Cloud Native Applications with Docker and Kubernetes: Design and Build Cloud Architecture and Applications with Microservices, EMQ, and Multi-Site Configurations

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J. BartlettCloud Native Applications with Docker and Kuberneteshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8876-4_8

8. An Overview of the Kubernetes Environment

Jonathan Bartlett¹  

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Tulsa, OK, USA

 

Now that you have some concrete experience using Kubernetes, this chapter will present the basic theory of how a Kubernetes cluster works. We won’t talk about how to accomplish these things in the present chapter—the goal is to provide you with a broad understanding of the components of Kubernetes. In later chapters, we will discuss how to actually set up Kubernetes to make use of these ideas. I imagine you will return to this chapter frequently to remind yourself of ...