Technical requirements

To containerize applications, we need to set up a development environment and install Docker and Kubernetes tools. We'll learn how to do this in the following sections.

Installing Docker

Docker is an open source platform for developing, shipping, and running applications. Docker runtime is needed when working with Docker containers. To install Docker for the respective operating system, download it from the following link:

https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/

Once the Docker runtime has been installed, you can verify installation by running the following command:

docker --version 	  

This command lists the version number of the Docker runtime.

Installing the Kubernetes CLI

The Kubernetes CLI is a command-line tool that allows you to run commands against Kubernetes clusters. You can use kubectl commands to manage clusters, create deployments, deploy pods and services, and so on.

You can install kubectl on Windows by...