Cheat Sheet: Kubernetes Made Easy

A simplified K8s cheat sheet for managing applications

This handy cheat sheet gives you all the essentials you need to know about Kubernetes and Helm package manager. Including how to install kubectl and Helm, how it works, definitions, useful kubectl commands, and your first chart example.

Kubernetes or k8s is an open-source platform designed to automate deploying, scaling, and operating application containers. With Kubernetes, you can deploy applications quickly and predictably, scale your applications on the fly, roll out new features seamlessly and efficiently utilize hardware resources.

Helm is a package manager for Kubernetes, Helm Charts help you define, install and upgrade K8s applications. Helm uses a packaging format called Charts.