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Expand Up @@ -53,6 +53,33 @@ Minikube can be installed locally, and runs a simple, single-node Kubernetes clu

You can get basic information about your cluster with the commands `kubectl cluster-info` and `kubectl get nodes`. However, to get a good idea of what's really going on, you need to deploy an application to your cluster. This is covered in the next section.

#### microk8s

On Linux, *microk8s* is a good alternative to Minikube for a local
install of Kubernetes:

* Runs on the native OS, so there is no overhead from running a virtual machine.
* Always provides the latest stable version of Kubernetes, using built-in auto-upgrade functionality.
* Installs in less than a minute.

* {{< link text="Install microk8s" url="https://microk8s.io/" >}}.

After you install microk8s, you can use its tab-completion
functionality. All microk8s commands start with `microk8s.`. Type
`microk8s.` (with the period) and then use the tab key to see a list
of available commands.

It also includes commands to enable Kubernetes subsystems. For example:
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Maybe "You can also use microk8s commands to enable...", sorry I know you already made one modification here.


* the Kubernetes Dashboard
* the DNS service
* GPU passthrough (for NVIDIA)
* Ingress
* Istio
* Metrics server
* Registry
* Storage

## Deploy an application

#### Basic workloads
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