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Managing Kubernetes Resources Using Helm - Second Edition

By : Andrew Block, Austin Dewey
Book Image

Managing Kubernetes Resources Using Helm - Second Edition

By: Andrew Block, Austin Dewey

Overview of this book

Containerization is one of the best ways to implement DevOps, and learning how to execute it effectively is an essential part of a developer’s skillset. Kubernetes is the current industry standard for container orchestration. This book will help you discover the efficiency of managing applications running on Kubernetes with Helm. Starting with a brief introduction to Helm and its impact on users working with containers and Kubernetes, you’ll delve into the primitives of Helm charts and their architecture and use cases. From there, you’ll understand how to write Helm charts in order to automate application deployment on Kubernetes and work your way toward more advanced strategies. These enterprise-ready patterns are focused on concepts beyond the basics so that you can use Helm optimally, looking at topics related to automation, application development, delivery, lifecycle management, and security. By the end of this book, you’ll have learned how to leverage Helm to build, deploy, and manage applications on Kubernetes.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
1
Part 1: Introduction and Setup
5
Part 2: Helm Chart Development
12
Part 3: Advanced Deployment Patterns

Understanding Kubernetes operators

One of the fundamental principles of Kubernetes is that the current state of resources within the cluster matches the desired state, a process known as the control loop. The control loop is an ongoing, non-terminating pattern of monitoring the state of the cluster through the use of controllers. Kubernetes includes numerous controllers that are native to the platform, with examples ranging from admission controllers that intercept requests made to the API server to replication controllers that ensure the configuration of pod replicas.

As interest in Kubernetes began to grow, the combination of providing users with the ability to extend the capabilities of the platform, as well as a way to provide more intelligence around managing the life cycle of applications, led to the creation of a couple of important features to support Kubernetes development. First, the introduction of CRDs enabled users the ability to extend the default Kubernetes API in...