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Hands-On Linux Administration on Azure - Second Edition

By : Kamesh Ganesan, Rithin Skaria, Frederik Vos
Book Image

Hands-On Linux Administration on Azure - Second Edition

By: Kamesh Ganesan, Rithin Skaria, Frederik Vos

Overview of this book

Thanks to its flexibility in delivering scalable cloud solutions, Microsoft Azure is a suitable platform for managing all your workloads. You can use it to implement Linux virtual machines and containers, and to create applications in open source languages with open APIs. This Linux administration book first takes you through the fundamentals of Linux and Azure to prepare you for the more advanced Linux features in later chapters. With the help of real-world examples, you’ll learn how to deploy virtual machines (VMs) in Azure, expand their capabilities, and manage them efficiently. You will manage containers and use them to run applications reliably, and in the concluding chapter, you'll explore troubleshooting techniques using a variety of open source tools. By the end of this book, you'll be proficient in administering Linux on Azure and leveraging the tools required for deployment.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
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Index

Summary

This chapter was all about Kubernetes. We started this chapter by describing a possible work environment for a developer: a good workstation with tooling to start local development, even with Kubernetes locally installed. We used Ubuntu Desktop as an example, but in fact, it doesn't really matter as long as you are happy with your development environment.

With everything in place locally, we covered the configuration of Kubernetes clusters in Azure using the Azure CLI and PowerShell.

The deployment of workloads in Azure can be as simple as executing kubectl run, but more complex scenarios were also explored, such as multi-container applications.

As a developer, two tools are available to help streamline your development process: Draft and Helm. Draft is used for the initial development phase, and Helm is used afterward to install and maintain the application.

Kubernetes is a tool for managing your containers, making it easy to deploy, maintain, and update your...