Linode Kubernetes Engine - Guides

Building Blocks

• Install kubectl: Before you create a cluster with LKE, you need to install kubectl on your local machine.

• Create an LKE Cluster: Quickly and easily create an LKE cluster from the Cloud Manager with a just a few clicks.

• Download Your kubeconfig: Download the kubeconfig file so you can interact with your cluster with kubectl from the command line.

• Delete an LKE Cluster: You can delete an entire cluster from the Cloud Manager.

• Add a Node Pool: You can add a Node Pool to your cluster from the Cloud Manager.

• Edit or Remove Node Pools: You can easily edit or remove existing Node Pools from the Cloud Manager.

• Configure Cluster Autoscaling: Enable, edit, or disable the LKE autoscaling feature to automatically scale nodes as the needs of Kubernetes pods change.

• Reset Kubeconfig: Reset an LKE cluster’s kubeconfig from the Cloud Manager.

• Enable High Availability: Enable High availability for your LKE cluster, creating additional replicas of your control plane components directly through the Cloud Manager.

Themes

These guides explore topics such as using Docker, networking, deploying websites, and using LKE with third-party tools.

Kubernetes Basics

• A Beginners Guide to Kubernetes

• Deploy and Manage a Cluster with Linode Kubernetes Engine - A Tutorial

Kubernetes Reference and Troubleshooting

• Advantages of Using Kubernetes

• Kubernetes Reference Guide

• Troubleshooting Kubernetes

Docker

• How to Setup a Private Docker Registry with Linode Kubernetes Engine and Object Storage

• Create and Deploy a Docker Container Image to a Kubernetes Cluster

• How to Manager a Docker Cluster with Kubernetes

Networking and Web

• Deploy NodeBalancers with the Linode Cloud Controller Manager

• How to Deploy NGINX Ingress on Linode Kubernetes Engine

• How to Deploy a Static Site on Linode Kubernetes Engine

• How to Install Apps on Kubernetes with Helm 3

• How to Install Apps on Kubernetes with Helm 2

Third Party Integration

• How to Install Drupal with Linode Kubernetes Engine

• How to Deploy Linkerd 2 with Linode Kubernetes Engine

• Using Octant With Kubernetes - A Tutorial

• How to Deploy the Elastic Stack on Kubernetes

• How to Deploy Istio with Kubernetes

• How to Deploy Kubernetes on Linode with Rancher 2.x

• Deploy Minio on Kubernetes using Kubespray and Ansible

• How to Migrate From k8s-alpha CLI to Terraform