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Hands-On Kubernetes on Windows

By : Piotr Tylenda
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Hands-On Kubernetes on Windows

By: Piotr Tylenda

Overview of this book

With the adoption of Windows containers in Kubernetes, you can now fully leverage the flexibility and robustness of the Kubernetes container orchestration system in the Windows ecosystem. This support will enable you to create new Windows applications and migrate existing ones to the cloud-native stack with the same ease as for Linux-oriented cloud applications. This practical guide takes you through the key concepts involved in packaging Windows-distributed applications into containers and orchestrating these using Kubernetes. You'll also understand the current limitations of Windows support in Kubernetes. As you advance, you'll gain hands-on experience deploying a fully functional hybrid Linux/Windows Kubernetes cluster for development, and explore production scenarios in on-premises and cloud environments, such as Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service. By the end of this book, you'll be well-versed with containerization, microservices architecture, and the critical considerations for running Kubernetes in production environments successfully.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
1
Section 1: Creating and Working with Containers
5
Section 2: Understanding Kubernetes Fundamentals
9
Section 3: Creating Windows Kubernetes Clusters
12
Section 4: Orchestrating Windows Containers Using Kubernetes

Summary

In this chapter, we focused on common operational best practices for Kubernetes clusters running in production. First, we covered the approaches for provisioning infrastructure for Kubernetes and deploying the clusters reproduciblywe introduced the concepts of infrastructure as code and immutable infrastructure and have showed how they fit into the Kubernetes landscape. Additionally, we provided a recommendation on the best tools for provisioning infrastructure and cluster Deployments. Next, you learned what GitOps is and how to apply this philosophy using Flux and Git repositories. We focused on the operational aspects of upgrades and the patching of both the underlying cluster infrastructure and Kubernetes itself. And lastly, you learned how to ensure that your Kubernetes cluster can run behind HTTP(S) network proxies in enterprise environments.

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