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You're reading from Getting Started with Kubernetes Extend your containerization strategy by orchestrating and managing large-scale container deployments

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788994729

Length 470 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Tools

Kubernetes

Concepts

Containerization

Authors (2):

Jesse White

Jonathan Baier

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface

1. Introduction to Kubernetes FREE CHAPTER

2. Building a Foundation with Core Kubernetes Constructs

3. Working with Networking, Load Balancers, and Ingress

4. Implementing Reliable Container-Native Applications

5. Exploring Kubernetes Storage Concepts

6. Application Updates, Gradual Rollouts, and Autoscaling

7. Designing for Continuous Integration and Delivery

8. Monitoring and Logging

9. Operating Systems, Platforms, and Cloud and Local Providers

10. Designing for High Availability and Scalability

11. Kubernetes SIGs, Incubation Projects, and the CNCF

12. Cluster Federation and Multi-Tenancy

13. Cluster Authentication, Authorization, and Container Security

14. Hardening Kubernetes

15. Kubernetes Infrastructure Management

16. Assessments

17. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Kubernetes with CoreOS

Now that we understand the benefits, let's take a look at a Kubernetes cluster using CoreOS. The documentation supports a number of platforms, but one of the easiest to spin up is AWS with the CoreOS CloudFormation and CLI scripts.

Note

If you are interested in running Kubernetes with CoreOS on other platforms, you can find more details in the CoreOS documentation at https://coreos.com/kubernetes/docs/latest/. You can find the latest instructions for AWS at https://coreos.com/kubernetes/docs/latest/kubernetes-on-aws.html .

You can follow the instructions covered previously in this chapter to spin up Kubernetes on CoreOS. You'll need to create a key pair on AWS, and also specify a region, cluster name, cluster size, and DNS to proceed.

In addition, we will need to create a DNS entry, and will require a service such as Route 53 or a production DNS service. When following the instructions, you'll want to set the DNS to a domain or sub-domain on which you have permission to...