The Kubernetes Book
The Kubernetes Book
About the Book
This is a book about Kubernetes - no prior knowledge required!
It's designed to teach you the theory and the practical as fast as possible so that you can hit the ground running with your first Kubernetes deployment.
About the Author
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Table of Contents
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0: Preface
- Paperbacks, hardbacks, eBooks, audio, and translations
- The book’s GitHub repo
- Feedback and contacting me
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1: Kubernetes primer
- Kubernetes background
- Kubernetes as the operating system of the cloud
- Chapter summary
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2: Kubernetes principles of operation
- Kubernetes from 40K feet
- Control plane and worker nodes
- Kubernetes DNS
- Packaging apps for Kubernetes
- The declarative model and desired state
- Pods
- Deployments
- Service objects and stable networking
- Chapter summary
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3: Getting Kubernetes
- Kubernetes playgrounds
- Hosted Kubernetes
- DIY Kubernetes clusters
- Getting Kubernetes to follow along with the examples
- Play with Kubernetes
- Docker Desktop
- Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
- Other installation methods
- kubectl
- Chapter summary
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4: Working with Pods
- Pod theory
- Multi-container Pods
- Hands-on with Pods
- Clean-up
- Chapter Summary
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5: Virtual clusters with Namespaces
- Use cases for Namespaces
- Inspecting Namespaces
- Creating and managing Namespaces
- Deploying to Namespaces
- Clean-up
- Chapter Summary
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6: Kubernetes Deployments
- Deployment theory
- Create a Deployment
- Perform scaling operations
- Perform a rolling update
- Perform a rollback
- Clean-up
- Chapter summary
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7: Kubernetes Services
- Setting the scene
- Service Theory
- Hands-on with Services
- Clean-up
- Chapter Summary
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8: Ingress
- Setting the Scene for Ingress
- Ingress architecture
- Hands-on with Ingress
- Clean-up
- Chapter summary
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9: Service discovery deep dive
- Quick background
- Service registration
- Service discovery
- Service discovery and Namespaces
- Troubleshooting service discovery
- Summary
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10: Kubernetes storage
- The big picture
- Storage Providers
- The Container Storage Interface (CSI)
- The Kubernetes persistent volume subsystem
- Dynamic provisioning with Storage Classes
- Hands-on
- Clean-up
- Chapter Summary
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11: ConfigMaps and Secrets
- The big picture
- ConfigMap theory
- Hands-on with ConfigMaps
- Hands-on with Secrets
- Clean-up
- Chapter Summary
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12: StatefulSets
- The theory of StatefulSets
- Hands-on with StatefulSets
- Chapter Summary
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13: API security and RBAC
- API security big picture
- Authentication
- Authorization (RBAC)
- Admission control
- Chapter summary
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14: The Kubernetes API
- Kubernetes API big picture
- The API server
- The API
- Chapter summary
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15: Threat modeling Kubernetes
- Threat model
- Spoofing
- Tampering
- Repudiation
- Information Disclosure
- Denial of Service
- Elevation of privilege
- Pod Security Policies
- Towards more secure Kubernetes
- Chapter summary
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16: Real-world Kubernetes security
- CI/CD pipeline
- Infrastructure and networking
- Identity and access management (IAM)
- Auditing and security monitoring
- Real world example
- Chapter summary
- Terminology
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Outro
- About the front cover
- A word on the icons used in diagrams
- Connect with me
- Feedback and reviews
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