Learn Kubernetes in a Month of Lunches

Learn Kubernetes in a Month of Lunches is your guide to getting up and running with Kubernetes.

Summary

In Learn Kubernetes in a Month of Lunches you’ll go from “what’s a Pod?” to automatically scaling clusters of containers and components in just 22 hands-on lessons, each short enough to fit into a lunch break. Every lesson is task-focused and covers an essential skill on the road to Kubernetes mastery. You’ll learn how to smooth container management with Kubernetes, including securing your clusters, and upgrades and rollbacks with zero downtime. No development stack, platform, or background is assumed. Author Elton Stoneman describes all patterns generically, so you can easily apply them to your applications and port them to other projects!

About the technology

Create apps that perform identically on your laptop, data center, and cloud! Kubernetes provides a consistent method for deploying applications on any platform, making it easy to grow. By efficiently orchestrating Docker containers, Kubernetes simplifies tasks like rolling upgrades, scaling, and self-healing.

About the book

Learn Kubernetes in a Month of Lunches is your guide to getting up and running with Kubernetes. You’ll progress from Kubernetes basics to essential skills, learning to model, deploy, and manage applications in production. Exercises demonstrate how Kubernetes works with multiple languages and frameworks. You’ll also practice with new apps, legacy code, and serverless functions.

What’s inside

Deploying applications on Kubernetes clusters

Understanding the Kubernetes app lifecycle, from packaging to rollbacks

Self-healing and scalable apps

Using Kubernetes as a platform for new technologies

About the reader

For readers familiar with Docker and containerization.

Table of Contents

PART 1 – FAST TRACK TO KUBERNETES

1 Before you begin

2 Running containers in Kubernetes with Pods and Deployments

3 Connecting Pods over the network with Services

4 Configuring applications with ConfigMaps and Secrets

5 Storing data with volumes, mounts, and claims

6 Scaling applications across multiple Pods with controllers

PART 2 – KUBERNETES IN THE REAL WORLD

7 Extending applications with multicontainer Pods

8 Running data-heavy apps with StatefulSets and Jobs

9 Managing app releases with rollouts and rollbacks

10 Packaging and managing apps with Helm

11 App development—Developer workflows and CI/CD

PART 3 – PREPARING FOR PRODUCTION

12 Empowering self-healing apps

13 Centralizing logs with Fluentd and Elasticsearch

14 Monitoring applications with Kubernetes with Prometheus

15 Managing incoming traffic with Ingress

16 Securing applications with policies, contexts, and admission control

PART 4 – PURE AND APPLIED KUBERNETES

17 Securing resources with role-based access control

18 Deploying Kubernetes: Multinode and multiarchitecture clusters

19 Controlling workload placement and automatic scaling

20 Extending Kubernetes with custom resources and Operators

21 Running serverless functions in Kubernetes

About the Author

Elton Stoneman is an 11-time Microsoft MVP and a Docker Captain. After several years working for Docker, Elton now offers consulting services for organizations at every stage in their container journey. He is a regular speaker and workshop instructor at conferences and the author of Learn Docker in a Month of Lunches.