Python Client for Google Kubernetes Engine API

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Google Kubernetes Engine API: The Google Kubernetes Engine API is used for building and managing container based applications, powered by the open source Kubernetes technology.

Quick Start

In order to use this library, you first need to go through the following steps:

  1. Select or create a Cloud Platform project.

  2. Enable the Google Container Engine API.

  3. Setup Authentication.

Installation

Install this library in a virtualenv using pip. virtualenv is a tool to create isolated Python environments. The basic problem it addresses is one of dependencies and versions, and indirectly permissions.

With virtualenv, it’s possible to install this library without needing system install permissions, and without clashing with the installed system dependencies.

Supported Python Versions

Python >= 3.6

Deprecated Python Versions

Python == 2.7.

The last version of this library compatible with Python 2.7 is google-cloud-container==1.0.1

Mac/Linux

pip install virtualenv
virtualenv <your-env>
source <your-env>/bin/activate
<your-env>/bin/pip install google-cloud-container

Windows

pip install virtualenv
virtualenv <your-env>
<your-env>\Scripts\activate
<your-env>\Scripts\pip.exe install google-cloud-container

Once you have the virtual environment setup and activated, you can install the library:

pip install google-cloud-container

Using the client library

See the examples in the samples directory. You can start with quickstart.py.

Next Steps