Setting Up Your Environment for Developing Kubernetes Operators

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Setting Up Your Environment for Developing Kubernetes Operators

Hey, Gurus! Welcome to the *Setting Up Your Environment for Developing Kubernetes Operators* hands-on lab. In this lab, we will install all the tools needed to start developing a Kubernetes operator in Go.

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Lab Info

Level

Intermediate

Last updated

Sep 22, 2025

Duration

45m

Challenge

Install Docker and Log In to Docker Hub
In the command line:
1. Install Docker.
2. Create a group called docker and add your user to it.
3. Enable the docker service.
4. Start the docker service.
5. Log in to Docker Hub from the command line.
Link to Docker Hub Sign-Up
Challenge

Install Go

Install the Go programming language.
Challenge

Install kubectl
In the command line:
1. Install kubectl.
2. Make the binary file executable.
3. Move the binary file to a directory in your path.
Challenge

Install kind and Create the Cluster
In the command line:
1. Install kind.
2. Make the binary file executable.
3. Move the binary file to a directory in your path.
4. Create the cluster operator-dev.
5. Change the context so you can use the cluster you created.
Challenge

Install Operator SDK and Enable OLM
In the command line:
1. Install the Operator SDK.
2. Make the binary file executable.
3. Move the binary file to a directory in your path.
4. Enable the Operator Lifecycle Manager.

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