Hands-On Microservices with Kubernetes

Deploying Microservices

In this chapter, we will deal with two related, yet separate themes: production deployments and development deployments. The concerns, processes, and tools that are used for these two areas are very different. In both cases, the goal is to deploy new software to the cluster, but everything else is different. With production deployments, it's desirable to keep the system stable, be able to have a predictable build and deployment experience, and most importantly, to identify and be able to roll back bad deployments. With development deployments, it's desirable to have isolated deployments for each developer, a fast turnaround, and the ability to avoid cluttering source control or the continuous integration / continuous ...