Schedule and run application containers using Kubernetes

Key Features

Get to grips with a wide range of tools to monitor and secure your deployments

Manage your container clusters and networks using Kubernetes

Get well-versed with the fundamentals of Kubernetes

Book Description

Kubernetes has continued to grow and achieve broad adoption across various industries, helping you to orchestrate and automate container deployments on a massive scale.

Based on the recent release of Kubernetes 1.12, Getting Started with Kubernetes gives you a complete understanding of how to install a Kubernetes cluster. The book focuses on core Kubernetes constructs, such as pods, services, replica sets, replication controllers, and labels. You will understand cluster-level networking in Kubernetes, and learn to set up external access to applications running in the cluster.

As you make your way through the book, you’ll understand how to manage deployments and perform updates with minimal downtime. In addition to this, you will explore operational aspects of Kubernetes, such as monitoring and logging, later moving on to advanced concepts such as container security and cluster federation. You’ll get to grips with integrating your build pipeline and deployments within a Kubernetes cluster, and be able to understand and interact with open source projects. In the concluding chapters, you’ll orchestrate updates behind the scenes, avoid downtime on your cluster, and deal with underlying cloud provider instability within your cluster.

By the end of this book, you’ll have a complete understanding of the Kubernetes platform and will start deploying applications on it.

What you will learn

Download, install, and configure the Kubernetes code base

Set up and access monitoring and logging for Kubernetes clusters

Set up external access to applications running in the cluster

Learn how to manage and scale Kubernetes with hosted platforms on AWS, Azure, and GCP

Run multiple clusters and manage them from a single control plane

Discover top tools for deploying and managing a Kubernetes cluster

Learn how to get production ready and harden Kubernetes operations, networking, and storage

Who this book is for

Getting Started with Kubernetes is for developers, system administrators, and DevOps engineers who want to automate the deployment process and scale their applications. No prior knowledge of Kubernetes is required.