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Introduction to DevOps with Kubernetes

By : Onur Yılmaz, Süleyman Akba≈ü
Book Image

Introduction to DevOps with Kubernetes

By: Onur Yılmaz, Süleyman Akba≈ü

Overview of this book

Kubernetes and DevOps are the two pillars that can keep your business at the top by ensuring high performance of your IT infrastructure. Introduction to DevOps with Kubernetes will help you develop the skills you need to improve your DevOps with the power of Kubernetes. The book begins with an overview of Kubernetes primitives and DevOps concepts. You'll understand how Kubernetes can assist you with overcoming a wide range of real-world operation challenges. You will get to grips with creating and upgrading a cluster, and then learn how to deploy, update, and scale an application on Kubernetes. As you advance through the chapters, you’ll be able to monitor an application by setting up a pod failure alert on Prometheus. The book will also guide you in configuring Alertmanager to send alerts to the Slack channel and trace down a problem on the application using kubectl commands. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to manage the lifecycle of simple to complex applications on Kubernetes with confidence.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)

Kubernetes Cluster Considerations

Kubernetes could run on various platforms to meet business and operational requirements. However, some critical questions and concerns should be clarified before choosing a platform. Some of these concerns overlap across multiple topics. Therefore, creating a workflow to choose the most appropriate product is no simple matter. It is recommended that you evaluate solution types and off-the-shelf products according to business requirements and limitations. Consider the following issues when analyzing and evaluating your requirements.

Development or Production-Ready Setup

The Kubernetes platform is ready to handle production-ready workloads; however, it also requires the use of disposable clusters in development and testing. CI/CD systems require a Kubernetes cluster to be ready in a couple of seconds, and could make sacrifices from some features, such as security, node resiliency, or high availability. Therefore, it is vital to select a Kubernetes...