Chapter 5. Using Critical Kubernetes Resources

In this chapter, we will design a massive-scale platform that will challenge Kubernetes' capabilities and scalability. The Hue platform is all about creating an omniscient and omnipotent digital assistant. Hue is a digital extension of you. It will help you do anything, find anything, and, in many cases, will do a lot on your behalf. It will obviously need to store a lot of information, integrate with many external services, respond to notifications and events, and be smart about interacting with you.

We will take the opportunity in this chapter to get to know Kubectl and other related tools a little better, and will explore in detail resources that we've seen before, such as pods, as well as new resources, such as jobs. At the end of this chapter, you will have a clear picture of how impressive Kubernetes is and how it can be used as the foundation for hugely complex systems.