Understanding GKE

Google is the inventor of Kubernetes and, to this date, the driving force behind it. You would therefore expect that Google has a compelling offering around hosted Kubernetes.

Let’s have a peek into it now. To continue, you need to either have an existing account with Google Cloud or create a test account here: https://console.cloud.google.com/freetrial. Proceed with the following steps:

1. In the main menu, select Kubernetes Engine. The first time you do that, it will take a few moments until the Kubernetes engine is initialized.
2. Next, create a new project and name it massai-mara; this may take a moment.
3. Once this is ready, we can create a cluster by clicking on Create Cluster in the popup.
4. On the Cluster basics tab, enter the cluster name as animals-cluster and select the region closest to you. In the author’s case, this is europe-west1. Then click NEXT: NETWORKING.
5. Leave all settings at their default values and click NEXT:...