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Mastering Kubernetes - Fourth Edition

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Product type Book
Published in Jun 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804611395
Pages 746 pages
Edition 4th Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Gigi Sayfan Gigi Sayfan
Profile icon Gigi Sayfan

Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface 1. Understanding Kubernetes Architecture 2. Creating Kubernetes Clusters 3. High Availability and Reliability 4. Securing Kubernetes 5. Using Kubernetes Resources in Practice 6. Managing Storage 7. Running Stateful Applications with Kubernetes 8. Deploying and Updating Applications 9. Packaging Applications 10. Exploring Kubernetes Networking 11. Running Kubernetes on Multiple Clusters 12. Serverless Computing on Kubernetes 13. Monitoring Kubernetes Clusters 14. Utilizing Service Meshes 15. Extending Kubernetes 16. Governing Kubernetes 17. Running Kubernetes in Production 18. The Future of Kubernetes 19. Other Books You May Enjoy
20. Index

Creating a bare-metal cluster from scratch

In the previous section, we looked at running Kubernetes on cloud providers. This is the dominant deployment story for Kubernetes. But there are strong use cases for running Kubernetes on bare metal, such Kubernetes on the edge. I don't focus here on hosted versus on-premise. This is yet another dimension. If you already manage a lot of servers on-premise, you are in the best position to decide.

Use cases for bare-metal

Bare-metal clusters are a bear, especially if you manage them yourself. There are companies that provide commercial support for bare-metal Kubernetes clusters, such as Platform 9, but the offerings are not mature yet. A solid open-source option is Kubespray, which can deploy industrial-strength Kubernetes clusters on bare metal, AWS, GCE, Azure and OpenStack.

Here are some use cases where it makes sense:

  • Price : If you already manage large-scale bare clusters, it may be much cheaper to run Kubernetes clusters on your physical...
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