Preface

Apache Mesos abstracts CPU, memory, storage, and other compute resources away from machines (physical or virtual), enabling fault-tolerant and elastic distributed systems to easily be built and run effectively. It improves resource utilization, simplifies system administration, and supports a wide variety of distributed applications that can be effortlessly deployed leveraging its pluggable architecture.

This book will provide a detailed step-by-step guide to deploying a Mesos cluster using all the standard DevOps tools to port Mesos frameworks effectively and in general demystify the concept of Mesos.

The book will first establish the raison d'être of Mesos and explain its architecture in an effective manner. From there, the book will walk the reader through the complex world of Mesos, moving progressively from simple single machine setups to highly complex multi-node cluster setups with new concepts logically introduced along the way. At the end of the journey, the reader will be armed with all the resources that he/she requires to effectively manage the complexities of today's modern datacenter requirements.