Tools

There are several tools you can use to work with Kubernetes. As the project has grown, new tools are made available, while old ones are being deprecated. Minikube is a very simple tool meant to run inside of VirtualBox. If you have limited resources and do not want much hassle, it is the easiest way to get up and running. We mention it for those who are not interested in a typical production environment, but want to use the tool.

Our labs will focus on the use of kubeadm and kubectl, which are very powerful and complex tools.

In a later chapter, we will work with helm, an easy tool for using Kubernetes, to search for and install software using charts. There are also helpful commands like Kompose to translate Docker Compose files into Kubernetes objects, should that be desired.

Expect these tools to change often!