Prerequisites

Set your kubeconfig so you can access the workload cluster.

If you followed the steps in the linked article above, you should hopefully have the environment variable $WORKLOAD_CLUSTER_NAME already set, and its kubeconfig file is located in $HOME/$WORKLOAD_CLUSTER_NAME/kubeconfig.

This step assumes you followed Cluster API Workload Cluster (vSphere).

#Replace the value to match the name of your workload cluster
export WORKLOAD_CLUSTER_NAME="wlc01"
export KUBECONFIG="$HOME/$WORKLOAD_CLUSTER_NAME/kubeconfig"

Create a development namespace

kubectl create namespace development

Create a simple deployment. The below will create a YAML file in the $HOME/Development directory.

mkdir -p $HOME/Development
tee $HOME/Development/my-nginx-deployment.yaml >/dev/null <<EOF
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: my-nginx-deployment
  labels:
    app: nginx
spec:
  replicas: 3
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: nginx 
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: nginx
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: nginx
        image: nginx:1.14.2
        ports:
        - containerPort: 80
EOF

Apply the Deployment, this will deploy nginx with the deployment name my-nginx-deployment.

kubectl apply -f "$HOME/Development/my-nginx-deployment.yaml" --namespace development

Check to see if our Deployment has been created. You should hopefully see all Pods READY and Running

kubectl get deployment -n development
kubectl get pod -n development

Alternative imperative commands to create the same deployment, with a slightly different name.

kubectl create deployment my-nginx-deployment2 --image=nginx:1.14.2 --namespace=development
kubectl 

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Sam Perrin@samperrin

Automation Consultant, currently working at Xtravirt. Interested in all things automation/devops related.

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