Kubectl configuration for GKE in GCP - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the command to get credentials for your GKE cluster.

GCP

gcloud container clusters get-credentials [1] --zone us-central1-a --project my-project

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Amy-cluster

Bmy-zone

Cmy-project

Dmy-node

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Common Mistakes

Using the project name instead of the cluster name.

Using the zone name instead of the cluster name.

The get-credentials command requires the cluster name to fetch its credentials.

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medium

Complete the kubectl command to list all pods in the default namespace.

GCP

kubectl [1] pods

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Aget

Bcreate

Cdelete

Ddescribe

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Common Mistakes

Using 'create' instead of 'get'.

Using 'delete' which removes resources.

The get command lists resources like pods.

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hard

Fix the error in the kubectl command to switch context to your GKE cluster.

GCP

kubectl config use-context [1]

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Aus-central1-a

Bmy-cluster

Cdefault

Dgke_my-project_us-central1-a_my-cluster

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Common Mistakes

Using only the cluster name instead of full context.

Using the zone or default as context.

The context name for GKE clusters follows the format: gke_PROJECT_ZONE_CLUSTER.

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hard

Fill both blanks to set the current context namespace to 'development'.

GCP

kubectl config set-context [1] --namespace=[2]

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A--current

Bdefault

Cdevelopment

Dproduction

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Common Mistakes

Using 'default' instead of '--current' for context.

Setting namespace to 'production' instead of 'development'.

set-context --current modifies the current context, and --namespace=development sets the namespace.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a kubeconfig file for a GKE cluster with authentication.

GCP

gcloud container clusters get-credentials [1] --zone [2] --project [3]

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Amy-cluster

Bus-central1-a

Cmy-project

Ddefault

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Common Mistakes

Mixing up project and zone values.

Using 'default' instead of actual cluster or project names.

This command fetches cluster credentials by specifying the cluster name, zone, and project.