Category: Google Kubernetes Engine
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Kubernetes setting the current namespace
Kubernetes has become the de facto standard for container orchestration, providing users with robust and efficient tools to manage their containerized applications. One of the essential aspects of Kubernetes is its support for namespaces, which allow for easier organization and management of resources. This article discusses setting the current namespace using the kubectl command-line tool, […]
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Reducing 90% in costs with Spot VMs for Machine Learning on Google Kubernetes Engine in GCP
When running big machine learning training jobs using neural networks, you need a GPU. And let’s be honest, GPUs are expensive and hard to get nowadays with the chip shortage! So it is unlikely that you will have plenty of spare GPUs lying around. This is why it makes sense to rent GPUs on the […]
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How I migrated all my websites to Google Kubernetes Engine on the cheap using Spot VMs
Today I wanted to share with you a project that has kept me busy throughout the Christmas holidays. I have been migrating all my websites, which were previously scattered across several servers in GCP and AWS to one single cluster using Google Kubernetes Engine.My criteria for this project was to reduce costs as much as […]
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Kubernetes Commands Cheat Sheet
This is part of my Kubernetes cheat sheet. How to restart a Pod in Kubernetes I often want to restart pods without actually having to deploy anything. It can be done quite easily with the kubectl command. To restart a Kubernetes pod, you just need to: How to delete evicted Pods from a namespace This […]
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Why are Kubernetes Health Checks useful and, what happens if you don’t have them?
Kubernetes Health checks, what are they for and, why are they useful? And what is the difference between a liveness probe, a readiness probe, and a startup probe? These are probably very abstract concepts to you. So before I go straight into explaining these, I think it is better that I share a story from […]
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Deploying WordPress and MySql using Skaffold to Google Kubernetes Engine
In this tutorial, I am going to show you how to deploy WordPress to Google Kubernetes Engine using Gitlab CI and Skaffold. Also, I will show you how to use Gitlab CI to deploy WordPress to multiple environments, by simply creating a new branch in your Gitlab project. WordPress on GKE Series Recap Previously in this […]
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How to deploy Flutter WebApp using Google Kubernetes Engine
This is a series of Google Cloud Platform study notes: Domain, SSL, and Google Site (#1) How to Deploy Flutter WebApp using Google AppEngine (#2) How to Deploy Flutter WebApp using Google Cloud Run (#3) How to Deploy Flutter WebApp using Google Compute Engine (#4) How to Deploy Flutter WebApp using Google Kubernetes Engine (#5) […]
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How to deploy a highly available WordPress website with Google Cloud and Gitlab CI/CD
In this series, I am going to show you how you can deploy WordPress on the Google Cloud Platform running on Google Kubernetes Engine, from start to finish, without missing a beat, using Gitlab CI. I am releasing each episode, one by one, so I will be updating this page frequently with new videos and […]
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Gitlab CI/CD with Google Kubernetes Engine – How to create a Kubernetes cluster and connect it to Gitlab
In this video, I show you how to create a Google Kubernetes Engine Cluster via the Google Cloud Console and how you can connect it to Gitlab CI/CD.
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Integrate GitLab with Google Kubernetes Engine in 5 steps
GitLab offers integration with Google Kubernetes Cluster and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Services. To follow this article, you need a Google Kubernetes Cluster and GitLab account. I am sure you can obtain a GitLab account if you haven’t got one, and I have you covered with creating a GKE cluster in this article: Deploy WebApp using […]
