kind is a tool for running local Kubernetes clusters using Docker container “nodes”. kind was primarily designed for testing Kubernetes itself, but may be used for local development or CI.
# makes sure kind is available from the command line
kind version
# creates a cluster
kind create cluster
# gets clusters
kind get clusters
# sets kubectl context
kubectl cluster-info --context kind-kind
# looks at images
docker exec -it my-node-name crictl images
# builds an image
docker build -t my-custom-image:unique-tag ./my-image-dir
kind load docker-image my-custom-image:unique-tag
kubectl apply -f my-manifest-using-my-image:unique-tag
# deletes a cluster
kind delete cluster-
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Create the cluster config file
# cluster-config.yml
kind: Cluster
apiVersion: kind.x-k8s.io/v1alpha4
nodes:
- role: control-plane
extraPortMappings:
- containerPort: 30000
hostPort: 30000
protocol: TCP- Workaround on Ubuntu 20.04 to fix the error while creating the cluster (see issue #2323)
kind create cluster --config=cluster-config.yml --image kindest/node:v1.17.17- LoadBalancer Services using Kubernetes in Docker by Owain Williams
- September 20, 2022