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Kubernetes on AWS

By : Ed Robinson
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Kubernetes on AWS

By: Ed Robinson

Overview of this book

Docker containers promise to radicalize the way developers and operations build, deploy, and manage applications running on the cloud. Kubernetes provides the orchestration tools you need to realize that promise in production. Kubernetes on AWS guides you in deploying a production-ready Kubernetes cluster on the AWS platform. You will then discover how to utilize the power of Kubernetes, which is one of the fastest growing platforms for production-based container orchestration, to manage and update your applications. Kubernetes is becoming the go-to choice for production-grade deployments of cloud-native applications. This book covers Kubernetes from first principles. You will start by learning about Kubernetes' powerful abstractions - Pods and Services - that make managing container deployments easy. This will be followed by a guided tour through setting up a production-ready Kubernetes cluster on AWS, while learning the techniques you need to successfully deploy and manage your own applications. By the end of the book, you will have gained plenty of hands-on experience with Kubernetes on Amazon Web Services. You will also have picked up some tips on deploying and managing applications, keeping your cluster and applications secure, and ensuring that your whole system is reliable and resilient to failure.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

The design process

The design process is shown as follows:

When you think about preparing to use Kubernetes to manage your production infrastructure, you shouldn't think about Kubernetes as your end goal. It is a foundation for building a platform on which to run systems.

When you think about building a platform to meet the needs of the different people in your organization, it becomes much simpler to define the requirements you will place on Kubernetes. When trying to plan for a production environment, you need to understand the requirements that your organization has. Clearly, the technical requirements of the software you want to manage is important. But it is also key to understanding the operational process that your organization needs to support.

Adopting Kubernetes offers a lot of benefits to organizations that have complex requirements for the software that they...