Workflow for building, pushing, and testing Docker images inside GKE / Kubernetes

Question

I am developing a Kubernetes service for deployment in Google Container Egine (GKE). Until recently, I have built Docker images in Google Cloud Shell, but I am hitting quota lim

Answer 1

The solution consisted of adding the scope storage-rw to the instance (otherwise storage-r applies by default):

gcloud compute images list \
  --project google-containers \
  --no-standard-images
gcloud compute instances create tmp \
  --machine-type g1-small \
  --image container-vm-v20160321 \
  --image-project google-containers \
  --zone europe-west1-d \
  --scopes compute-rw,storage-rw

In addition, I also had to install kubectl (like so) and configure it (like so), so overall this is quite a bite of a hassle. (Also the configuration will have to be updated when the cluster's endpoint changes e.g. after a recreation.)

But I can now use use a dedicated VM instance (such as tmp) for development work on Docker images.

UPDATE Added scope compute-rw, which is necessary e.g. for manipulating GCE addresses (as e.g. in gcloud compute addresses list).