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Once upon a time Kubernetes
Container Orchestration
This book is designed to teach you how to manage containers on a large scale.
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Last updated on 2025-05-06
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This is the Community Edition of the book Once Upon a Time Kubernetes. Learning how to manage containers at scale is now within your reach.

What is it all about?
Once upon a time, Kubernetes was designed to help you manage containers on a large scale. No prior knowledge of Kubernetes is required to benefit from the book; the chapters begin by explaining the basics and gradually increase in complexity.
Resources included in the book:
- A Kubernetes cluster with multiple nodes running locally with no #infrastructure #costs.
- A load balancer simulator running locally with no infrastructure costs.
- Images throughout all chapters enhance your understanding of the concepts.
- Hands-on examples for each chapter to explore the concepts learned.
- Asciinema video links that support your practices.
- kubexercises tool with exercises at the end of chapters.
What you'll learn
The Community Edition includes two theoretical chapters and three practical ones.