contents

 

Front matter

preface

acknowledgments

about this book

about the authors

about the cover illustration

  

  1 Why Kubernetes exists

  1.1   Reviewing a few key terms before we get started

  1.2   The infrastructure drift problem and Kubernetes

  1.3   Containers and images

  1.4   Core foundation of Kubernetes

All infrastructure rules in Kubernetes are managed as plain YAML

  1.5   Kubernetes features

  1.6   Kubernetes components and architecture

The Kubernetes API

Example one: An online retailer

Example two: An online giving solution

  1.7   When not to use Kubernetes

  2 Why the Pod?

  2.1   An example web application

Infrastructure for our web application

Operational requirements

Kubernetes, infrastructure, and the Pod