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50 Kubernetes Concepts Every DevOps Engineer Should Know

By : Michael Levan
Book Image

50 Kubernetes Concepts Every DevOps Engineer Should Know

By: Michael Levan

Overview of this book

Kubernetes is a trending topic among engineers, CTOs, CIOs, and other technically sound professionals. Due to its proliferation and importance for all cloud technologies, DevOps engineers nowadays need a solid grasp of key Kubernetes concepts to help their organization thrive. This book equips you with all the requisite information about how Kubernetes works and how to use it for the best results. You’ll learn everything from why cloud native is important to implementing Kubernetes clusters to deploying applications in production. This book takes you on a learning journey, starting from what cloud native is and how to get started with Kubernetes in the cloud, on-premises, and PaaS environments such as OpenShift. Next, you’ll learn about deploying applications in many ways, including Deployment specs, Ingress Specs, and StatefulSet specs. Finally, you’ll be comfortable working with Kubernetes monitoring, observability, and security. Each chapter of 50 Kubernetes Concepts Every DevOps Engineer Should Know is built upon the previous chapter, ensuring that you develop practical skills as you work through the code examples in GitHub, allowing you to follow along while giving you practical knowledge. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to implement Kubernetes in any environment, whether it’s an existing environment, a greenfield environment, or your very own lab running in the cloud or your home.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
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Part 1: First 20 Kubernetes Concepts – In and Out of the Cloud
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Part 2: Next 15 Kubernetes Concepts – Application Strategy and Deployments
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Part 3: Final 15 Kubernetes Concepts – Security and Monitoring

Running Kubernetes with Other Cloud Pals

Chances are that throughout this book, and perhaps even so far, you’re going to get whiplash by finding out about the number of places and different ways you can deploy Kubernetes. The reality is, you’re going to get even more whiplash in the real world. Whether you’re a full-time Kubernetes engineer or a consultant, every company that you go to is going to feel a bit different in the ways you’re deploying Kubernetes and where you’re deploying it.

In the previous chapter, you learned about the three major Kubernetes cloud services – AKS, EKS, and GKE. However, there are a ton of other great options in the wild that are on private clouds and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solutions. Although you’ll see a lot of organizations, ranging from start-ups to Fortune 200 companies and up, using popular Kubernetes cloud-based services such as AKS, EKS, and GKE, more and more organizations are starting...