Phase 5 — Deploy First Workload

Verify the cluster can run real applications.

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Deploy nginx

kubectl create deployment nginx --image=nginx
kubectl expose deployment nginx --port=80 --type=NodePort

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Find the NodePort

kubectl get svc nginx

Look for the NodePort value (e.g. 30080).

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Access the App

curl http://10.0.0.2:30080

Or open in browser: http://10.0.0.2:30080

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What This Proves

✔ Container runtime (containerd) is working
✔ Scheduler placing pods correctly
✔ Service networking (kube-proxy) working
✔ NodePort routing working

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Clean Up

kubectl delete deployment nginx
kubectl delete svc nginx

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Done When

✔ nginx returns 200 OK
✔ Pod scheduled on a worker node