Kubernetes: Provisioning with Cluster API
1h 8mIntermediate2023-09-20
Authors

Carlos Nunez
Cloud and Software Consultant | Field Engineer at VMware
Course details
Cluster API is a Kubernetes subproject focused on providing declarative APIs and tooling to simplify the process of provisioning, upgrading, and operating multiple Kubernetes clusters. In this course, cloud and software consultant Carlos Nunez provides a focused reference describing how to provision Kubernetes clusters with Cluster API. Explore the challenges of installing Kubernetes and its prerequisites: Docker and kubectl. Along the way, Carlos shows you how to deploy Kubernetes declaratively with Cluster API, including downloading the management tool clusterctl, creating the Cluster API management cluster, initializing the Docker provider, joining a workload cluster into the management cluster, installing and configuring a Container Network Interface, and performing smoke tests for QA as you go.
Skills covered
KubernetesDevOps ToolsDevOpsOpen SourceDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Provisioning Kubernetes with Cluster API
- 02 - What you should know
1. Why Is Installing Kubernetes So Hard
- 03 - Kubernetes at a glance
- 04 - Challenges of provisioning Kubernetes clusters
- 05 - Simplifying Kubernetes provisioning with tools
2. Installing Prerequisites
- 06 - Install Docker on a Mac with Docker Desktop
- 07 - Install Docker on Windows with Docker Desktop
- 08 - Install Docker on Linux
- 09 - Installing kubectl
3. Deploying Kubernetes Declaratively with Cluster API
- 10 - What is Cluster API
- 11 - Downloading Cluster API tooling
- 12 - Creating the Cluster API management cluster
- 13 - Initializing the Docker provider
- 14 - Joining a workload cluster into the management cluster
- 15 - Configure networking
- 16 - Smoke testing the cluster
- 17 - Cleaning up
Conclusion
- 18 - Wrapping up
- 19 - Choosing a strategy
- 20 - Consider a managed Kubernetes offering
- 21 - Consider an enterprise Kubernetes offering
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