The Book of Kubernetes - by Alan Hohn (Paperback)

About the Book

"A hands-on guidebook to the inner workings of containers and how containerization changes the way programs run. Teaches how to create containers; how to deploy, administer, and debug Kubernetes clusters down to the operating system; and how container networking works at the packet level across multiple nodes in a cluster"--

Book Synopsis

This hands-on guidebook to the inner workings of containers peels back the layers to provide a deep understanding of what a container is, how containerization changes the way programs run, and how Kubernetes provides computing, networking, and storage.

Containers ensure that software runs reliably no matter where it's deployed, and Kubernetes lets you manage all of your containers from a single control plane. In this comprehensive tour of the open-source platform, each chapter includes a set of example scripts with just enough automation to start your container exploration with ease. Beginning with an overview of modern architecture and the benefits of orchestration, you'll quickly learn how to create containers; how to deploy, administer and debug Kubernetes clusters all the way down to the OS; and how container networking works at the packet level across multiple nodes in a cluster.

Review Quotes

"Looks great."
--Xander Soldaat, @XanderSoldaat, OpenShift Cloud Success Architect at Red Hat, Software Engineer

"Suggested read."
--Chris Short, @ChrisShort, Senior Developer Advocate at AWS, Kubernetes Contributor

"A hands-on guidebook to the inner workings of containers. Alan Hohn peels back the layers to provide a deep explanation of what a container is, how containerization changes the way programs run, and how Kubernetes provides computing, networking, and storage."
--iProgrammer

"This book is a deep insight into the containers running in a Kubernetes cluster. I think it's essential for anyone who is interested in deeper learning into the containers orchestration. I appreciate the author's hard work and his depth of knowledge shared in this book."
--RA, Amazon Reviewer

About the Author

Alan Hohn is the Director for Software Strategy for Lockheed Martin. He has 25 years of experience as a Lockheed Martin Fellow, software developer, architect, lead, and manager. He has delivered real applications to production in Ada, Java, Python, and Go, amongst others, and has worked with Linux since the early 1990s. He has led multiple software teams in modernization efforts, incorporating cloud, microservice architecture, and containerization on complex programs. He is an Agile and DevSecOps coach and is an experienced trainer for Java, Ansible, containers, software architecture, and Kubernetes. Hohn has a degree in Computer Science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, a Master's in Business Administration from the University of Minnesota, and a Master's in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.