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S. SubramanianDeploy Container Applications Using Kuberneteshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9277-8_8

8. A Closer Look at Kubernetes

Shiva Subramanian1  
(1)
Georgia, GA, USA
 

In this chapter, we will look at various kubernetes concepts in detail, which were introduced in the previous chapter. All we did in the previous chapter was deploy a container to our microk8s kubernetes cluster using various system defaults. In this chapter, we’ll answer the following questions. What are the defaults? Why do they matter? And how do we customize the defaults for an optimal setup? We’ll learn that and more, so get ready.

Clusters

A kubernetes cluster is a collection ...

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