GKE Standard deployment

As with any other service in Google Cloud, the Kubernetes Engine API must be enabled before using the service. Once the API is enabled, we can proceed with our Kubernetes cluster creation. As mentioned, a GKE deployment can be created with two modes—Autopilot and Standard. We will choose the Standard mode, but we encourage you to try both ways during the learning phase.

Cloud Console

We start with Cloud Console in GKE:

Figure 5.12 – Initial GKE cluster creation selection popup

If you are still unsure which GKE cluster mode you should choose, the following screenshot will help you decide:

Figure 5.13 – Shortened GKE cluster comparison

Both architectures were described in the previous section about GKE architecture. Now, proceed as follows:

1. In Cloud Console, we need to provide the name of the cluster.
2. A quite important decision is whether the GKE cluster deployment is zonal...