Running Kubernetes with Other Cloud Pals

Chances are that throughout this book, and perhaps even so far, you’re going to get whiplash by finding out about the number of places and different ways you can deploy Kubernetes. The reality is, you’re going to get even more whiplash in the real world. Whether you’re a full-time Kubernetes engineer or a consultant, every company that you go to is going to feel a bit different in the ways you’re deploying Kubernetes and where you’re deploying it.

In the previous chapter, you learned about the three major Kubernetes cloud services – AKS, EKS, and GKE. However, there are a ton of other great options in the wild that are on private clouds and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solutions. Although you’ll see a lot of organizations, ranging from start-ups to Fortune 200 companies and up, using popular Kubernetes cloud-based services such as AKS, EKS, and GKE, more and more organizations are starting...