This setup is used to install prerequisites that are required to access/create/delete Google Kubernetes Engine.

• Prerequisites
• Install Vagrant Box
• Vagrant Box Details
• Create GKE cluster
• Access GKE cluster
• Delete GKE cluster
• Add-Ons provided
• Login Vagrant VM
• Stop Vagrant VM
• Restart Vagrant VM
• Destroy Vagrant VM

• Enable Virtualization(VT) in BIOS for Hyper-V
• Git command line utility which is used to target an existing repository and create a clone, or copy of the target repository
• Vagrant (Version >= 2.2.0) is an open-source software product for building and maintaining portable virtual software development environments, e.g. for VirtualBox, Hyper-V, Docker containers, VMware, and AWS
• Oracle VM VirtualBox (Version >= 6.0) lets you run multiple operating systems on Mac OS, Windows, Linux, or Oracle Solaris.
• Minimum laptop/desktop configuration - 8GBRAM , 4CPU , support for VT-X

Default settings:env.yaml. These settings can be changed as per your requirements and the below are minimum requirements.

VM:
  ip: 100.10.10.116
  cpus: 2
  memory: 2048
  vmname: gcloud-gke-ubuntu
  hostname: gcloud-gke-ubuntu.com

Open windows (OR) bash terminal from your local windows machine

• $ git clone https://github.com/SubhakarKotta/gcloud-gke-vagrant-ubuntu.git
• $ cd gcloud-gke-vagrant-ubuntu/provisioning
• $ vagrant up

Login to vagrant box from your local machine

• $ cd gcloud-gke-vagrant-ubuntu/provisioning
• $ vagrant ssh gcloud-gke-ubuntu

Provide GCLOUD Credentials

• $ gcloud auth login

Create GKE Cluster by following the steps given in the link

• $ kubectl get nodes [To verify kubectl is connected to aks cluster]

Access Kubernetes Dashboard by following the steps given in the link

From local windows system terminal execute the below commands

• $ ssh -L 8001:localhost:8001 [email protected] [password : vagrant]

Use the below command to generate access token to login Dashboard

• $ kubectl get secret $(kubectl get serviceaccount dashboard -o jsonpath="{.secrets[0].name}") -o jsonpath="{.data.token}" | base64 --decode

Start proxy to access kubernetes dashboard

• $ kubectl proxy

Click ! http://localhost:8001/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/services/https:kubernetes-dashboard:/proxy/#!/login

Login to vagrant box from your local machine

• $ cd gcloud-gke-vagrant-ubuntu/provisioning
• $ vagrant ssh gcloud-gke-ubuntu

Provide GCLOUD Credentials

• $ gcloud auth login

Fetch/Update kubeconfig on your vagrant box

• $ gcloud container clusters get-credentials <YOUR_CLUSTER_NAME> --zone <YOUR_ZONE_NAME> --project <YOUR_PROJECT_NAME>
• $ kubectl get nodes [To verify kubectl is connected to aks cluster]

Access Kubernetes Dashboard by following the steps given in the link

Login to vagrant box from your local machine

• $ cd gcloud-gke-vagrant-ubuntu/provisioning
• $ vagrant ssh gcloud-gke-ubuntu

Provide GCLOUD Credentials

• $ gcloud auth login

Delete GKE Cluster by following the steps given in the link

• kubectl
• gcloud
• helm

The Vagrant VM can be accessed in two ways from your local windows machine

vagrant ssh

• $ cd gcloud-gke-vagrant-ubuntu/provisioning
• $ vagrant ssh gcloud-gke-ubuntu

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• 100.10.10.116 [vagrant/vagrant ]

Run the below command to stop the Vagrant Box from your local windows machine

• $ cd gcloud-gke-vagrant-ubuntu/provisioning
• $ vagrant halt

Run the below command to restart the Vagrant Box if the vagrant box is stopped from your local windows machine

• $ cd gcloud-gke-vagrant-ubuntu/provisioning
• $ vagrant up

Run the below command to delete the Vagrant Box from your local windows machine

• $ cd gcloud-gke-vagrant-ubuntu/provisioning
• $ vagrant destroy