Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) is a managed cloud service for deploying, managing, and scaling your containerized applications using Kubernetes and Google Cloud infrastructure. In this lab you will learn different ways to deploy applications and manage a GKE cluster. You will first deploy a single-container game application followed by a multi-container application (WordPress) provided by the Google Cloud Platform Marketplace. Along the way, you will learn about the architecture of GKE clusters, how to connect to GKE clusters using the popular Kubernetes command line tool kubectl, and understand some of the ways that GKE integrates with other Google Cloud services.
Lab Objectives
Upon completion of this lab you will be able to:
- Understand the architecture of Google Kubernetes Engine clusters and how GKE integrates with other Google Cloud services
- Monitor Google Kubernetes Engine cluster components from the Cloud Console
- Deploy containerized applications from the Console and Marketplace
- Manage Kubernetes resources from the Cloud Console and Google Cloud Shell with
kubectl
Lab Prerequisites
You should be familiar with:
- Working at the command line in Linux
- Kubernetes basics including the main components of a Kubernetes cluster
The following labs are recommended for satisfying the prerequisites:
Updates
May 19th, 2023 - Updated to use Kubernetes version 1.26
March 28th, 2023 - Resolved periodic environment error
February 9th, 2023 - Resolved GKE marketplace issue
December 12th, 2022 - Resolved authorization error with GKE
March 21st, 2022 - Updated student permissions
December 20th, 2021 - Removed reference to Cloud Shell (The lab commands should be entered in the ca-lab-vm SSH browser terminal)
October 8th, 2021 - Updated to use Kubernetes version 1.21 and updated instructions to reflect the latest console experience
July 7th, 2021 - Updated content to reflect the latest console experience and changed the deployment container image to use a Google Container Registry image
April 6th, 2021 - Updated to use Kubernetes version 1.18
March 20th, 2020 - Updated to use Kubernetes version 1.15 and added a check to validate the work performed in the lab
October 23rd, 2019 - Updated instructions and screenshots as well as resolved an issue that prevented deploying from the Marketplace
June 6th, 2019 - Updated to use Kubernetes version 1.13
Logan has been involved in software development and research since 2007 and has been in the cloud since 2012. He is an AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional, AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional, Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert, MCSE: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure, Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer, Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS), Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD), and Certified OpenStack Administrator (COA). He earned his Ph.D. studying design automation and enjoys all things tech.