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You're reading from Mastering Kubernetes Master the art of container management by using the power of Kubernetes

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2018

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781788999786

Length 468 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Tools

Kubernetes

Concepts

Containerization

Author (1):

Gigi Sayfan

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Preface

1. Understanding Kubernetes Architecture FREE CHAPTER

2. Creating Kubernetes Clusters

3. Monitoring, Logging, and Troubleshooting

4. High Availability and Reliability

5. Configuring Kubernetes Security, Limits, and Accounts

6. Using Critical Kubernetes Resources

7. Handling Kubernetes Storage

8. Running Stateful Applications with Kubernetes

9. Rolling Updates, Scalability, and Quotas

10. Advanced Kubernetes Networking

11. Running Kubernetes on Multiple Clouds and Cluster Federation

12. Customizing Kubernetes – API and Plugins

13. Handling the Kubernetes Package Manager

14. The Future of Kubernetes

15. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Creating your own charts

A chart is a collection of files that describe a related set of Kubernetes resources. A single chart might be used to deploy something simple, such as a memcached pod, or something complex, such as a full web app stack with HTTP servers, databases, and caches.

Charts are created as files laid out in a particular directory tree. Then, they can be packaged into versioned archives to be deployed. The key file is Chart.yaml.

The Chart.yaml file

The Chart.yaml file is the main file of a Helm chart. It requires a name and version fields:

name: The name of the chart (same as the directory name)
version: A SemVer 2 version

It may also contain various optional fields:

kubeVersion: A SemVer range of compatible...

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Authors (1)

Gigi Sayfan

Gigi Sayfan has been developing software for 25+ years in domains as diverse as instant messaging, morphing, chip fabrication process control, embedded multimedia applications for game consoles, brain-inspired ML, custom browser development, web services for 3D distributed game platforms, IoT sensors, virtual reality, and genomics. He has written production code in languages such as Go, Python, C, C++, C#, Java, Delphi, JavaScript, and even Cobol and PowerBuilder for operating systems such as Windows (3.11 through 7), Linux, macOS, Lynx (embedded), and Sony PlayStation. His technical expertise includes databases, low-level networking, distributed systems, containers, unorthodox user interfaces, modern web applications, and general SDLC.

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