A Practical Guide for Container Orchestration and Deployment.
ISBN-13: 979-8-8688-1324-5
Publisher: Apress; First Edition (April 1, 2025)
Language: English
Paperback: 750 pages
Item Weight: 1.11 pounds
Dimensions: 6.1 x 1.65 x 9.25 inches
1130 production-ready recipes — fresh patterns for deployments, networking, security, AI/GPU, and more.
KEDA 2.21.0 fixes CVE-2026-77524, changes Azure Pipelines and Temporal scalers, and adds new scalers. Upgrade steps included.
intermediate 📊 ObservabilityMetrics Server v0.9.0 brings a readiness bug fix, quieter node-scrape logging, and CVE patches. Upgrade steps and verification included.
beginner 🔒 SecurityPatch release for Tekton Pipelines v1.17.1: Go 1.27.3 CVE fix, install/upgrade commands, and image attestation verification.
beginner 🚀 DeploymentsK3s v1.37.1+k3s1 bumps Kubernetes to 1.37.1, hardens the supervisor API, and fixes etcd snapshot restore. Upgrade steps and verification included.
intermediate 🚀 DeploymentsFlux v2.10.0 adds object identity GA, SPIFFE mTLS, notification v1 APIs, OCIRepository charts. Covers breaking changes and upgrade steps.
intermediate 📊 ObservabilityK9s v0.51.0 release notes: QPS bump to 50, metrics pagination fix, plugin input fields, PVC resize plugin, and upgrade steps.
beginner 💾 StoragePatch release etcd v3.7.3 for Kubernetes' control-plane datastore: upgrade steps, backup commands, and verification for operators.
advanced 🚀 Deploymentskind v0.33.0 defaults to Kubernetes 1.37.0 nodes, fixes Docker proxy handling and LB config persistence, plus local-path-provisioner tweaks.
beginner 🚀 Deploymentsminikube v1.39.0 switches default runtime to containerd, adds K8s 1.36/1.37 support and a Traefik ingress addon.
intermediate 🔒 SecurityRelease notes for External Secrets Operator helm-chart-2.14.0 are thin; here's how to safely check changes and upgrade via Helm.
intermediate ⚡ AutoscalingKarpenter v1.15.1 is a chores-only cherrypick release; see what changed and how to safely upgrade from v1.14.2.
intermediate 🔒 Securitycontainerd 2.4.2 patch release fixes 3 CVEs, hardens CRI log handling, seccomp, and image pulls. Upgrade steps and verification included.
intermediateDiscover how Kubernetes Recipes can help you master container orchestration with practical, production-ready solutions.
Kubernetes Recipes: A Practical Guide for Container Orchestration and Deployment, packed with actionable solutions.
A comprehensive collection of step-by-step guides designed to solve real-world Kubernetes deployment challenges.
Master Kubernetes from installation and API fundamentals to advanced scaling, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
Learn best practices and strategies from industry experts Grzegorz Stencel and Luca Berton.
Discover detailed recipes for managing workloads, services, and configurations for optimal performance.
Implement robust security measures and access controls to safeguard your Kubernetes clusters.
Explore complementary tools like Helm, logging, and monitoring to extend your Kubernetes capabilities.
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Watch the recording →Kubernetes Recipes is your essential guide to using Kubernetes for container orchestration, providing a hands-on, problem-solving approach to address the intricacies of deployment, scaling, and day-to-day operations.
Beginning with the fundamentals, the book covers installation, working with the Kubernetes API, and application primitives. It includes monitoring, troubleshooting, handling specialized workloads, managing volumes and configuration data, scaling strategies, and security best practices.
You'll gain practical skills in everyday tasks like using the CLI, managing workloads, and accessing logs. The book extends to advanced topics such as developing Kubernetes itself, leveraging Helm, and using observability tools like Prometheus and Grafana.
Kubernetes Recipes is for developers, system administrators, DevOps professionals, project managers, students, and researchers—anyone ready to master this powerful platform with confidence.
Staff Engineer at JPMorgan Chase with over 17 years of Linux experience. From cybersecurity to robotics, Greg combines extensive technical skills with real-world applications. He is also a CKAD-certified cloud educator and maker.
Luca Berton is an experienced consultant specializing in AI, Kubernetes, and cloud automation, as well as an author and open-source advocate. With a background at Dell Technologies, JPMorgan Chase, and Red Hat, Luca empowers others through tools such as Ansible and Kubernetes. Explore his hands-on courses at CopyPasteLearn.
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