Now, we’ll look at how we can use Kubernetes to make our first containerized program. To follow along, you’ll need kubectl and Docker Desktop (Windows) or Minikube (Mac and Linux).

For the later steps, you’ll also need curl as it will allow you to send web requests via the command-line.

While not essential, many will find package managers an easier alternative than installing each of these manually. With a package manager, installation of new packages requires only a single command. The best options for package managers are Chocolatey for Windows users and Homebrew for Mac and Linux users.

For instructions on installing kubectl, visit the Kubernetes blog.

To learn more about Docker and get installation instructions for Docker Desktop, visit our previous article. Once installed, don’t forget to enable Kubernetes!

For instructions on installing minikube, visit the minikube page on the Kubernetes blog.

To install curl, follow the visit the curl website.

To get our workspace, Windows users run a program called PowerShell as an administrator (it should be installed by default), open command line if on Mac, or terminal if on Linux. This will open a command-line window in which we’ll be entering our commands throughout this tutorial. Now that we have all those, let’s get started!