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CoreOS Essentials

By : Rimantas Mocevicius
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CoreOS Essentials

By: Rimantas Mocevicius

Overview of this book

<p>This book will help you get up and running on using CoreOS to develop effective computing networks. You will begin with understanding the basics of CoreOS. You will then discover what etcd is and how it is used, followed by launching Docker containers with systemd and fleet. Learn how to manage clusters, read system logs, and customize with cloud-config. You will set up the deployment to production using Docker builder and a private Docker registry. You will also see how to set up and use CoreUpdate and Enterprise Registry, and get an introduction to the new App Container called rkt and the newly introduced cluster manager known as Kubernetes.</p> <p>This book will equip you with all the information you need to leverage the power of CoreOS and the related containers for the effective deployment of your applications.</p>
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
CoreOS Essentials
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 4. Managing Clusters

In this chapter, we will cover how to setup and manage a local CoreOS cluster on a personal computer. You will learn how to bootstrap a three-peer cluster, customize it via the cloud-config file, and schedule a fleet unit in the cluster.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Bootstrapping a local cluster

  • Customizing a cluster via thecloud-config file

  • Scheduling a fleet unit in the cluster

You are going to learn how to setup a simple three-node cluster on your personal computer.