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Gigi Sayfan
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Gigi Sayfan

Gigi Sayfan has been developing software for 25+ years in domains as diverse as instant messaging, morphing, chip fabrication process control, embedded multimedia applications for game consoles, brain-inspired ML, custom browser development, web services for 3D distributed game platforms, IoT sensors, virtual reality, and genomics. He has written production code in languages such as Go, Python, C, C++, C#, Java, Delphi, JavaScript, and even Cobol and PowerBuilder for operating systems such as Windows (3.11 through 7), Linux, macOS, Lynx (embedded), and Sony PlayStation. His technical expertise includes databases, low-level networking, distributed systems, containers, unorthodox user interfaces, modern web applications, and general SDLC.
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Managing clusters and node pools

Managing your clusters and node pools is the top infrastructure administration activity for a large-scale Kubernetes-based enterprise. In this section, we will look at several crucial aspects, including provisioning, bin packing and utilization, upgrades, troubleshooting, and cost management.

Provisioning managed clusters and node pools

There are different methods for provisioning clusters and node pools. You should choose the method that is best for your use case wisely because failure here can result in devastating outages. Let’s review some options. All cloud providers offer cluster and node pool provisioning via APIs, CLIs, and UIs. I highly recommend avoiding directly using any of these methods and instead using GitOps-based declarative approaches. Here are some solid options to consider.

The Cluster API

The Cluster API is an open-source project from the Cluster Lifecycle SIG. Its goal is to make provisioning, upgrading...

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Published in: Jun 2023Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781804611395

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Gigi Sayfan

Gigi Sayfan has been developing software for 25+ years in domains as diverse as instant messaging, morphing, chip fabrication process control, embedded multimedia applications for game consoles, brain-inspired ML, custom browser development, web services for 3D distributed game platforms, IoT sensors, virtual reality, and genomics. He has written production code in languages such as Go, Python, C, C++, C#, Java, Delphi, JavaScript, and even Cobol and PowerBuilder for operating systems such as Windows (3.11 through 7), Linux, macOS, Lynx (embedded), and Sony PlayStation. His technical expertise includes databases, low-level networking, distributed systems, containers, unorthodox user interfaces, modern web applications, and general SDLC.
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