Development Environment

You will need several tools for interacting with the kubernetes cluster.

All Recommended Tools

• gcloud (required) - Google Cloud SDK, used to authenticate to Google Cloud
• kubectl (required) - Kubernetes command line tool, used to interact with the kubernetes cluster
• docker (required) - Containerization tool, used to build and run containers
• skaffold (recommended) - Kubernetes development tool, build and deployment automation tool

Installation Instructions

To install gcloud and kubectl follow the official documentation on GCP:

1. Install gcloud
2. Install kubectl

To set up and install docker, see the Docker page.

To install skaffold, follow the official documentation:

• Install skaffold

Other Helpful Tools

• k9s - A terminal-based UI to interact with your Kubernetes clusters
• stern - Multi pod and container log tailing for Kubernetes