One approach to running a Kubernetes cluster uses Docker containers to simulate multiple Kubernetes nodes instead of running everything in a VM. The kind project provides a great experience for launching and managing test clusters in Docker. kind stands for Kubernetes in Docker. kind is a work in progress (pre-1.0) but is widely used by those building Kubernetes for fast and easy testing.

In this lab, you will learn how to:

    ☐ Install kind on Linux
    ☐ Use kind just like other Kubernetes clusters
    ☐ Access a Kubernetes Dashboard
    ☐ Add worker nodes to a kind cluster

kind is a CNCF-certified conformant Kubernetes installer .