GKE

One easy to way create a cluster is to use GKE from the Google Cloud Platform.

Prerequisite

gcloud CLI

Mac and Linux

$ curl https://sdk.cloud.google.com | bash

$ exec -l $SHELL

$ gcloud init

Windows

See https://cloud.google.com/sdk/downloads#windows

kubectl CLI

Since we have gcloud installed, we can use the following command:

$ gcloud components install kubectl

Create Cluster

$ gcloud container clusters create <cluster-name>

For example for project cluster-name furikuri

$ gcloud container clusters create furikuri

Creating cluster furikuri...done.
Created [https://container.googleapis.com/v1/projects/furi-111111/zones/us-central1-a/clusters/furikuri].
To inspect the contents of your cluster, go to: https://console.cloud.google.com/kubernetes/workload_/gcloud/us-central1-a/furikuri?project=furi-111111
kubeconfig entry generated for furikuri.
NAME      LOCATION       MASTER_VERSION  MASTER_IP     MACHINE_TYPE   NODE_VERSION  NUM_NODES  STATUS
furikuri  us-central1-a  1.8.8-gke.0     35.184.45.35  n1-standard-1  1.8.8-gke.0   3          RUNNING

Access Cluster

$ kubectl get nodes

For example for fresh created cluster

$ kubectl get nodes

NAME                                      STATUS    ROLES     AGE       VERSION
gke-furikuri-default-pool-8bd501ae-7lk6   Ready     <none>    45s       v1.8.8-gke.0
gke-furikuri-default-pool-8bd501ae-l2pc   Ready     <none>    48s       v1.8.8-gke.0
gke-furikuri-default-pool-8bd501ae-wt2v   Ready     <none>    48s       v1.8.8-gke.0

Delete Cluster

$ gcloud container clusters delete <cluster-name>