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Kubernetes for Serverless Applications
Kubernetes for Serverless Applications

Kubernetes for Serverless Applications: Implement FaaS by effectively deploying, managing, monitoring, and orchestrating serverless applications using Kubernetes

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Kubernetes for Serverless Applications

An Introduction to Kubernetes

As mentioned at the end of the previous chapter, in this chapter we are going to look at Kubernetes. We will discuss:

  • A brief history of Kubernetes—where did it come from?
  • How does it operate?
  • What are the use cases for Kubernetes and who is using it?
  • Why would you run serverless on servers?

A brief history of Kubernetes

Before we discuss where Kubernetes came from, we should quickly discuss what Kubernetes is. It is pronounced koo-ber-net-eez and sometimes referred to as K8s. Kubernetes is the Greek name for a helmsman or pilot of a ship, which is apt when you consider what Kubernetes is designed to do. The project's website, which you can find at https://kubernetes.io/, describes it as:

"An open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications."

The project has its roots in an internal project at Google called Borg. Google has been a longtime user of container technology, long before Docker made a splash.

Control groups

Google's own container...

An overview of Kubernetes

Now that we have an idea of how Kubernetes came to be, we should walk through all of the different components that go to make up a typical Kubernetes cluster.

Kubernetes itself is written in Go. While the project's GitHub page shows that the project is currently 84.9% Go, the rest, 5.8% HTML, 4.7% Python, and 3.3% Shell (with the remainder being configuration/spec files, and so on), are all documentation and helper scripts.

Go is a programming language developed and open sourced by Google who describes it as A fast, statically typed, compiled language that feels like a dynamically typed, interpreted language. For more information, see https://golang.org/.

Components

There are two main server...

Kubernetes use cases

As we have already touched upon in this chapter, Kubernetes can run pretty much anywhere, from just your local machine (which we will cover in our next chapter), from your on-premise hardware of virtual machine infrastructure to potential spanning hundreds of public cloud instances in AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud. In fact, you could even span multiple environments with your Kubernetes cluster.

This means that you get a consistent experience no matter where you are running your application, but also get to take advantage of your underlying platform's features, such as load balancing, persistent storage, and auto scaling, without have to really design your application to be aware it is running on, say, AWS or Microsoft Azure.

One of the common threads you will notice when reading through success stories is that people are talking about not being...

References

There are several case studies about Kubernetes where users go into detail on their journey with using Kubernetes:

There are also talks, interviews, and presentations from the following:

Finally, you can read more about the Cloud Native Computing Foundation at https://www.cncf.io/.

Summary

In this chapter, we spoke a lot about where Kubernetes came from and we also covered some of its use cases. We also looked at some of the basic functionality.

In the next chapter, we are going to get hands-on with Kubernetes by installing Minikube locally. Once we have our local Kubernetes installation, we will be ready to proceed to Chapter 4, Introducing Kubeless Functioning, where we will start to deploy our first serverless functions on Kubernetes.

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Key benefits

  • • Get hands-on experience in installing, configuring, and using services such as Kubeless, Funktion, OpenWhisk, and Fission
  • • Learn how to launch Kubernetes both locally and in public clouds
  • • Explore the differences between using services such as AWS Lambda and Azure Functions and running your own

Description

Kubernetes has established itself as the standard platform for container management, orchestration, and deployment. It has been adopted by companies such as Google, its original developers, and Microsoft as an integral part of their public cloud platforms, so that you can develop for Kubernetes and not worry about being locked into a single vendor. This book will initially start by introducing serverless functions. Then you will configure tools such as Minikube to run Kubernetes. Once you are up-and-running, you will install and configure Kubeless, your first step towards running Function as a Service (FaaS) on Kubernetes. Then you will gradually move towards running Fission, a framework used for managing serverless functions on Kubernetes environments. Towards the end of the book, you will also work with Kubernetes functions on public and private clouds. By the end of this book, we will have mastered using Function as a Service on Kubernetes environments.

Who is this book for?

If you are a DevOps engineer, cloud architect, or a stakeholder keen to learn about serverless functions in Kubernetes environments, then this book is for you.

What you will learn

  • • Get a detailed analysis of serverless/Functions as a Service
  • • Get hands-on with installing and running tasks in Kubernetes using Minikube
  • • Install Kubeless locally and launch your first function
  • • Launch Kubernetes in the cloud and move your applications between your local machine and your cloud cluster
  • • Deploy applications on Kubernetes using Apache OpenWhisk
  • • Explore topics such as Funktion and Fission installation on the cloud followed by launching applications
  • • Monitor a serverless function and master security best practices and Kubernetes use cases

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Table of Contents

12 Chapters
The Serverless Landscape Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
An Introduction to Kubernetes Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Installing Kubernetes Locally Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Introducing Kubeless Functioning Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Using Funktion for Serverless Applications Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Installing Kubernetes in the Cloud Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Apache OpenWhisk and Kubernetes Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Launching Applications Using Fission Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Looking at OpenFaaS Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Serverless Considerations Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Running Serverless Workloads Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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Another useless "Kubernetes" book. Apart from very brief explanation of serverless concept, it is just a compilation of poorly written installation guides for various libraries, which probably, by the time you get that book, will be out of date anyway.
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