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Cloud Native with Kubernetes

By : Alexander Raul
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Cloud Native with Kubernetes

By: Alexander Raul

Overview of this book

Kubernetes is a modern cloud native container orchestration tool and one of the most popular open source projects worldwide. In addition to the technology being powerful and highly flexible, Kubernetes engineers are in high demand across the industry. This book is a comprehensive guide to deploying, securing, and operating modern cloud native applications on Kubernetes. From the fundamentals to Kubernetes best practices, the book covers essential aspects of configuring applications. You’ll even explore real-world techniques for running clusters in production, tips for setting up observability for cluster resources, and valuable troubleshooting techniques. Finally, you’ll learn how to extend and customize Kubernetes, as well as gaining tips for deploying service meshes, serverless tooling, and more on your cluster. By the end of this Kubernetes book, you’ll be equipped with the tools you need to confidently run and extend modern applications on Kubernetes.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
1
Section 1: Setting Up Kubernetes
5
Section 2: Configuring and Deploying Applications on Kubernetes
11
Section 3: Running Kubernetes in Production
16
Section 4: Extending Kubernetes

minikube – an easy way to start

minikube is the easiest way to get started with a simple local cluster. This cluster won't be set up for high availability, and is not aimed at production uses, but it is a great way to get started running workloads on Kubernetes in minutes.

Installing minikube

minikube can be installed on Windows, macOS, and Linux. What follows is the installation instructions for all three platforms, which you can also find by navigating to https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/start.

Installing on Windows

The easiest installation method on Windows is to download and run the minikube installer from https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-installer.exe.

Installing on macOS

Use the following command to download and install the binary. You can find it in the code repository as well:

Minikube-install-mac.sh

     curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-darwin...