Summary

As you can see, the API exposed by Kubernetes is a very powerful tool in your arsenal. Any task that can be performed through the dashboard or kubectl client is exposed as an API. You can do almost anything with your cluster simply by utilizing HTTP calls. Kubernetes takes an API-first approach that makes it programmable and extensible. As we have seen it is easy to get started with the API. Our service and deployment creating examples, may be simple but should give you an idea how to experiment with the api-server. Using the API you can create and retrieve cluster resources not only from the command-line using kubectl, but also from your own application, build scripts, or continuous delivery pipelines. Only your imagination and the sky is the limit, and speaking of the sky, it's time to move there and see how Kubernetes can be used in the cloud.