Launch Your First Kubernetes Pod

Introduction

In this challenge, you will be tasked with demonstrating your ability to deploy a basic web service in a local Kubernetes environment. You will be required to create and manage a simple pod using Minikube, a tool for running Kubernetes locally. The goal is to test your skills in creating a pod, verifying its deployment, and ensuring the pod is running the correct image and in the desired state.

Deploy Nginx Pod

As a new cloud engineer, you've been tasked with demonstrating your ability to deploy a basic web service in a local Kubernetes environment. This challenge will test your skills in creating and managing a simple pod using Minikube.

Tasks

• Create a pod named web-server using the nginx:latest image
• Verify that the pod is running in the default namespace
• Ensure the pod is successfully deployed and ready to serve web content

Requirements

• Use kubectl to create the pod
• Name the pod exactly web-server
• Use the nginx:latest image for the pod
• Deploy the pod in the default namespace
• Ensure the pod is in a Running state
• Work within the ~/project directory

Examples

Example of a successful pod deployment:

NAME        READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
web-server  1/1     Running   0          30s

Hints

• Use minikube start to start a Kubernetes cluster
• You can create the pod in two ways:
  1. Using imperative commands with kubectl run (research the parameters needed)
  2. Using a YAML file:
     • Research the basic structure for a Pod YAML definition
     • Remember to include apiVersion, kind, metadata and spec sections
     • Your pod should be named exactly as specified in the requirements
     • Consider what container settings you need to include
• Check the pod status using kubectl get pods
• If you encounter issues, use kubectl describe pod web-server for more information
• Ensure Minikube is running before creating the pod

Summary

In summary, this challenge requires you to create a pod named web-server using the nginx:latest image, and then verify that the pod is running in the default namespace and is in a Running state. You will need to use kubectl commands to create and manage the pod, and ensure that it meets the specified requirements.