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Published inOct 2017
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Hideto Saito
Hideto Saito
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Hideto Saito

Hideto Saito has around 20 years of experience in the computer industry. In 1998, while working for Sun Microsystems Japan, he was impressed by Solaris OS, OPENSTEP, and Sun Ultra Enterprise 10000 (also known as StarFire). He then decided to pursue UNIX and macOS operating systems. In 2006, he relocated to southern California as a software engineer to develop products and services running on Linux and macOS X. He was especially renowned for his quick Objective-C code when he was drunk. He is also an enthusiast of Japanese anime, drama, and motorsports, and loves Japanese Otaku culture.
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Hui-Chuan Chloe Lee
Hui-Chuan Chloe Lee
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Hui-Chuan Chloe Lee

Hui-Chuan Chloe Lee is a DevOps and software developer. She has worked in the software industry on a wide range of projects for over five years. As a technology enthusiast, she loves trying and learning about new technologies, which makes her life happier and more fulfilling. In her free time, she enjoys reading, traveling, and spending time with the people she love
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Cheng-Yang Wu
Cheng-Yang Wu
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Cheng-Yang Wu

Cheng-Yang Wu has been tackling infrastructure and system reliability since he received his master's degree in computer science from National Taiwan University. His laziness prompted him to master DevOps skills to maximize his efficiency at work so as to squeeze in writing code for fun. He enjoys cooking as it's just like working with software a perfect dish always comes from balanced flavors and fine-tuned tastes.
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So far we have gone through topics around carrying out DevOps' tasks on Kubernetes across the board. Nevertheless, it's always challenging to implement knowledge under real-world circumstances, hence you may wonder whether Kubernetes is able to solve particular problems that you are currently facing. In this chapter, we'll learn the following topics to work out with challenges:

  • Advanced Kubernetes features
  • Kubernetes communities
  • Other container orchestrator frameworks

Exploring the possibilities of Kubernetes

Kubernetes is evolving day by day, and it's at a pace where it is publishing one major version quarterly. Aside from the built-in functions that come with every new Kubernetes distribution, contributions from the community also play an important role in the ecosystem, and we'll have a tour around them in this section.

Mastering Kubernetes

Kubernetes' objects and resources are categorized into three API tracks, namely, alpha, beta, and stable to denote their maturity. The apiVersion field at the head of every resource indicates their level. If a feature has a versioning such as v1alpha1, it belongs to alpha-level API, and beta API is named in the same way. An alpha-level...

Gravitating towards a future infrastructure

It's always hard to tell whether a tool is a right fit or not, especially on opting for a cluster management software to underpin business missions, because the difficulties and challenges with which everyone is confronted varies. Apart from objective concerns such as performance, stability, availability, scalability, and usability, real circumstances also account for a significant portion of the decision. For instance, perspective on choosing a stack for developing greenfield projects and for building additional layers on top of bulky legacy systems could be diverse. Likewise, operating services by a highly cohesive DevOps team and by an organization working in the old day styles could also lead to distinct choices.

In addition to Kubernetes, there are still other platforms, which also feature orchestrating containers, and they...

Summary

In this chapter, we have briefly discussed Kubernetes features that applies to certain more specific use cases, and guided where and how to leverage the strong communities, including the Kubernetes incubator and the package manager Helm.

In the end, we went back to the start and gave overview to three other popular alternatives for the same goal: orchestrating containers, so as to leave the conclusion in your mind for choosing your next generation infrastructure.

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Authors (3)

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Hideto Saito

Hideto Saito has around 20 years of experience in the computer industry. In 1998, while working for Sun Microsystems Japan, he was impressed by Solaris OS, OPENSTEP, and Sun Ultra Enterprise 10000 (also known as StarFire). He then decided to pursue UNIX and macOS operating systems. In 2006, he relocated to southern California as a software engineer to develop products and services running on Linux and macOS X. He was especially renowned for his quick Objective-C code when he was drunk. He is also an enthusiast of Japanese anime, drama, and motorsports, and loves Japanese Otaku culture.
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Hui-Chuan Chloe Lee

Hui-Chuan Chloe Lee is a DevOps and software developer. She has worked in the software industry on a wide range of projects for over five years. As a technology enthusiast, she loves trying and learning about new technologies, which makes her life happier and more fulfilling. In her free time, she enjoys reading, traveling, and spending time with the people she love
Read more about Hui-Chuan Chloe Lee

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Cheng-Yang Wu

Cheng-Yang Wu has been tackling infrastructure and system reliability since he received his master's degree in computer science from National Taiwan University. His laziness prompted him to master DevOps skills to maximize his efficiency at work so as to squeeze in writing code for fun. He enjoys cooking as it's just like working with software a perfect dish always comes from balanced flavors and fine-tuned tastes.
Read more about Cheng-Yang Wu