K3D cluster setup

Setup

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1. Install k3d CLI (https://k3d.io/#installation)
2. export KUBECONFIG=$PWD/kubeconfig.yaml

Cluster creation

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Three seperate ways to deploy your k3d cluster

• Create using the basic k3d command

  • k3d cluster create my-cluster

• Or use a config file

  • k3d cluster create --config k3d.yaml

• Or use terraform deployment

  • terraform init
  • terraform apply

• Destroy terraform deployment

  • terraform destroy

List all available clusters

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kubectl config get-contexts

Check Kubernetes pods/nodes

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kubectl get pods -A
kubectl get nodes
docker container ls

Deleting clusters

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k3d cluster delete my-cluster