This preliminary lab will download the required binaries and container images for the other labs in this course and improve the attendees experience, especially for those on limited or slow network connection.
The required binaries will be stored in the bin directory. You can add these to the PATH environment variable by running the following command, which will work from all the lab directories and ensure the version that the labs have been tested against will be used.
export PATH=../bin:$PATHA number of the labs using Kind to provide a Kubernetes cluster to run the exercises on. Each lab is configured to load the required container images into the Kind cluster when the cluster is launched at the start of each lab. This prevents attendees from having to download the required container images in the cluster every time; improving launch times for the Pods and reducing the network usage.
From the lab-00-setup directory, run the following command.
make allDepending on your network speeds, this will take a few a minutes. While you wait, you can have a look at the Course Overview to familiarise yourself with the various lab exercises you will be completing.