Cloud Native Applications with Docker and Kubernetes: Design and Build Cloud Architecture and Applications with Microservices, EMQ, and Multi-Site Configurations

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J. BartlettCloud Native Applications with Docker and Kuberneteshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8876-4_7

7. Managing Kubernetes with kubectl

Jonathan Bartlett¹  

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Tulsa, OK, USA

 

In this chapter, we are going to take the Kubernetes cluster we put together in Chapter 6 and learn how to control it from the command line using the Kubernetes administration tool, kubectl. See Appendix B.4 if you need help installing this tool.

7.1 Setting Up Your Connection

In Chapter 6, you downloaded a Kubeconfig file from your Kubernetes cluster. This file has all of the information needed to connect to your Kubernetes cluster. The file is a YAML file which includes information ...