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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

Summary

In this chapter, we covered the hot topic of serverless computing. We explained the two meanings of serverless – eliminating the need to manage servers, and deploying and running FaaS. We explored in depth the aspects of serverless infrastructure in the cloud, especially in the context of Kubernetes. We compared the built-in cluster autoscaler as a Kubernetes-native serverless solution to the offerings of cloud providers such as AWS EKS+Fargate, Azure AKS+ACI, and Google Cloud Run. We switched gears and dove into the exciting and promising Knative project with its scale-to-zero capabilities and advanced deployment options. Then, we moved to the wild world of FaaS on Kubernetes. We mentioned the plethora of solutions out there and examined them in detail with hands-on experiments for some of the prominent solutions out there: Fission, Kubeless, and riff. The bottom line is that both flavors of serverless computing bring real benefits as far as operations and cost management...