You're reading from Kubernetes and Docker - An Enterprise Guide Effectively containerize applications, integrate enterprise systems, and scale applications in your enterprise

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781839213403

Length 526 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Docker

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Authors (2):

Marc Boorshtein

Scott Surovich

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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Docker and Container Fundamentals

2. Chapter 1: Docker and Container Essentials FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Working with Docker Data

4. Chapter 3: Understanding Docker Networking

5. Section 2: Creating Kubernetes Development Clusters, Understanding objects, and Exposing Services

6. Chapter 4: Deploying Kubernetes Using KinD

7. Chapter 5: Kubernetes Bootcamp

8. Chapter 6: Services, Load Balancing, and External DNS

9. Section 3: Running Kubernetes in the Enterprise

10. Chapter 7: Integrating Authentication into Your Cluster

11. Chapter 8: RBAC Policies and Auditing

12. Chapter 9: Deploying a Secured Kubernetes Dashboard

13. Chapter 10: Creating PodSecurityPolicies

14. Chapter 11: Extending Security Using Open Policy Agent

15. Chapter 12: Auditing using Falco and EFK

16. Chapter 13: Backing Up Workloads

17. Chapter 14: Provisioning a Platform

18. Assessments

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Using development clusters

Over the years, various tools have been created to install development Kubernetes clusters, allowing admins and developers to perform testing on a local system. Many of these tools worked for basic Kubernetes tests, but they often had limitations that made them less than ideal for quick, advanced scenarios.

Some of the most common solutions available are as follows:

Docker Desktop
minikube
kubeadm

Each solution has benefits, limitations, and use cases. Some solutions limit you to a single node that runs both the control plane and worker nodes. Others offer multi-node support but require additional resources to create multiple virtual machines. Depending on your development or testing requirements, these solutions may not fill your needs completely.

It seems that a new solution is coming out every few weeks, and one of the newest options for creating development clusters is a project from a Kubernetes in Docker (KinD) Kubernetes...