Introduction

Start local cluster

minikube start

Check kubernetes version

kubectl version

Check nodes

kubectl get nodes

Create a deployment using image primetimetran/micro-client

kubectl create deployment hello-world --image=primetimetran/micro-client

View status of deployments

kubectl get deployments

Open proxy to cluster from host

echo -e "\n\n\n\e[92mStarting Proxy. After starting it will not output a response. Please click the first Terminal Tab\n";
kubectl proxy

Check if proxy allows access to cluster VPN via host machine

curl http://localhost:8001/version

View pod status

kubectl get pods

Setup POD_NAME env variable to check namespace momentarily

export POD_NAME=

curl http://localhost:8001/api/v1/namespaces/default/pods/$POD_NAME/

kubectl get pods

View more detailed information about pods

kubectl describe pods

curl http://localhost:8001/api/v1/namespaces/default/pods/$POD_NAME/proxy/

View logs from pod

kubectl logs $POD_NAME

Execute commands on POD_NAME

kubectl exec $POD_NAME -- env

Open shell to POD_NAME

kubectl exec -ti $POD_NAME -- /bin/sh

Expose

k get pods

kubectl get services

Expose deployment deployment/hello-world on port 80 to host machine

kubectl expose deployment/hello-world --type="NodePort" --port 80