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Managing Kubernetes with Kubectl

Deploying and maintaining containerized workloads is a fundamental part of using Kubernetes. In this lab, you create a deployment using kubectl and expose it to make it publicly accessible.Then you will verify that the application is functioning correctly. After that you will update the deployment and verify that there are no errors.

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Level
Beginner
Last updated
Apr 10, 2026
Duration
1h 30m

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Table of Contents
  1. Challenge

    Create a Deployment

    Once the environment is ready, login to the cloud instance.

    Peform the following:

    • You will need to start Minikube.
    • Then enable the repository addon.
    • Clone the Git repository..
    • Navigate to the Lab directory and create a docker image 'localhost:5000/globomantics-site:latest.
    • Creaeta a tunnel to the reigstery and push the image to it.
    • Craete a deployment using the image that was created and make it accessible.
  2. Challenge

    Update the Application

    Once the deployment is accessible:

    • Checkout the broken branch.
    • Rebuild and push the image.
    • Preform a rollout to update the deployment.
    • Setup port-forwarding and curl localhost using the port you setup.
    • List the pods and check the logs for the pod.
    • Check the pod for errors.
    • Perform a rollback.
    • Scale the deployment up to 3 replicas.
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