Outline

I. Installation of tools: kubectl, minikube, kubeadm

kubectl

• The Kubernetes command-line tool, kubectl, allows you to run commands against Kubernetes clusters.
• You can use kubectl to deploy applications, inspect and manage cluster resources, and view logs. For more information including a complete list of kubectl operations, see the kubectl reference documentation.

kubectl is installable on a variety of Linux platforms, macOS and Windows. Find your preferred operating system below.

• Install kubectl on Linux
• Install kubectl on macOS
• Install kubectl on Windows

minikube

minikube is a tool that lets you run Kubernetes locally. It runs a single-node Kubernetes cluster on your personal computer (including Windows, macOS and Linux PCs) so that you can try out Kubernetes, or for daily development work.

• Install minikube

kubeadm

You can use the kubeadm tool to create and manage Kubernetes clusters. It performs the actions necessary to get a minimum viable, secure cluster up and running in a user friendly way.

• Install kubeadm

II. Configuration of pods and containers: assignment of memory, storage space, processors, assignment of pods to nodes

Assignment of memory

To specify a memory request for a Container, include the resources:requests  field in the Container's resource manifest.