Book excerpt: Harness Kubernetes' extensibility to deploy modern patterns and learn to effectively handle production issues Key FeaturesBuild and run efficient cloud-native applications on Kubernetes using industry best practicesOperate Kubernetes in a production environment, troubleshoot clusters, and address security concernsDeploy cutting-edge Kubernetes patterns such as service mesh and serverless to your clusterBook Description Kubernetes is a modern cloud native container orchestration tool and one of the most popular open source projects worldwide. In addition to the technology being powerful and highly flexible, Kubernetes engineers are in high demand across the industry. This book is a comprehensive guide to deploying, securing, and operating modern cloud native applications on Kubernetes. From the fundamentals to Kubernetes best practices, the book covers essential aspects of configuring applications. You'll even explore real-world techniques for running clusters in production, tips for setting up observability for cluster resources, and valuable troubleshooting techniques. Finally, you'll learn how to extend and customize Kubernetes, as well as gaining tips for deploying service meshes, serverless tooling, and more on your cluster. By the end of this Kubernetes book, you'll be equipped with the tools you need to confidently run and extend modern applications on Kubernetes. What you will learnSet up Kubernetes and configure its authenticationDeploy your applications to KubernetesConfigure and provide storage to Kubernetes applicationsExpose Kubernetes applications outside the clusterControl where and how applications are run on KubernetesSet up observability for KubernetesBuild a continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline for KubernetesExtend Kubernetes with service meshes, serverless, and moreWho this book is for This book is for developers, architects, DevOps engineers, or anyone interested in developing and managing cloud-native applications. Those already running cloud applications and looking for a better way to manage their platform or others interested in a career change given the recent popularity of Kubernetes will also find this book helpful. Some familiarity with cloud computing, containers and DevOps is required, but no prior knowledge of building production applications using Kubernetes is needed to get started with this book.