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Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800562448

Length 246 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Linux

Concepts

Shell Scripting

Author (1):

Stuart Leeks

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Introduction, Installation, and Configuration

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to the Windows Subsystem for Linux FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Installing and Configuring the Windows Subsystem for Linux

4. Chapter 3: Getting Started with Windows Terminal

5. Section 2:Windows and Linux – A Winning Combination

6. Chapter 4: Windows to Linux Interoperability

7. Chapter 5: Linux to Windows Interoperability

8. Chapter 6: Getting More from Windows Terminal

9. Chapter 7: Working with Containers in WSL

10. Chapter 8: Working with WSL Distros

11. Section 3: Developing with the Windows Subsystem for Linux

12. Chapter 9: Visual Studio Code and WSL

13. Chapter 10: Visual Studio Code and Containers

14. Chapter 11: Productivity Tips with Command-Line Tools

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Working with the Kubernetes CLI (kubectl)

When building a containerized application, Kubernetes is a common choice of container orchestrator. For an introduction to Kubernetes, see the Setting up Kubernetes in WSL section in Chapter 7, Working with Containers in WSL. Kubernetes includes a CLI called kubectl for working with Kubernetes from the command line. In this section, we will deploy a basic website in Kubernetes and then look at different ways to query information about it using kubectl.

In Chapter 7, Working with Containers in WSL, we saw how to set up Kubernetes on our local machine with Docker Desktop. Here, we will explore setting up a Kubernetes cluster using a cloud provider. The following instructions are for Azure, but if you are familiar with another cloud that has a Kubernetes service, then feel to work with that. If you want to follow along but don't already have an Azure subscription, you can sign up for a free trial at https://azure.microsoft.com/free/.

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