You're reading from Hands-on Kubernetes on Azure, Third Edition Use Azure Kubernetes Service to automate management, scaling, and deployment of containerized applications

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801079945

Length 528 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Languages

JavaScript

Tools

Azure

Concepts

Containerization

Authors (3):

Gunther Lenz

Nills Franssens

Shivakumar Gopalakrishnan

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

Hands-on Kubernetes on Azure – Third Edition

Foreword

Section 1: The Basics FREE CHAPTER

1. Introduction to containers and Kubernetes

2. Getting started with Azure Kubernetes Service

Section 2: Deploying on AKS

3. Application deployment on AKS

4. Building scalable applications

5. Handling common failures in AKS

6. Securing your application with HTTPS

7. Monitoring the AKS cluster and the application

Section 3: Securing your AKS cluster and workloads

8. Role-based access control in AKS

9. Azure Active Directory pod‑managed identities in AKS

10. Storing secrets in AKS

11. Network security in AKS

Section 4: Integrating with Azure managed services

12. Connecting an application to an Azure database

13. Azure Security Center for Kubernetes

14. Serverless functions

15. Continuous integration and continuous deployment for AKS

Index

6. Securing your application with HTTPS

HTTPS has become a necessity for any public-facing website. Not only does it improve the security of your website, but it is also becoming a requirement for new browser functionalities. HTTPS is a secure version of the HTTP protocol. HTTPS makes use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) certificates to encrypt traffic between an end user and a server, or between two servers. TLS is the successor to the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). The terms TLS and SSL are often used interchangeably.

In the past, you needed to buy certificates from a certificate authority (CA), then set them up on your web server and renew them periodically. While that is still possible today, the Let's Encrypt service and helpers in Kubernetes make it very easy to set up verified TLS certificates in your cluster. Let's Encrypt is a non-profit organization run by the Internet Security Research Group and backed by multiple companies. It is a free service that offers...