Ebook: Kubernetes for Developers (MEAP V15)

Kubernetes for Developers is a hands-on guide to taking your first steps into Kubernetes using the powerful Google Kubernetes Engine service. Kubernetes Quickly is a clear and practical beginner’s guide that shows you just how easy, flexible, and cost-effective it can be to make the switch to Kubernetes deployment even for small to medium-sized applications. Kubernetes Quickly is a hands-on guide to taking your first steps into Kubernetes using the powerful Google Kubernetes Engine service. It lays out a map for taking an application, containerizing it, and then deploying it onto Kubernetes. You’ll learn best practice techniques for a stable and long-term Kubernetes deployment, including scaling and capacity planning, saving money by optimizing resource consumption, and tricks to make your day-to-day monitoring easier such as debugging code in the cloud.

What's inside
• Benefits of switching to Kubernetes
• Containerize a web application with Docker
• Host a containerized app on Kubernetes with a public cloud service
• Save money and improve performance with cloud native technologies
• Make your deployments reliable and fault tolerant without constant monitoring and intervention
• Prepare your deployments to scale without a redesign
• Monitor, debug and tune application deployments on Kubernetes in the cloud

About the reader
For programmers with experience managing web apps. No knowledge of Kubernetes or Docker containerization required. Examples use GKE, with careful explanations to allow you to adapt them to any Kuberentes system.