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Installing minikube + kubectl, Your First Cluster
Getting hands-on: install kubectl and minikube, start your first cluster with the Docker driver, understand kubeconfig and context, then run your first pod as a 'hello world'. With all the real output from minikube.
Kubernetes Architecture: Control Plane and Node
Lifting the hood on a Kubernetes cluster: the control plane (api-server, etcd, scheduler, controller-manager) is the brain, the node with kubelet and kube-proxy is where applications run. This article explains each component's role at a high level — and watches them run for real in minikube.
What Is Kubernetes and Why Orchestration
Series opener: from a single container to running dozens of containers across multiple machines — the problem Kubernetes was built to solve. Why 'orchestration' and 'desired state' are the two most important ideas, what minikube is, and the roadmap for the whole series.