LAB Introduction to Kubernetes Engine

LAB: Introduction to Kubernetes Engine

Task:

• Login into the GCP Console.
• Starting Cloud Shell.
• Creating a basic python application.
• Building a docker image.
• Creating a cluster with 2 nodes and deploying the image.
• Testing the API.

Solution

Login to Google Console , and Click on Kubernetes Engine icon.

Click on the Cloud Shell icon in the top right corner as shown below

The Cloud Shell window will load at the bottom of your screen. Set the Project ID variable

to your assigned Project ID, which we will use later in the commands, instead of re-writing the project id every time, we can re-use using avariable. Replace <username> with the User name.

export project_id=<project_id>

export username=<username>

export app_name=gke-app

export cluster_name=dclessons-cluster

export deployment_name=dclessons-deployment

export service_name=gke-app-service

Enter the below command to create a directory named gke-app.

mkdir gke-app

Enter the below command to change the directory to your created directory.

cd gke-app

 Enter the below command to create a file dclessonsapp.py and open it in a text editor.

Nano  dclessonsapp.py