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Mastering Kubernetes - Third Edition

By : Gigi Sayfan
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Mastering Kubernetes - Third Edition

By: Gigi Sayfan

Overview of this book

The third edition of Mastering Kubernetes is updated with the latest tools and code enabling you to learn Kubernetes 1.18’s latest features. This book primarily concentrates on diving deeply into complex concepts and Kubernetes best practices to help you master the skills of designing and deploying large clusters on various cloud platforms. The book trains you to run complex stateful microservices on Kubernetes including advanced features such as horizontal pod autoscaling, rolling updates, resource quotas, and persistent storage backend. With the two new chapters, you will gain expertise in serverless computing and utilizing service meshes. As you proceed through the chapters, you will explore different options for network configuration and learn to set up, operate, and troubleshoot Kubernetes networking plugins through real-world use cases. Furthermore, you will understand the mechanisms of custom resource development and its utilization in automation and maintenance workflows. By the end of this Kubernetes book, you will graduate from an intermediate to advanced Kubernetes professional.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
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Index

The history of cluster federation on Kubernetes

Before jumping into the details of cluster federation, let's get some historical context. It's funny to talk about the history of a project like Kubernetes that didn't even exist 5 years ago, but the pace of development and a large number of contributors took Kubernetes through accelerated evolution. This is especially relevant for Kubernetes federation.

In March 2015, the first revision of the Kubernetes Cluster Federation (https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/design-proposals/multicluster/federation.md) proposal was published. Back then, it was fondly nicknamed "Ubernetes." The basic idea was to reuse the existing Kubernetes APIs to manage multiple clusters. This proposal, now called Federation V1, went through several rounds of revision and implementation, but it never reached general availability and is considered deprecated at this point. The SIG cluster workgroup realized...