Start Your Engines

In this chapter, we will be taking our first steps with Kubernetes. You will learn how to start a cluster suitable for learning and development use on your own workstation, and will begin to learn how to use Kubernetes itself. In this chapter, we will do the following:

• Learn how to install and use Minikube to run Kubernetes
• Build a simple application that runs in a Docker container
• Use Kubernetes to run simple applications