Installing and Configuring Kubernetes Clusters

This chapter introduces the different configurations of Kubernetes, which is the first step toward working with Kubernetes. We’ll get our hands dirty by setting up a Kubernetes cluster with a single worker node and then multiple worker nodes. This chapter familiarizes you with Kubernetes installations, which is one of the key skills that will serve in your daily job as a Kubernetes administrator.

In this chapter, we’re going to cover the following topics:

• Hands-on Kubernetes tooling
• Installing and configuring a Kubernetes cluster
• Using minikube to set up a single node Kubernetes cluster
• Using kubeadm to install a basic Kubernetes cluster
• Setting up a highly available cluster with kubeadm