Cheatsheet: Create k8s cluster

Google Cloud

1. Log in to https://console.cloud.google.com

2. Enable the Container Engine API.

3. Install gcloud SDK

4. From terminal:

   # Install kubectl
   gcloud components install kubectl
   
   # create a K8s cluster on Google Cloud
   gcloud container clusters create <YOUR_CLUSTER> \
       --num-nodes=3 \
       --machine-type=n1-standard-2 \
       --zone=us-central1-b
   
   # test if your cluster is initialized
   kubectl get node
   
   # give your account super-user permissions
   kubectl create clusterrolebinding cluster-admin-binding \
       --clusterrole=cluster-admin \
       --user=<your-email-address>
   

Microsoft Azure

1. Install and initialize the Azure command-line tools from azure-cli github repo.

2. From terminal:

   # authenticate azure account
   az login
   
   # specify an Azure resource group and create if needed
   # if needed, view valid locations: az account list-locations
   export RESOURCE_GROUP=<YOUR_RESOURCE_GROUP>
   export LOCATION=<YOUR_LOCATION>
   az group create --name=${RESOURCE_GROUP} --location=${LOCATION}
   
   # install kubectl
   az acs kubernetes install-cli
   
   # create k8s cluster
   export CLUSTER_NAME=<YOUR_CLUSTER_NAME>
   export DNS_PREFIX=<YOUR_PREFIX>
   az acs create --orchestrator-type=kubernetes \
     --resource-group=${RESOURCE_GROUP} \
     --name=${CLUSTER_NAME} \
     --dns-prefix=${DNS_PREFIX}
   
   # authenticate kubectl
   az acs kubernetes get-credentials \
     --resource-group=${RESOURCE_GROUP} \
     --name=${CLUSTER_NAME}
   
   # test if your cluster is initialized
   kubectl get node