What this book covers
Chapter 1, Introduction to Kubernetes Infrastructure and Production-Readiness, teaches you about the basics of Kubernetes infrastructure, then explains the principles of infrastructure designing, and finally the characteristics of production-ready clusters.
Chapter 2, Architecting Production-Grade Kubernetes Infrastructure, teaches you about the various aspects, trade-offs, and best practices that you need to consider while designing Kubernetes infrastructure.
Chapter 3, Provisioning Kubernetes Clusters Using AWS and Terraform, teaches you how to use AWS, Terraform, and infrastructure as code techniques to provision Kubernetes infrastructure.
Chapter 4, Managing Cluster Configurations with Ansible, teaches you how to use Ansible to build a flexible and scalable configuration management solution for Kubernetes clusters.
Chapter 5, Configuring and Enhancing Kubernetes Networking Services, teaches you how to configure and improve Kubernetes cluster networking, and the essential Kubernetes networking add-ons to use.
Chapter 6, Securing Kubernetes Effectively, teaches you about Kubernetes security best practices, and how to validate and ensure the security of clusters.
Chapter 7, Managing Storage and Stateful Applications, teaches you how to overcome storage challenges in Kubernetes using the best storage management solution in the ecosystem.
Chapter 8, Deploying Seamless and Reliable Applications, teaches you container and image best practices, as well as application deployment strategies to achieve scalable service in production.
Chapter 9, Monitoring, Logging, and Observability, teaches you Kubernetes observability best practices, important metrics to watch for, as well as the monitoring and logging stacks available in the market, and when to use each of them.
Chapter 10, Operating and Maintaining Efficient Kubernetes Clusters, teaches you Kubernetes operation best practices, as well as cluster maintenance tasks such as upgrades and rotation, backups, and disaster recovery, and the solutions available to improve the quality of clusters.
