Learning Kubernetes for the first time or creating your own lab for practicing CKA exams? Tired of using kind or minikube in your undersized fanless laptop with 8GB memory? I have been there and so have you. Let’s create a 3-node Kubernetes cluster for free in Oracle Cloud. Table of Contents TLDR Disclaimer Setting Up Oracle Cloud Budgeting and Alerts Creating the Infrastructure Kubernetes Setup Kubeadm Installing Kubelet and Kubeadm Initialize the Cluster Install CNI Tear Down the Cluster What’s Next TLDR: Create 3 Oracle Cloud virtual machines with ARM Ampere CPU. The always free tier covers 3,000 OCPU hours and 18,000 GB hours per month, essentially 4 vCPU and 24GB RAM running 24 hours for a month. ...