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Kubernetes in Practice

Setting Up Kubernetes Locally

Explore the process of setting up Kubernetes locally by installing Docker Desktop, enabling Kubernetes, and configuring kubectl. Understand the essential components required to run Kubernetes clusters on your machine to deploy and manage containerized applications effectively.

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Preparing your environment

To run any example locally, you need to have Docker and Kubernetes installed and running. If you already have that setup, feel free to skip this section. If you are not sure, you can run kubectl cluster-info to double-check:

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kubectl cluster-info
# Kubernetes master is running at https://localhost:6443
# KubeDNS is running at https://localhost:6443/api...

All the examples you will run should work the same way with a Kubernetes cluster running in a cloud provider like AWS or Google Cloud. So, feel ...