Publisher: 8
Nigel Poulton, Pushkar Joglekar
Kubernetes is a powerful container orchestration platform that enables efficient application deployment, scaling, and management. This book begins with foundational concepts, explaining Kubernetes architecture, control planes, worker nodes, and the declarative model. Readers will learn how to set up a Kubernetes environment using tools like Docker Desktop and cloud-based solutions.The book then covers core operational topics, including Pods, Deployments, Namespaces, and Services, providing hands-on exercises to reinforce learning. Networking, storage, and security are explored in depth, with real-world examples of managing applications, configuring RBAC, and using ConfigMaps and Secrets. Advanced topics such as StatefulSets, the Kubernetes API, and service discovery offer insights into optimizing and securing Kubernetes workloads.Security is a key focus, with chapters dedicated to API security, threat modeling, and real-world Kubernetes security practices. Readers will gain practical knowledge on securing clusters, managing access controls, and mitigating common threats. By the end, they will be equipped with the skills to deploy, scale, and secure Kubernetes environments effectively.
The Kubernetes Book. Navigate the world of Kubernetes with expertise - Second Edition
Nigel Poulton, Pushkar Joglekar
Containers transformed how we package and deploy applications, but they came with inherent challenges. Kubernetes is a platform for deploying and managing containerized applications at scale. It also abstracts underlying infrastructure, making it easier to deploy and manage applications across heterogenous clouds and on-premises environments. The Kubernetes Book offers a beginner-friendly approach to mastering Kubernetes architecture and core concepts such as Pods, Deployments, Services, StatefulSets, Ingress, & ConfigMaps. It also demystifies the Kubernetes API, teaches you how to secure Kubernetes, and brings you up to speed with important cloud-native concepts such as microservices, declarative configuration, desired state, & reconciliation. The book also serves as a comprehensive guide for software developers, systems administrators, cloud engineers, and architects to help them master Kubernetes. It offers the most precise explanations and is full of practical examples to help develop applications on a laptop and then deploy them to real-world Kubernetes environments. The Kubernetes Book is updated annually, meaning it's always up to date with the latest and greatest in the Kubernetes and cloud-native ecosystems.
The Kubernetes Book. The fastest way to get your head around Kubernetes
Nigel Poulton, Pushkar Joglekar
Kubernetes is the leading orchestrator of cloud-native apps. With knowledge of how to work with Kubernetes, you can easily deploy and manage applications on the cloud or in your on-premises data center. The book begins by introducing you to Kubernetes and showing you how to install it. You’ll learn how to use Kubernetes Services and bring stable and reliable networking to apps that are deployed on Kubernetes. You'll delve deep into the powerful storage subsystem of Kubernetes and learn how to leverage the variety of external storage backends in your applications. As the book progresses, it shows you how to use features such as DaemonSets, Helm, and RBAC to enhance your Kubernetes applications. You'll explore the six categories of identifying vulnerabilities and look at a few ways to prevent and mitigate them. You'll also look at ways to secure the software delivery pipeline by discussing some image-related best practices. The book ends by sharing with you some resources that’ll help take your Kubernetes knowledge to the next level.By the end of the book, you’ll have the confidence and skills to leverage all the features of Kubernetes to develop scalable applications.
Michael Dame
From incomplete collections of knowledge and varying design approaches to technical knowledge barriers, Kubernetes users face various challenges when developing their own operators. Knowing how to write, deploy, and pack operators makes cluster management automation much easier – and that's what this book is here to teach you.Beginning with operators and Operator Framework fundamentals, the book delves into how the different components of Operator Framework (such as the Operator SDK, Operator Lifecycle Manager, and OperatorHub.io) are used to build operators. You’ll learn how to write a basic operator, interact with a Kubernetes cluster in code, and distribute that operator to users. As you advance, you’ll be able to develop a sample operator in the Go programming language using Operator SDK tools before running it locally with Operator Lifecycle Manager, and also learn how to package an operator bundle for distribution. The book covers best practices as well as sample applications and case studies based on real-world operators to help you implement the concepts you’ve learned.By the end of this Kubernetes book, you’ll be able to build and add application-specific operational logic to a Kubernetes cluster, making it easier to automate complex applications and augment the platform.
The Kubernetes Workshop. Learn how to build and run highly scalable workloads on Kubernetes
Zachary Arnold , Sahil Dua , Wei...
Thanks to its extensive support for managing hundreds of containers that run cloud-native applications, Kubernetes is the most popular open source container orchestration platform that makes cluster management easy. This workshop adopts a practical approach to get you acquainted with the Kubernetes environment and its applications.Starting with an introduction to the fundamentals of Kubernetes, you’ll install and set up your Kubernetes environment. You’ll understand how to write YAML files and deploy your first simple web application container using Pod. You’ll then assign human-friendly names to Pods, explore various Kubernetes entities and functions, and discover when to use them. As you work through the chapters, this Kubernetes book will show you how you can make full-scale use of Kubernetes by applying a variety of techniques for designing components and deploying clusters. You’ll also get to grips with security policies for limiting access to certain functions inside the cluster. Toward the end of the book, you’ll get a rundown of Kubernetes advanced features for building your own controller and upgrading to a Kubernetes cluster without downtime.By the end of this workshop, you’ll be able to manage containers and run cloud-based applications efficiently using Kubernetes.
Edgar Wallace
Few people today would recognize the name Edgar Wallace but before his death in 1933 he was a literary force to be reckoned with. He was both prolific and popular and his books reportedly sold at the rate of 5,000 a day. This enjoyable collection includes eight mystery stories by Edgar Wallace: The Lady Called Nita, The Man Who Married His Cook, Mr. Sigees Relations, The Knight Who Could Not Kneel, Her Fathers Daughter, The Dramatic Butler, Diana Helps, Con-Lacto Is Strength. These stories are fast-paced with some surprising twists, well written and great to read. Highly recommended for people who like to treat a mystery story as a solvable riddle.
Fred M. White
Fred M. White was a science fiction writer and wrote many spy stories. Events in the story The Lady in Blue take place in London. The main character, Rupert Kelso, returns from Norway and lives his usual life, until fate decided intervene. Kelso should assist in an investigation into the robbery of a gemstone.
The Lady in the Car. In Which the Amours of a Mysterious Motorist are Related
William Le Queux
The Prince broke open a big box of choice Petroffs, selected one, lit it slowly, and walked pensively to the window. He was in a good mood that morning, for he had just got rid of a troublesome visitor.