50 Kubernetes Concepts Every DevOps Engineer Should Know

The top Kubernetes book you must have to learn key concepts for succeeding in any production environment, in a greenfield Kubernetes environment, and in your cloud-native journey

Key Features

• Advance in your Kubernetes journey with guidance from a seasoned k8s practitioner and trainer
• Discover best practices to implement Kubernetes in any production environment
• Go beyond the basics and work with Kubernetes applications in any environment

Book Description

Kubernetes is a topic that is on everyone's mind right now, ranging from engineers to CTOs and CIOs. It's been called the operating system of the cloud and the data center of the cloud. Its popularity is reaching every company from startups to the Fortune 500. DevOps engineers now have the need and desire to master key concepts of Kubernetes. This book takes you through a vast amount of information about how Kubernetes works and why it works in certain ways. You'll learn everything from why cloud-native is important to implementing k8s clusters to deploying applications the way you would in production.

First, you'll learn about what cloud-native is and how to get started with Kubernetes in the cloud, on-prem, and PaaS environments like OpenShift. Next, you'll learn all about deploying applications in many ways including Deployment specs, Ingress Specs, StatefulSet specs, and a lot more. Finally, you'll wrap up with Kubernetes monitoring, observability, and security. This book is put together for each chapter to build on the other with code examples in GitHub that allow you to follow along in a practical way.

By the end of this book, you'll have the ability to implement Kubernetes in any environment, whether it's an existing environment, a greenfield environment, or your very-own lab running in the cloud or in your home.

What you will learn

• How Kubernetes works on-prem, in the cloud, and in PaaS environments
• Work with networking, cluster management, and application deployment
• Understand why cloud-native is crucial for Kubernetes applications
• Deploy apps from all sides including Stateless, Stateful, and more
• Properly monitor and implement observability into your environment
• Kubernetes security at the cluster, user, and application level

Who This Book Is For

This book is targeted towards Cloud Engineers, Developers, DevOps Engineers, and Infrastructure Engineers who are responsible for inheriting a Kubernetes environment or creating a greenfield Kubernetes environment. Professionals who want to get started with cloud-native applications and implement k8s best practices will benefit from this book. If you are someone who has engineered environments in the cloud and on-prem and has an understanding of how to deploy applications with a solid tenure in a developer role then this book will help you further.

Table of Contents

1. Kubernetes in Today's World
2. Get the Ball Rolling with Kubernetes and the Top Three
3. Running K8s with Other Cloud Pals
4. The On-prem and PaaS Kubernetes Reality Check
5. Deploying Kubernetes apps like a true cloud-native
6. Kubernetes Deployment - Same game, next level
7. The Kubernetes Watchman - Monitoring
8. Kubernetes Observability is a different beast
9. Security Reality Check: Kubernetes Style