create your cluster using <code>kubectl</code> cli by providing a cluster
specification yaml file. You can find an example for GCP
<a href=https://github.com/gardener/gardener/blob/master/example/90-shoot.yaml>here</a>.
Make sure the namespace matches that of your project. Then just apply the
prepared so-called &ldquo;shoot&rdquo; cluster CRD with <code>kubectl</code>:</p><pre><code class=language-bash data-expandlinks=true data-repo=istio>$ kubectl apply --filename my-cluster.yaml
</code></pre><p>The easie