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Learn how to use Kubernetes with the use of walkthroughs, samples, and reference documentation. You can even help contribute to the docs!

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If you need help, you can connect with other Kubernetes users and the Kubernetes authors, attend community events, and watch video presentations from around the web.

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Documentation for using and learning about Kubernetes.

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Kubernetes Documentation

Kubernetes documentation can help you set up Kubernetes, learn about the system, or get your applications and workloads running on Kubernetes. To learn the basics of what Kubernetes is and how it works, read “What is Kubernetes”.

Interactive Tutorial

The Kubernetes Basics interactive tutorial lets you try out Kubernetes right out of your web browser, using a virtual terminal. Learn about the Kubernetes system and deploy, expose, scale, and upgrade a containerized application in just a few minutes.

Installing/Setting Up Kubernetes

Picking the Right Solution can help you get a Kubernetes cluster up and running, either for local development, or on your cloud provider of choice.

Other/newer ways to set up a Kubernetes cluster include:

Minikube: Install a single-node Kubernetes cluster on your local machine for development and testing.
Installing Kubernetes on AWS with kops: Bring up a complete Kubernetes cluster on Amazon Web Services, using a tool called kops.
Installing Kubernetes on Linux with kubeadm (Beta): Install a secure Kubernetes cluster on any pre-existing machines running Linux, using the built-in kubeadm tool.
Installing Kubernetes On-premise/Cloud Providers with Kubespray: Deploy a Kubernetes cluster on-premises baremetal or hosted on cloud providers, with Ansible and kubespray tools.
Installing Kubernetes on Ubuntu: Deploy a Kubernetes cluster on-premise, baremetal, cloud providers, or localhost with Charms and conjure-up.

Concepts, Tasks, and Tutorials

The Kubernetes documentation contains a number of resources to help you understand and work with Kubernetes.

Concepts provide a deep understanding of how Kubernetes works.
Tasks contain step-by-step instructions for common Kubernetes tasks.
Tutorials contain detailed walkthroughs of the Kubernetes workflow.

API and Command References

The Reference documentation provides complete information on the Kubernetes APIs and the kubectl command-line interface.

Tools

The Tools page contains a list of native and third-party tools for Kubernetes.

Troubleshooting

The Troubleshooting page outlines some resources for troubleshooting and finding help.

Frequently Asked Questions

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