You're reading from Mastering Kubernetes Level up your container orchestration skills with Kubernetes to build, run, secure, and observe large-scale distributed apps

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781839211256

Length 642 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Tools

Kubernetes

Concepts

Containerization

Author (1):

Gigi Sayfan

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface

1. Understanding Kubernetes Architecture

2. Creating Kubernetes Clusters FREE CHAPTER

3. High Availability and Reliability

4. Securing Kubernetes

5. Using Kubernetes Resources in Practice

6. Managing Storage

7. Running Stateful Applications with Kubernetes

Stateful versus stateless applications in Kubernetes

8. Deploying and Updating Applications

9. Packaging Applications

10. Exploring Advanced Networking

11. Running Kubernetes on Multiple Clouds and Cluster Federation

12. Serverless Computing on Kubernetes

13. Monitoring Kubernetes Clusters

14. Utilizing Service Meshes

15. Extending Kubernetes

16. The Future of Kubernetes

17. Other Books You May Enjoy

18. Index

Serverless Kubernetes in the cloud

All the major cloud providers now supports serverless long-running services for Kubernetes. Surprisingly, Microsoft Azure was the first to offer this. Kubernetes interacts with nodes via the kubelet. The basic idea of serverless infrastructure is that instead of provisioning actual nodes (be they physical or on virtual machines (VMs)), a virtual node is created in some fashion. Different cloud providers use different solutions to accomplish this goal.

Don't forget the cluster autoscaler

Before jumping into cloud provider-specific solutions, make sure to check out the Kubernetes-native option of the cluster autoscaler. The cluster autoscaler scales the nodes in your cluster and doesn't suffer from the limitations of some of the other solutions. All the Kubernetes scheduling and control mechanisms work out of the box with the cluster autoscaler because it just automates adding and removing regular nodes from your cluster. No exotic...