Deploying container images from Google Cloud Marketplace to Kubernetes or Docker
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This page is a supplemental guide to the container readme for each
Google Cloud Marketplace container product.
It provides additional information for deploying a container to a
brand new Google Kubernetes Engine cluster or to a local Minikube cluster.
It also provides links for using Docker.
Deploy a container
The following sections describe how to deploy to Kubernetes and to Docker.
Deploy to Kubernetes
There are two methods to deploy containers to Kubernetes. You can deploy to
Google Kubernetes Engine, or locally to your machine using Minikube. Both methods are
described below.
Deploy to Google Kubernetes Engine
Install the required tools
Follow the steps in the
Quickstart for Google Kubernetes Engine.
These steps will help you setup your environment with gcloud and kubectl.
Verify that kubectl can connect to the clusters
After your environment is set up, verify kubectl can reach the clusters you
created. You can run the following to see if your nodes are running:
kubectl get nodes
Follow the getting started documentation for the container in the
Kubernetes section
Each container product on Cloud Marketplace contains a getting
started guide. You can access the container getting started document by
selecting the container you want to deploy from
the Google Cloud console,
and then clicking the Get Started with {product name} button near
the top of the page.
Deploy to Minikube
Install the required tools
Follow the steps in the
Minikube Setup guide.
These steps will help you setup a local Minikube environment. After
minikube start in the linked instructions, you can then follow the
instructions below.
Verify that kubectl can connect to the clusters
While Minikube is running (after running minikube start), you can use the
following command to check if your nodes are running:
kubectl get nodes
Follow the getting started documentation for the container in the Kubernetes section
Each container product on Cloud Marketplace contains a getting
started guide. You can access the container getting started document by
selecting the container you want to deploy from
the Google Cloud console,
and then clicking the Get Started with [product_name] button
near the top of the page.
Deploy to Docker
Install Docker
To deploy a container to Docker, first install Docker on your local machine
or virtual machine. The Docker installation guide is available from the
Docker website.
Follow the steps in the getting started guide
Each container product on Cloud Marketplace contains a getting
started guide. You can access the container's getting started guide by
selecting the container you want to deploy from
the Google Cloud console
and then clicking the Get Started with [product_name] button near
the top of the page.
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