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Getting Started with Containerization

By : Dr. Gabriel N. Schenker, Hideto Saito, Hui-Chuan Chloe Lee, Ke-Jou Carol Hsu
Book Image

Getting Started with Containerization

By: Dr. Gabriel N. Schenker, Hideto Saito, Hui-Chuan Chloe Lee, Ke-Jou Carol Hsu

Overview of this book

Kubernetes is an open source orchestration platform for managing containers in a cluster environment. This Learning Path introduces you to the world of containerization, in addition to providing you with an overview of Docker fundamentals. As you progress, you will be able to understand how Kubernetes works with containers. Starting with creating Kubernetes clusters and running applications with proper authentication and authorization, you'll learn how to create high-availability Kubernetes clusters on Amazon Web Services (AWS), and also learn how to use kubeconfig to manage different clusters. Whether it is learning about Docker containers and Docker Compose, or building a continuous delivery pipeline for your application, this Learning Path will equip you with all the right tools and techniques to get started with containerization. By the end of this Learning Path, you will have gained hands-on experience of working with Docker containers and orchestrators, including SwarmKit and Kubernetes. This Learning Path includes content from the following Packt products: • Kubernetes Cookbook - Second Edition by Hideto Saito, Hui-Chuan Chloe Lee, and Ke-Jou Carol Hsu • Learn Docker - Fundamentals of Docker 18.x by Gabriel N. Schenker
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
Index

Moving monolithic to microservices


Typically, application architecture is the monolithic design that contains aModel-View- Controller (MVC) and every component within a single, big binary. A monolithic design has somebenefits, such as less latency within components, being all in one straightforward package,and being easy to deploy and test.

However, a monolithic design has some downsides because the binary will be getting bigger and bigger. You always need to take care of the side effects when adding or modifying the code, therefore making release cycles longer.

Containers and Kubernetes give more flexibility when using microservices for your application.The microservices architecture is very simple and can be divided into some modules or some service classes together with MVC:

Monolithic and microservices design

Each microservice provides a Remote Procedure Call (RPC) using RESTful or some standardnetwork APIs to other microservices. The benefit is that each microservice is independent.There...