You're reading from Cracking the Kubernetes Interview Discover expert tips and best practices to ace your Kubernetes technical interviews

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2025

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781835460030

Length 560 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Kubernetes

Concepts

DevOps

Authors (2):

Viktor Vedmich

Alexander Dovnar

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Table of Contents (27) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Introduction to Kubernetes

2. Understanding Kubernetes from Containers to Orchestration FREE CHAPTER

3. Kubernetes Key Components and Their Functions

4. Part 2: Schedulers, Workloads, and Scaling

5. Exploring Kubernetes Basics

6. Principles of Scaling: Horizontal vs Vertical

7. Autoscaling in Action

8. Part 3: Networking, Services, and Security

9. Essentials of Kubernetes Networking

10. Kubernetes Network Architecture: Services and Ingresses

11. Storage: Persistence and CSI Drivers

12. Security Best Practices in Kubernetes and RBAC

13. Part 4: Deployment, Application Management, and GitOps

14. Real-World Deployment Scenarios and Continuous Deployment

15. Understanding GitOps: Principles and Practices

16. Part 5: Reliability, Monitoring, and Maintenance

17. Custom Resource Definitions and Operators

18. Ensuring High Availability and Reliability

19. Monitoring Best Practices

20. Backup, Maintenance, and Disaster Recovery in Kubernetes

21. Part 6: Troubleshooting and Best Practices

22. Real-World Troubleshooting Scenarios

23. Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

24. Interview Stories from Authors

25. Other Books You May Enjoy

26. Index

Schedulers, Workloads, and Scaling

In this part, you’ll learn how the scheduler makes placement decisions, the differences between key workload types such as Deployments, StatefulSets, and Jobs, and how to choose the right one for the task at hand. It also covers smart scaling strategies—both manual and automatic—to help you make the most of your resources and ensure your applications stay responsive as demand grows.

This part of the book includes the following chapters: