Google is the inventor of Kubernetes and, to this date, the driving force behind it. One would thus expect that Google has a compelling offering around hosted Kubernetes. Let's have a peek into it. To continue, you need to either have an existing account with Google Cloud or you can create a test account here at https://console.cloud.google.com/freetrial. Proceed with the following steps:
- In the main menu, select Kubernetes Engine. The first time you do that, it will take a few moments until the Kubernetes engine is initialized.
- Once this is ready, we can create a cluster by clicking on CREATE CLUSTER.
- Name the cluster as pets-cluster and leave all other settings in the Create a Kubernetes Cluster form with their default values and click on Create.
It will again take a few moments to provision the cluster for...
