Tutorials

Deploying applications

• Deploying a containerized web application

  Turn a simple web application into a replicated deployment running on GKE.

• Create a Guestbook with Redis and PHP

  Build a simple multi-tier web application—a guestbook—using GKE.

• Using Persistent Disks with WordPress and MySQL

  Set up a WordPress blog with MySQL database that survives instance/container restarts.

• Authenticating to Cloud Platform with Service Accounts

  Authenticating to and using a Google Cloud Platform service from a GKE application.

• Best Practices for Building Containers

  Learn from a set of best practices for building containers, including packaging one application per container, keeping containers secure, and reducing image size.

• Best Practices for Operating Containers

  Learn from a set of best practices for making containers easier to operate, including using native logging mechanisms, making your application easy to monitor, and avoiding running as root.

• Running the Go Bookshelf sample application

  Learn how to deploy a Go-based bookshelf application.

• Running the Python Bookshelf sample application

  Learn how to deploy a Python-based bookshelf application.

• Running the Ruby Bookshelf sample application

  Learn how to deploy a Ruby-based bookshelf application.

• Running the Node.js Bookshelf sample application

  Learn how to deploy a Node.js-based bookshelf application.

• Running Django applications

  Learn how to deploy Django.

• Deploying Memcached

  Learn how to deploy a Memcached.

• Using TensorFlow and JupyterHub

  Learn how to provision Jupyter containers.

Configuring cluster networking

• Setting up HTTP Load Balancing with Ingress

  Using Ingress resource to run an HTTP web server behind a Cloud Load Balancer.

• Configuring Domain Names with Static IP Addresses

  Expose your application on a domain or subdomain name with a static IP address.

• Configuring Network Policies for Applications

  Restrict inbound and outbound traffic access for applications running on GKE.

• Using a NAT Gateway with Kubernetes Engine

  Learn how to set up a NAT gateway on GKE.

• Creating Private Clusters with Network Proxies for External Access

  Learn how to create GKE private clusters where the master node is inaccessible from outside your network, except through a proxy that you create and host in private IP space.

Continuous integration & delivery

• Running Jenkins

  Install Jenkins on your container cluster for running continuous integration.

• Creating a CI/CD Pipeline with VSTS

  Learn how to use VSTS to create a CI/CD pipeline for GKE.

• Continuous Delivery Pipelines with Spinnaker

  Learn about continuous delivery on Kubernetes Engine with Spinnaker.

• Automating Canary Analysis with Spinnaker

  Learn to use Spinnaker's automated canary analysis feature.

• Continuous Delivery for Helm Charts using Concourse

  Learn about continuous delivery on Kubernetes Engine with Concourse.

• Distributed Load Testing Using Kubernetes

  Learn how to perform distributed load testing.

• GitOps-style continuous delivery with Cloud Build

  Learn about CI/CD with the GitOps approach on Google Kubernetes Engine with Cloud Build.

Administration

• Preparing a Kubernetes Engine Environment for Production

  Learn how to get your cluster's applications and resources ready for production.

• Choose Size and Scope of Clusters

  Learn best practices for sizing GKE clusters based on your workloads.

• Migrating workloads to different machine types

  Create new node pool with a different machine type and migrate your workloads with no downtimes.

• Autoscaling Deployments with Custom Metrics

  Use custom metrics imported from Stackdriver Monitoring to autoscale a Deployment.

• Customizing Stackdriver Logs with Fluentd

  Learn how to use Fluentd to customer Stackdriver Logging data.

• Processing Logs at Scale Using Cloud Dataflow

  Learn how to process logs with Cloud Dataflow.

• Using OpenTSDB

  Learn how to use OpenTSDB, a distributed monitoring system.

• Installing Istio

  Install the Istio service framework on Kubernetes Engine and deploy an Istio-enabled application.

• Heterogeneous Deployment Patterns

  Learn about common patterns for creating production-level, heterogeneous deployments.

• Running Dedicated Game Servers

  Learn how to run dedicated game servers on Kubernetes Engine using persistent disks.

Accessing GCP services

• Using Google Cloud Platform Services

  Learn how to use GCP services like Cloud Storage and Cloud SQL from GKE.

• Using Google Cloud Platform Service Broker to access Cloud Pub/Sub (Beta)

  Use Service Broker to connect to Cloud Pub/Sub from a GKE application.