Books

This 2026 edition of the best-selling Kubernetes book is fully updated for the latest versions of Kubernetes and the latest industry trends. You won't find a better and more up-to-date book on Kubernetes. Hand-crafted over the past 8 years by best-selling author Nigel Poulton. This book is a masterpiece.

Build. Deploy. Scale.Take your Java skills to the cloud-native level with Hands-On Java with Kubernetes. From your first Spring Boot or Quarkus app to production-ready deployments with CI/CD, observability, and service mesh—you’ll learn by doing, not just reading. Ideal for developers who want to master Kubernetes without getting bogged down in YAML configuration.

Take control of Kubernetes with GitOps and Argo CD. This book shows you how to deploy, secure, and scale your applications step by step — from the basics to advanced patterns.

Something is broken. The clock is ticking. Where do you even start?Every engineer who works with containers knows that moment — the deployment is down, the logs are cryptic, and docker ps is showing something you didn't expect. You know the tools. You just need a clear head and a logical path forward.That's exactly what this book is.The Practitioner's Guide to Docker & Kubernetes Troubleshooting skips the introductory fluff and gets straight to the part where things are on fire. It's organized around symptoms — what you're actually seeing — not around how Docker or Kubernetes happens to be architected. Every chapter gives you a decision tree: here's the status, here's what it means, here's the command, here's the fix.Whether you're chasing a CrashLoopBackOff at midnight, trying to figure out why two containers can't talk to each other, or untangling a Kubernetes node that just went NotReady — this guide has the exact path through it.Covers Docker Engine · Docker Swarm · Kubernetes From single containers to multi-node clusters. From image pull failures to PVC stuck in Terminating.No padding. No prerequisites lecture. Just the guide you wish you'd had the last time something broke. Tight, benefit-led, and speaks directly to the frustration your readers already feel. Works well as Leanpub's "About This Book" blurb.

Learn how to build Kubernetes Operators from scratch using Kubebuilder, step by step. You will create real controllers, work with CRDs, and understand how reconciliation works in practice. By the end, you’ll know how to design, test, and run your custom operator.

Go services often fail in production for boring reasons: weak probe semantics, missing timeout budgets, unsafe retries, noisy telemetry, and rollout settings that look fine until traffic spikes. Go Apps on Kubernetes is a practical pocketbook for engineers who ship and run Go microservices on K8s. It gives you concise, production-focused guidance you can apply immediately: health/readiness contracts, graceful shutdown and draining, retry/backoff patterns, observability defaults (metrics, logs, traces), security hardening baselines, and deployment/autoscaling templates. No theory dump, no platform-admin detours. Just reusable patterns and incident-oriented checklists to help your services start cleanly, degrade predictably, and recover fast.

Turn AI into a reliable incident-response copilot for Kubernetes. This SmartBook shows you how to combine the speed of AI with the precision of kubectl and jq, so you can investigate production issues faster, verify every claim, and respond with confidence under pressure.

Learn how to build scalable test automation pipelines using Playwright and modern DevOps tools. This practical guide teaches automation engineers how to integrate Playwright with CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and Docker. Inside this book you will learn: • Building Playwright automation frameworks • Running tests in CI/CD pipelines • Parallel test execution and scaling automation • Docker container testing • Jenkins and GitHub Actions integration • Real-world DevOps automation projects This book is designed for QA engineers, automation testers, and DevOps engineers who want to build modern test automation pipelines.

24 chapters. 20,000+ lines of code. One rule: every example has to be something you'd actually use. Go Orchestrated takes you from idiomatic Go through every corner of the standard library to building a full Kubernetes operator — with real code at every step. No toy demos. No hand-waving. If you already know how to code and want to get serious about Go in 2026, start here. Part I is free. Grab the Community Edition and see for yourself.

Modern cloud systems require automation, consistency, and reliability. GitOps With ArgoCD shows how to manage Kubernetes applications using Git as the single source of truth while enabling automated deployments, policy enforcement, and scalable multi-cluster operations.Learn how DevOps teams use ArgoCD to simplify continuous delivery, improve infrastructure visibility, and maintain secure and reproducible environments.

"Lost in the world of Kubernetes Ingress? You’re not alone.Kubernetes Ingress is the key to unlocking seamless web traffic management—but understanding how it works can feel like navigating a maze. "A Simple Journey into Managing Web Traffic in Kubernetes" is here to guide you through the confusion.In just five chapters, you’ll go from Ingress novice to confident practitioner, learning: ✅ What an Ingress Controller really does—and why it matters. ✅ How the Gateway API is changing the game for Kubernetes traffic. ✅ The six types of Ingress Controllers and how to pick the right one. ✅ What the future holds with API Gateway Ingress.No jargon. No fluff. Just clear, practical insights to help you master Kubernetes Ingress—effortlessly.Ready to take control of your web traffic? Your journey starts here."

Your developers are not slow. Your system is full of friction.What if:A new engineer could ship to production on day one?Every service was secure, observable, and compliant by default?Deployments rolled back automatically before customers noticed?Cloud costs were visible at the moment code was written?This is not a tooling problem. It is a platform design problem.The Paved Road shows you how to move from DevOps culture to Platform execution — from heroics to systems, from tickets to self-service, from firefighting to flow.Build the road once. Let everyone move faster forever.

"Kubernetes is powerful—but when things break, do you know how to fix them?From CrashLoopBackOff to networking black holes, Kubernetes failures can cripple your applications. "Kubernetes Troubleshooting Guide" is your go-to resource for diagnosing and resolving issues fast. Whether you’re a DevOps engineer, SRE, or developer, this book arms you with practical debugging techniques, real-world scenarios, and proactive strategies to keep your clusters healthy.Stop guessing. Start fixing. Master Kubernetes troubleshooting—before your next outage."

The "It Works on My Machine" Excuse Ends Today. Understand Docker. Ship with Confidence. Own Production. This book is written for front-end developers who are tired of using Docker without truly understanding it. Instead of abstract theory or backend-centric explanations, it teaches Docker in a clear, practical way—aligned with how front-end engineers think and how real front-end applications are built and shipped.You’ll work with a real GitHub repository, follow real production workflows, and learn how to build, run, and deploy a React.js application using Docker—ending with a full deployment to Amazon EC2. Every step is explained with purpose, so you understand not just what to do, but why it works.By the end of the book, Docker will no longer feel like a black box. You’ll know how to create reliable builds, debug problems with confidence, and take ownership of your production environment as a front-end developer.If you want to stop guessing, stop copying commands, and finally ship front-end applications with confidence—this book is for you.

Your Code Works Locally. Now, Make It Run for the World. 🌍 Mastered Python? Now face the ultimate challenge: Production. Volume 8: Cloud-Native Python, DevOps & LLMOps takes you beyond the IDE and into the data center. Learn to containerize with Docker, orchestrate with Kubernetes, and serve 70B+ parameter models with enterprise-grade LLMOps. Don’t just write software—architect it.