Teardown

When you're done, remove the resources and turn off the local cluster so it stops consuming CPU and memory.

Delete the workload

kubectl delete -f service.yaml -f deployment.yaml
kubectl delete pod web --ignore-not-found   # if the page-03 Pod still exists

Delete the cluster

kind delete cluster --name learn

Confirm it is gone

kubectl get nodes   # error / no cluster — expected

You should see an error like Unable to connect to the server — that means the cluster is fully removed.

Leaving the cluster running is fine while you experiment, but delete it when you finish — a stopped cluster is the tidy end state for this tier.

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You have completed the Kubernetes beginner tier. You ran a Pod, promoted it to a managed Deployment, exposed it with a Service, and reached the app from your laptop — all on a local cluster that cost nothing to run.