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Deploy pods on Kubernetes Cluster in localhost

Pre-requisites:

Below are essentials before you start deploying containers into kubernetes cluster

  1. Install docker
  2. Install Virtual Box (Type II Hypervisor)
  3. Install Minikube (Kubernetes on local)

Verify Docker & Minikube installed correctly:

  1. To verify docker type "docker" in powershell and see if you get below options. PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> docker
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> docker Usage: docker [OPTIONS] COMMAND A self-sufficient runtime for containers Options: --config string Location of client config files (default "C:\\Users\\Jasper\\.docker") -c, --context string Name of the context to use to connect to the daemon (overrides DOCKER_HOST env var and default context set with "docker context use") 
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  1. To verify Minikube, type "minikube" in powershell and see if you get below options. PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> minikube
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> minikube minikube provisions and manages local Kubernetes clusters optimized for development workflows. Basic Commands: start Starts a local Kubernetes cluster status Gets the status of a local Kubernetes cluster stop Stops a running local Kubernetes cluster delete Deletes a local Kubernetes cluster 
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Step 1: Create Kubernetes cluster

1.create Mikikube cluster on VirtualBox VM

minikube start --driver=virtualbox 
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2.Get cluster information

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> kubectl cluster-info Kubernetes control plane is running at https://192.168.XX.XXX:8443 CoreDNS is running at https://192.168.XX.XXX:8443/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/services/kube-dns:dns/proxy To further debug and diagnose cluster problems, use 'kubectl cluster-info dump'. 
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3.get nodes

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> kubectl get nodes NAME STATUS ROLES AGE VERSION minikube Ready control-plane 13m v1.27.4 
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4.get namespaces

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> kubectl get namespaces NAME STATUS AGE default Active 14m kube-node-lease Active 14m kube-public Active 14m kube-system Active 14m 
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5.get All pods

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> kubectl get pods -A NAMESPACE NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE kube-system coredns-5d78c9869d-df2qj 1/1 Running 0 14m kube-system etcd-minikube 1/1 Running 0 14m kube-system kube-apiserver-minikube 1/1 Running 0 14m kube-system kube-controller-manager-minikube 1/1 Running 0 14m kube-system kube-proxy-8zw65 1/1 Running 0 14m kube-system kube-scheduler-minikube 1/1 Running 0 14m kube-system storage-provisioner 1/1 Running 1 (13m ago) 14m 
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