GKE - Google Container Engine

Google Container (with K) Engine aka GKE is a container solution from google cloud platform (GCP)

• GCP : https://cloud.google.com/container-engine/
• Kubernetes undeneath

• MS-Azure : https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/container-service/
• Docker swarm
• DC/OS
• Kubenetes 
• Amazon AWS : http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/ECS_instances.html
• https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam/

How to start with GKE?

1. I assume you have a cloud.google.com account signed up with your gmail account, need credit card (but $300 credit) for 60 days
2. https://cloud.google.com/container-engine/
3. View My Console 
4. Remember to download "gcloud" https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/quickstart-mac-os-x
5. My cluster is called "kubecluster-1"
6. Once i have gcloud init and installed , set up the auth by gcloud auth list      
7. Sample kubectl command shows it works

#kubectl get namespaces

NAME          STATUS    AGE

default       Active    1h

kube-system   Active    1h

voila, kube is up