Summary

This chapter provided an overview of the KinD project, a Kubernetes SIG project. We covered the process of installing optional components in a KinD cluster, such as Calico for CNI and NGINX for Ingress control. Additionally, we explored the Kubernetes storage objects that are included with a KinD cluster.

You should now understand the potential benefits that KinD can bring to you and your organization. It offers a user-friendly and highly customizable Kubernetes cluster deployment and the number of clusters on a single host is only limited by the available host resources.

In the next chapter, we will dive into Kubernetes objects. We've called the next chapter Kubernetes Bootcamp since it will cover the majority of the base Kubernetes objects and what each one is used for. The next chapter can be considered a "Kubernetes pocket guide." It contains a quick reference to Kubernetes objects and what they do, as well as when to use them.

It's a packed chapter and...