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Kubernetes – An Enterprise Guide - Second Edition

You're reading from  Kubernetes – An Enterprise Guide - Second Edition

Product type Book
Published in Dec 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803230030
Pages 578 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
Languages
Authors (2):
Marc Boorshtein Marc Boorshtein
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Scott Surovich Scott Surovich
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface 1. Docker and Container Essentials 2. Deploying Kubernetes Using KinD 3. Kubernetes Bootcamp 4. Services, Load Balancing, ExternalDNS, and Global Balancing 5. Integrating Authentication into Your Cluster 6. RBAC Policies and Auditing 7. Deploying a Secured Kubernetes Dashboard 8. Extending Security Using Open Policy Agent 9. Node Security with GateKeeper 10. Auditing Using Falco, DevOps AI, and ECK 11. Backing Up Workloads 12. An Introduction to Istio 13. Building and Deploying Applications on Istio 14. Provisioning a Platform 15. Other Books You May Enjoy
16. Index

Comparing microservices and monoliths

Before we dive too deeply into code, we should spend some time discussing the differences between microservices and monolithic architecture. The microservices versus monolithic architecture debate is as old as computing itself (and the theory is probably even older). Understanding how these two approaches relate to each other and your problem set will help you decide which one to use.

My history with microservices versus monolithic architecture

Before we get into the microservices versus monoliths discussion, I wanted to share my own history with this conversation. I doubt it's unique, but it does frame my outlook on the discussion and adds some context to the recommendations in this chapter.

My introduction to this discussion was when I was a computer science student in college and had started using Linux and open source. One of my favorite books, Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution, had an appendix on the debate...

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