Free Kubernetes cluster on IBM Cloud

Scope

This is a bash script that will spin up the free Kubernetes cluster on IBM Cloud. This is also subject to the same conditions that the free cluster is allowed.

Note: After 30 days the cluster will delete. You need to figure out a way to back up your deployments and all.

Also, just a friendly link here to the Email preferances. You should set them accordingly, otherwise you'll see quite a few come in when the run ~ 15 mins, is complete.

Prereqs

• ibmcloud CLI installed
• IBM Cloud API-KEY

You will also need an APK-KEY, which is under "Access (IAM)" on your IBM Cloud account.

Or:

ibmcloud iam api-key-create MyKey -d "this is my API key" --file key_file

Usage

Create:

./create.sh "API-KEY" "NAMEofCLUSTER"

Delete:

./delete.sh "API-KEY" "NAMEofCLUSTER"

Note: If you don't name the cluster, it will default to mycluster-free.

Let's Encrypt

Thanks to Tim Robinson he has figured out how to add Let's Encrypt Valid Certs to our free Kubernetes Clusters.

Check out this gist for the how-to.

License & Authors

If you would like to see the detailed LICENSE click here.

• Author: JJ Asghar awesome@ibm.com

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