Becoming Cloudy with Kubernetes - Burr Sutter

Explore the powerful capabilities of Kubernetes, a game-changing tool for cloud-native applications, and learn how to automate workflows, scale efficiently, and manage resources in a self-service, elastic infrastructure.

Key takeaways
  • Kubernetes is a game changer for cloud-native applications, providing a self-service, elastic infrastructure that can be scaled up or down.
  • Kubernetes can be used to deploy any container image and provide rolling updates for free.
  • The control plane is the central API endpoint for interacting with Kubernetes.
  • Kubernetes uses a declarative configuration style, where you declare what you want to happen and the system figures out how to make it happen.
  • Pipelines are a powerful way to automate workflows in Kubernetes, allowing you to define a sequence of tasks to run in a specific order.
  • Tekton is a pipeline implementation that can be used inside a Kubernetes cluster.
  • The kubectl command is used to interact with the Kubernetes cluster.
  • Load balancing and service discovery are built-in to Kubernetes, providing high availability and scalability for applications.
  • Kubernetes provides a powerful scheduling system that can be used to automatically deploy and manage applications.
  • Namespaces provide a way to isolate applications and resources within a Kubernetes cluster.
  • The Deployment object is used to define a replica set, which can be scaled up or down.
  • The Service object is used to provide load balancing and service discovery for applications.
  • Persistent volumes provide a way to persist data even when a pod is deleted.
  • Labels provide a way to organize and select resources within a Kubernetes cluster.
  • The CronJob object is used to schedule batch jobs to run at specific times.
  • The Job object is used to run a single batch job.
  • Kubernetes provides a built-in logging system that can be used to monitor application activity.
  • Kubernetes provides a built-in dashboard that can be used to monitor and manage the cluster.
  • The kubectl command has many other features and options beyond what is listed here.
  • Kubernetes provides a powerful and flexible infrastructure for deploying and managing cloud-native applications.
  • Kubernetes can be used to automate many DevOps tasks, such as continuous integration and continuous delivery.