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 1.0.x release of this document can be found
[here](http://releases.k8s.io/release-1.0/docs/user-guide/quick-start.md).
Documentation for other releases can be found at
[releases.k8s.io](http://releases.k8s.io).
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# Kubernetes User Guide: Managing Applications: Quick start
**Table of Contents**
- [Kubernetes User Guide: Managing Applications: Quick start](#kubernetes-user-guide-managing-applications-quick-start)
- [Launching a simple application](#launching-a-simple-application)
- [Exposing your application to the Internet](#exposing-your-application-to-the-internet)
- [Killing the application](#killing-the-application)
- [What's next?](#whats-next)
This guide will help you get oriented to Kubernetes and running your first containers on the cluster. If you are already familiar with the docker-cli, you can also checkout the docker-cli to kubectl migration guide [here](docker-cli-to-kubectl.md).
## Launching a simple application
Once your application is packaged into a container and pushed to an image registry, you’re ready to deploy it to Kubernetes.
For example, [nginx](http://wiki.nginx.org/Main) is a popular HTTP server, with a [pre-built container on Docker hub](https://registry.hub.docker.com/_/nginx/). The [`kubectl run`](kubectl/kubectl_run.md) command below will create two nginx replicas, listening on port 80.
```console
$ kubectl run my-nginx --image=nginx --replicas=2 --port=80
CONTROLLER CONTAINER(S) IMAGE(S) SELECTOR REPLICAS
my-nginx my-nginx nginx run=my-nginx 2
```
You can see that they are running by:
```console
$ kubectl get po
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
my-nginx-l8n3i 1/1 Running 0 29m
my-nginx-q7jo3 1/1 Running 0 29m
```
Kubernetes will ensure that your application keeps running, by automatically restarting containers that fail, spreading containers across nodes, and recreating containers on new nodes when nodes fail.
## Exposing your application to the Internet
Through integration with some cloud providers (for example Google Compute Engine and AWS EC2), Kubernetes enables you to request that it provision a public IP address for your application. To do this run:
```console
$ kubectl expose rc my-nginx --port=80 --type=LoadBalancer
NAME LABELS SELECTOR IP(S) PORT(S)
my-nginx run=my-nginx run=my-nginx 80/TCP
```
To find the public IP address assigned to your application, execute:
```console
$ kubectl get svc my-nginx -o json | grep \"ip\"
"ip": "130.111.122.213"
```
In order to access your nginx landing page, you also have to make sure that traffic from external IPs is allowed. Do this by opening a [firewall to allow traffic on port 80](services-firewalls.md).
## Killing the application
To kill the application and delete its containers and public IP address, do:
```console
$ kubectl delete rc my-nginx
replicationcontrollers/my-nginx
$ kubectl delete svc my-nginx
services/my-nginx
```
## What's next?
[Learn about how to configure common container parameters, such as commands and environment variables.](configuring-containers.md)
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