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Mastering Kubernetes

You're reading from Mastering Kubernetes Dive into Kubernetes and learn how to create and operate world-class cloud-native systems

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781804611395

Length 746 pages

Edition 4th Edition

Tools

Kubernetes

Concepts

Containerization

Author (1):

Gigi Sayfan

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Table of Contents (21) 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

8. Deploying and Updating Applications

9. Packaging Applications

10. Exploring Kubernetes Networking

11. Running Kubernetes on Multiple Clusters

12. Serverless Computing on Kubernetes

13. Monitoring Kubernetes Clusters

14. Utilizing Service Meshes

15. Extending Kubernetes

16. Governing Kubernetes

17. Running Kubernetes in Production

18. The Future of Kubernetes

19. Other Books You May Enjoy

20. Index

Cluster API

The Cluster API (AKA CAPI) is a project from the Cluster Lifecycle SIG. Its goal is to make provisioning, upgrading, and operating multiple Kubernetes clusters easy. It supports both kubeadm-based clusters as well as managed clusters via dedicated providers. It has a cool logo inspired by the famous “It’s turtles all the way down” story. The idea is that the Cluster API uses Kubernetes to manage Kubernetes clusters.

Figure 11.1: The Cluster API logo

Cluster API architecture

The Cluster API has a very clean and extensible architecture. The primary components are:

The management cluster
The work cluster
The bootstrap provider
The infrastructure provider
The control plane
Custom resources

Figure 11.2: Cluster API architecture

Let’s understand the role of each one of these components and how they interact with each other.

Management cluster

The management cluster...

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Authors (1)

Gigi Sayfan

Gigi Sayfan

Gigi Sayfan has been developing software for 25+ years in domains as diverse as instant messaging, morphing, chip fabrication process control, embedded multimedia applications for game consoles, brain-inspired ML, custom browser development, web services for 3D distributed game platforms, IoT sensors, virtual reality, and genomics. He has written production code in languages such as Go, Python, C, C++, C#, Java, Delphi, JavaScript, and even Cobol and PowerBuilder for operating systems such as Windows (3.11 through 7), Linux, macOS, Lynx (embedded), and Sony PlayStation. His technical expertise includes databases, low-level networking, distributed systems, containers, unorthodox user interfaces, modern web applications, and general SDLC.

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