Technical requirements

In this chapter, we will spin up a cloud-based Kubernetes cluster – Google Kubernetes Engine – for our exercises. Currently, Google Cloud Platform provides a free $300 trial for 90 days, so you can go ahead and sign up for one at https://console.cloud.google.com/.

You will also need to clone the following GitHub repository for some of the exercises: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Modern-DevOps-Practices.

You can use the cloud shell that is available on Google Cloud to follow this chapter. Navigate to the cloud shell and start a new session. Run the following command to clone the repository inside your home directory, and cd into the ch13 directory to access the required resources:

$ git clone https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Modern-DevOps-\
Practices.git modern-devops
$ cd modern-devops/ch13

Now, in the next section, let's take a look at what is GitOps.