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Object management, recommended labels, a...
DevOpsKubernetes

Object management, recommended labels, and storage version

For the same Deployment, we have three ways to create and edit it — type a command directly, create -f a file, or apply a whole directory — and mixing them invites bugs. This article closes Part V with those three object-management techniques (plus why apply differs from create -f), the recommended app.kubernetes.io/* label set so tools speak the same language, and storage version — digging into etcd to see which API version an object is actually stored in.

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KaiMay 24, 2026· 29 views
Installing minikube + kubectl, Your Firs...
DevOpsKubernetes

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.

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KaiMay 23, 2026· 63 views