Managed Kubernetes quickstart

This guide creates a LayerRail Kubernetes cluster and deploys Nginx.

Create a cluster

Open Kubernetes Clusters

In the LayerRail console, open your project and choose Kubernetes Clusters.

Create a cluster

Choose a location, Kubernetes version, control plane count, worker count, and worker size.

Wait for readiness

The cluster starts in creating state. Wait until the overview page shows the cluster as ready.

Download kubeconfig

Open the cluster page and download the kubeconfig file.

Configure kubectl

export KUBECONFIG="$PWD/layerrail-kubeconfig.yaml"
kubectl get nodes

Deploy Nginx

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: nginx
spec:
  replicas: 1
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: nginx
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: nginx
    spec:
      containers:
        - name: nginx
          image: nginx:1.27
          ports:
            - containerPort: 80

Apply the deployment:

kubectl apply -f nginx.yaml
kubectl get pods

Expose the workload

kubectl expose deployment nginx --port 80 --target-port 80 --type LoadBalancer
kubectl get services

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Managed Kubernetes quickstart

Create a cluster

Configure kubectl

Deploy Nginx

Expose the workload

​Create a cluster

​Configure kubectl

​Deploy Nginx

​Expose the workload

Create a cluster

Configure kubectl

Deploy Nginx

Expose the workload