Search icon
Arrow left icon
All Products
Best Sellers
New Releases
Books
Videos
Audiobooks
Learning Hub
Newsletters
Free Learning
Arrow right icon
The KCNA Book

You're reading from  The KCNA Book

Product type Book
Published in Jun 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781835080399
Pages 197 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Nigel Poulton Nigel Poulton
Profile icon Nigel Poulton

Table of Contents (12) Chapters

1. Getting started 2. 1: Setting the scene 3. 2: Cloud native architecture 4. 3: Container orchestration 5. 4: Kubernetes Fundamentals 6. 5: Cloud native application delivery 7. 6: Cloud native observability 8. The exam 9. 8: Sample test
10. What next Appendix A: Chapter quiz answers 1. Appendix B: Sample Test answers

Defining cloud native architecture

The first thing to understand is that cloud native is a set of capabilities and practices. That’s right, cloud native isn’t about running on the public cloud, it’s a set of capabilities and practices.

Cloud native capabilities include applications and infrastructure that is resilient, scalable, observable, highly automated, and easily updated. Cloud native practices is about building teams and processes that encourage co-operation, integration, and open governance. The end result is an environment that delivers high-quality applications that meet and respond to modern business demands.

Most cloud native apps are also microservices apps. As explained in the previous chapter, microservices is an architecture where every application feature is developed and deployed as a small independent application. As a simple example, an application with a web front-end and a database back-end will have two microservices – one for the...

lock icon The rest of the chapter is locked
Register for a free Packt account to unlock a world of extra content!
A free Packt account unlocks extra newsletters, articles, discounted offers, and much more. Start advancing your knowledge today.
Unlock this book and the full library FREE for 7 days
Get unlimited access to 7000+ expert-authored eBooks and videos courses covering every tech area you can think of
Renews at €14.99/month. Cancel anytime}