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Kubernetes Lab with Docker Desktop

Use this page for Docker Desktop-specific Kubernetes lab notes.

Suggested Flow

  1. Enable Kubernetes in Docker Desktop.
  2. Verify the current context with kubectl config current-context.
  3. Confirm the cluster is healthy with kubectl get nodes.
  4. Deploy a small sample workload and expose it with a Service.
  5. Clean up the lab resources after validation.

Verification Commands

kubectl cluster-info
kubectl get nodes
kubectl get pods -A