Installing and Authenticating

First, create a Google Cloud account, initialize a billing account, and add a new project. Next, install the assets:

Creating a 1-Node Kubernetes Cluster for $6/month

Now you can create a new Kubernetes cluster on a f1-micro instance for a little over $6/month.

Note that a f1-micro single-node cluster doesn’t allow cloud-logging or cloud-monitoring. However, you now can check out your new cluster in the Google Developers Console

*Important Note: if you create a Kubernetes service for a pod, it will automatically create a network forwarding rule on Google Cloud which is a minimum of $18/month for the first five rules (as of October 2015).

For next steps, check out:

Deploying a Node.js Application

Deploying Apps with Persistent Disks