Learning Cloud Create Kubernetes Engine cluster in Google cloud using cloud shell
In GCP console, on the top right toolbar, click the Activate Cloud Shell button.
Cloud Shell icon
Click Continue. cloudshell_continue.png
For convenience, place the zone that Qwiklabs assigned to you into an environment variable called MY_ZONE. At the Cloud Shell prompt, type this partial command:
export MY_ZONE=
followed by the zone that Qwiklabs assigned to you. Your complete command will look similar to this:
export MY_ZONE=us-central1-a
Start a Kubernetes cluster managed by Kubernetes Engine. Name the cluster webfrontend and configure it to run 2 nodes:
gcloud container clusters create webfrontend --zone $MY_ZONE --num-nodes 2
It takes several minutes to create a cluster as Kubernetes Engine provisions virtual machines for you.
After the cluster is created, check your installed version of Kubernetes using the kubectl version command:
kubectl version
The gcloud container clusters create command automatically authenticated kubectl for you.
View your running nodes in the GCP Console. On the Navigation menu (Navigation menu), click Compute Engine --VM Instances.
Your Kubernetes cluster is now ready for use.
Click Check my progress to verify the objective.