Summary
In this chapter, we took a look at the clustering methods for Docker environments that allow you to set up complete staging and production environments. Let's go over some of the key takeaways from this chapter:
- Clustering is a method of configuring a set of machines in a way that, in many respects, can be viewed as a single system.
- Kubernetes is the most popular clustering system for Docker.
- Kubernetes consists of the Kubernetes server and the Kubernetes client (
kubectl). - The Kubernetes server can be installed locally (through minikube or Docker Desktop), on the cloud platform (AKS, GKE, or EKS), or manually on a group of servers. Kubernetes uses YAML configurations to deploy applications.
- Kubernetes provides features such as scaling and rolling updates out of the box.
- Kubernetes provides DNS resolution, which can help when you're deploying systems that consist of multiple dependent applications.
- The most popular clustering systems...
