Interacting with the API server
As we mentioned earlier, you interact with the API server using either direct API requests or the kubectl utility. We will focus on using kubectl for the majority of our interaction in this book, but we will call out using direct API calls wherever applicable.
Using the Kubernetes kubectl utility
kubectl is a single executable file that allows you to interact with the Kubernetes API using a command-line interface (CLI). It is available for most major operating systems and architectures, including Linux, Windows, and macOS.
Note: We have already installed kubectl using the KinD script that created our cluster in Chapter 2. Installation instructions for most operating systems are located on the Kubernetes site at https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl/. Since we are using Linux as our operating system for the exercises in the book, we will cover installing kubectl on a Linux machine. Follow these steps:
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