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<p>The Kubernetes documentation can help you set up Kubernetes, learn about the system, or get your applications and workloads running on Kubernetes.</p>

<p><a href="/docs/whatisk8s/" class="button">Read the Kubernetes Overview</a></p>

<h2>Interactive Tutorial</h2>

<p>The <a href="/docs/tutorials/kubernetes-basics/">Kubernetes Basics interactive tutorial</a> lets you try out Kubernetes right out of your web browser, using a virtual terminal. Learn about the Kubernetes system and deploy, expose, scale, and upgrade a containerized application in just a few minutes.</p>

<h2>Installing/Setting Up Kubernetes</h2>

<p><a href="/docs/getting-started-guides/">Picking the Right Solution</a> can help you get a Kubernetes cluster up and running, either for local development, or on your cloud provider of choice.</p>

<p>Other/newer ways to set up a Kubernetes cluster include:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="/docs/getting-started-guides/minikube/">Minikube</a>: Install a single-node Kubernetes cluster on your local machine for development and testing.</li>
<li><a href="/docs/getting-started-guides/kops/">Installing Kubernetes on AWS with kops</a>: Bring up a complete Kubernetes cluster on Amazon Web Services, using a tool called <code>kops</code>.</li>
<li><a href="/docs/getting-started-guides/kubeadm/">Installing Kubernetes on Linux with kubeadm</a> (Alpha): Install a secure Kubernetes cluster on any pre-existing machines running Linux, using the built-in <code>kubeadm</code> tool.</li>
</ul>

<h2>Guides, Tutorials, Tasks, and Concepts</h2>

<p>The Kubernetes documentation contains a number of resources to help you understand and work with Kubernetes.</p>
<ul>
<li><b><a href="/docs/user-guide/">Guides</a></b> provides documentation for Kubernetes features as well as administering and spinning up clusters, including usage examples.</li>
<li><b><a href="/docs/tutorials/">Tutorials</a></b> contain detailed walkthroughs of the Kubernetes workflow.</li>
<li><b><a href="/docs/tasks/">Tasks</a></b> contain step-by-step instructions for common Kubernetes tasks.</li>
<li><b><a href="/docs/concepts/">Concepts</a></b> provide a deep understanding of how Kubernetes works.</li>
</ul>

<h2>API and Command References</h2>

<p>The <a href="/docs/reference/">reference</a> documentation provides complete information on the Kubernetes APIs and the <code>kubectl</code> command-line interface.</p>

<h2>Tools</h2>

<p>The <a href="/docs/tools/">tools</a> page contains a list of native and third-party tools for Kubernetes.</p>