PLEASE NOTE: This document applies to the HEAD of the source tree
If you are using a released version of Kubernetes, you should
refer to the docs that go with that version.
The latest release of this document can be found
[here](http://releases.k8s.io/release-1.1/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/testing.md).
Documentation for other releases can be found at
[releases.k8s.io](http://releases.k8s.io).
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## Testing your Kubernetes cluster.
To validate that your node(s) have been added, run:
```sh
kubectl get nodes
```
That should show something like:
```console
NAME LABELS STATUS
10.240.99.26 kubernetes.io/hostname=10.240.99.26 Ready
127.0.0.1 kubernetes.io/hostname=127.0.0.1 Ready
```
If the status of any node is `Unknown` or `NotReady` your cluster is broken, double check that all containers are running properly, and if all else fails, contact us on [Slack](../../troubleshooting.md#slack).
### Run an application
```sh
kubectl -s http://localhost:8080 run nginx --image=nginx --port=80
```
now run `docker ps` you should see nginx running. You may need to wait a few minutes for the image to get pulled.
### Expose it as a service
```sh
kubectl expose rc nginx --port=80
```
Run the following command to obtain the IP of this service we just created. There are two IPs, the first one is internal (CLUSTER_IP), and the second one is the external load-balanced IP.
```sh
kubectl get svc nginx
```
Alternatively, you can obtain only the first IP (CLUSTER_IP) by running:
```sh
kubectl get svc nginx --template={{.spec.clusterIP}}
```
Hit the webserver with the first IP (CLUSTER_IP):
```sh
curl
```
Note that you will need run this curl command on your boot2docker VM if you are running on OS X.
### Scaling
Now try to scale up the nginx you created before:
```sh
kubectl scale rc nginx --replicas=3
```
And list the pods
```sh
kubectl get pods
```
You should see pods landing on the newly added machine.
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