Bootstrapping a GKE Cluster (Part 1)

For those wishing to get some hands-on experience with running containers, Google Cloud provides a $300 / 12-month credit for new users. Kubernetes is tightly integrated with Google’s cloud administration panel and gcloud client, making tools like kops and kubernetes-dashboard unnecessary. Coupled with offerings like the Container Registry, GKE is a convenient choice to start testing quickly. Prerequisites Enable billing on your account Install the Cloud SDK for your distribution and initialize it Add the kubectl component with gcloud components install kubectl Install the latest version of Terraform Initializing the Cluster Manual As an ad-hoc test, the gcloud client makes it very simple to stand up a cluster: