Google Cloud Platform in Action

Chapter 10. Kubernetes Engine: managed Kubernetes clusters

This chapter covers

• What containers, Docker, and Kubernetes do
• How Kubernetes Engine works and when it’s a good fit
• Setting up a managed Kubernetes cluster using Kubernetes Engine
• Upgrading cluster nodes and resizing a cluster

A common problem in software development is the final packaging of all your hard work into something that’s easy to work with in a production setting. This problem is often neglected until the last minute because we tend to keep our focus on building and designing the software itself. But the final packaging and deployment are often as difficult and complex as the original development. Luckily many tools are available to address this problem, one of which relies ...