your provided environment!

Did you know?

On average, you retain 75% more of your learning if you get time for practice.