bigheader: "Guides"
abstract: "How to get started, and accomplish tasks, using Kubernetes."
toc:
- docs/user-guide/index.md

- title: Accessing the Cluster
  section:
  - docs/user-guide/prereqs.md
  - docs/user-guide/sharing-clusters.md
  - docs/user-guide/kubeconfig-file.md

- docs/user-guide/ui.md

- title: Workload Deployment and Management
  section:
  - docs/user-guide/managing-deployments.md
  - docs/user-guide/replication-controller/operations.md
  - docs/user-guide/resizing-a-replication-controller.md
  - docs/user-guide/rolling-updates.md
  - docs/user-guide/update-demo/index.md
  - docs/user-guide/configmap/index.md
  - docs/user-guide/projected-volume/index.md
  - docs/user-guide/horizontal-pod-autoscaling/walkthrough.md
  - docs/user-guide/config-best-practices.md
  - title: Using NetworkPolicy
    section:
    - docs/getting-started-guides/network-policy/walkthrough.md
    - docs/getting-started-guides/network-policy/calico.md
    - docs/getting-started-guides/network-policy/romana.md
    - docs/getting-started-guides/network-policy/weave.md

- title: Batch Jobs
  section:
  - docs/user-guide/jobs.md
  - docs/user-guide/jobs/expansions/index.md
  - docs/user-guide/jobs/work-queue-1/index.md
  - docs/user-guide/jobs/work-queue-2/index.md
  - docs/user-guide/cron-jobs.md

- title: Service Discovery and Load Balancing
  section:
  - docs/user-guide/connecting-applications.md

- title: Containers and Pods
  section:
  - docs/user-guide/pod-templates.md
  - docs/user-guide/liveness/index.md
  - docs/user-guide/container-environment.md
  - docs/user-guide/node-selection/index.md

- title: Monitoring, Logging, and Debugging Containers
  section:
  - title: Using Explorer to Examine the Runtime Environment
    path: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/tree/release-1.5/examples/explorer

- title: Creating a Cluster
  section:
  - docs/getting-started-guides/index.md
  - title: Running Kubernetes on Your Local Machine
    section:
    - docs/getting-started-guides/minikube.md
    - docs/getting-started-guides/alternatives.md
  - title: Running Kubernetes on Turn-key Cloud Solutions
    section:
    - title: Running Kubernetes on Google Container Engine
      path: https://cloud.google.com/container-engine/docs/before-you-begin/
    - docs/getting-started-guides/gce.md
    - docs/getting-started-guides/aws.md
    - title: Running Kubernetes on Azure Container Service
      path: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-service/container-service-kubernetes-walkthrough
    - docs/getting-started-guides/azure.md
    - docs/getting-started-guides/clc.md
    - title: Running Kubernetes on IBM SoftLayer
      path: https://github.com/patrocinio/kubernetes-softlayer
    - title: Running Kubernetes on Multiple Clouds with Stackpoint.io
      path: /docs/getting-started-guides/stackpoint/
  - title: Running Kubernetes on Custom Solutions
    section:
    - docs/getting-started-guides/scratch.md
    - docs/getting-started-guides/kubeadm.md
    - title: Custom Cloud Solutions
      section:
      - docs/getting-started-guides/coreos/index.md
      - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/index.md
      - docs/getting-started-guides/rackspace.md
      - docs/getting-started-guides/kops.md
      - docs/getting-started-guides/kargo.md
      - docs/getting-started-guides/running-cloud-controller.md
    - title: On-Premise VMs
      section:
      - docs/getting-started-guides/coreos/index.md
      - docs/getting-started-guides/cloudstack.md
      - docs/getting-started-guides/vsphere.md
      - docs/getting-started-guides/photon-controller.md
      - docs/getting-started-guides/dcos.md
      - docs/getting-started-guides/libvirt-coreos.md
      - docs/getting-started-guides/ovirt.md
      - docs/getting-started-guides/openstack-heat.md
      - title: rkt
        section:
        - docs/getting-started-guides/rkt/index.md
        - docs/getting-started-guides/rkt/notes.md
      - docs/getting-started-guides/mesos/index.md
      - docs/getting-started-guides/mesos-docker.md
    - title: Bare Metal
      section:
      - docs/getting-started-guides/coreos/bare_metal_offline.md
      - docs/getting-started-guides/fedora/fedora_ansible_config.md
      - docs/getting-started-guides/fedora/fedora_manual_config.md
      - docs/getting-started-guides/fedora/flannel_multi_node_cluster.md
      - docs/getting-started-guides/centos/centos_manual_config.md
      - docs/getting-started-guides/coreos/index.md
      - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/index.md
      - title: Ubuntu
        section:
        - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/index.md
        - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/validation.md
        - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/backups.md
        - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/upgrades.md
        - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/scaling.mdfnet
        - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/installation.md
        - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/monitoring.md
        - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/networking.md
        - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/security.md
        - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/storage.md
        - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/troubleshooting.md
        - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/decommissioning.md
        - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/calico.md
        - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/operational-considerations.md
        - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/glossary.md
        - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/local.md
        - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/logging.md
        - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/manual.md
      - docs/getting-started-guides/windows/index.md
    - docs/admin/node-conformance.md
  - docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode.md
  - docs/admin/cluster-large.md
  - docs/admin/multiple-zones.md
  - docs/admin/high-availability/index.md
  - docs/getting-started-guides/binary_release.md

- title: Administering Clusters
  section:
  - docs/admin/index.md
  - docs/admin/cluster-management.md
  - docs/admin/upgrade-1-6.md
  - docs/admin/kubeadm.md
  - docs/admin/addons.md
  - docs/admin/node-allocatable.md
  - docs/admin/ha-master-gce.md
  - docs/admin/namespaces/index.md
  - docs/admin/namespaces/walkthrough.md
  - docs/admin/limitrange/index.md
  - docs/admin/etcd.md
  - docs/admin/etcd_upgrade.md
  - title: Changing Cluster Size
    path: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/wiki/User-FAQ#how-do-i-change-the-size-of-my-cluster/
  - docs/admin/multiple-schedulers.md
  - title: Setting Up and Configuring DNS
    path: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/tree/release-1.5/examples/cluster-dns
  - docs/admin/master-node-communication.md
  - docs/admin/garbage-collection.md
  - docs/admin/salt.md

- title: Administering Federation
  section:
  - docs/admin/federation/kubefed.md
  - title: Federated Kubernetes Objects
    section:
    - docs/user-guide/federation/index.md
    - docs/federation/api-reference/index.md
  - title: Federation Components
    section:
    - docs/admin/federation-apiserver.md
    - title : federation-controller-manager
      path: /docs/admin/federation-controller-manager
