Digital Ocean is the platform selected to create the Kubernetes cluster. If this is the first time you have heard about this platform, do not worry, because all your services can be accessed easily and easily.
If you do not have a user on the Digital Ocean platform, you can use this link to create an account with $ 100 of credit at startup. The cost of the exercise performed in this laboratory is $ 20 per month ($ 0.030 per hour).
The personal access token will be used to manage the components of the platform through the doctl client.
- Access the API section and generate a new token with read and write permissions.
- Copy and save the generated code securely for used in the next sections.
After creating the token you should obtain a result similar to the one shown in the following image.
doctl is the Digital Ocean client. Through this system you can access to all the resources of the platform from the Terminal.
Use the following link to install doctl: https://github.com/digitalocean/doctl#installing-doctl
The version to be installed must be equal to or greater than 1.41.0.
doctl version
doctl version 1.41.0-releaseUse the auth init command to authenticate the doctl client with the platform. Use the token generated in the previous section as the input parameter.
doctl auth init
DigitalOcean access token:
Validating token... OKCheck that there is good communication between the doctl client and the platform. List the Kubernetes available versions in the platform using the following command:
doctl kubernetes options versions
Slug Kubernetes Version
1.16.6-do.2 1.16.6
1.15.9-do.2 1.15.9
1.14.10-do.2 1.14.10Next: Setup Terraform Cloud