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Docker and Kubernetes for Java Developers

You're reading from Docker and Kubernetes for Java Developers Scale, deploy, and monitor multi-container applications

Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781786468390

Length 318 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Java

Tools

Docker

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Authors (2):

Jaroslaw Krochmalski

Krochmalski

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Title Page

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewer

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Preface

1. Introduction to Docker FREE CHAPTER

2. Networking and Persistent Storage

3. Working with Microservices

4. Creating Java Microservices

5. Creating Images with Java Applications

6. Running Containers with Java Applications

7. Introduction to Kubernetes

8. Using Kubernetes with Java

9. Working with the Kubernetes API

10. Deploying Java on Kubernetes in the Cloud

11. More Resources

Basic Kubernetes concepts

A cluster is a group of nodes; they can be physical servers or virtual machines that have the Kubernetes platform installed. The basic Kubernetes architecture is presented in the following diagram:

As you can see, the Kubernetes cluster consists of a Master node and a number of worker nodes with some components inside. While it may look scary and complicated at first glance, it will be easier to understand if we describe the concepts one by one, starting with the Pod.

Pods

The Pod consists of one or more Docker containers. This is the basic unit of the Kubernetes platform and an elementary piece of execution that Kubernetes works with. A diagram of the Pod is presented as following:

Containers running in the same Pod share the same common network namespace, disk, and security context. In fact, the communication over localhost is recommended between containers running on the same Pod. Each container can also communicate with any other Pod or service within the cluster...

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Authors (2)

Jaroslaw Krochmalski

Jaroslaw Krochmalski

Jaros?aw Krochmalski is a passionate software designer and developer who specializes in the financial business domain. He has over 12 years of experience in software development. He is a clean-code and software craftsmanship enthusiast. He is a Certified Scrum Master and a fan of Agile. His professional interests include new technologies in web application development, design patterns, enterprise architecture, and integration patterns. He has been designing and developing software professionally since 2000 and has been using Java as his primary programming language since 2002. In the past, he worked for companies such as Kredyt Bank (KBC) and Bank BPS on many large-scale projects such as international money orders, express payments, and collection systems. He currently works as a consultant at Danish company 7N as an infrastructure architect for the Nykredit bank. You can reach him via Twitter at @jkroch or by e-mail at [email protected].

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Krochmalski

Krochmalski

Jaroslaw Krochmalski is a passionate software designer and developer who specializes in the financial business domain. He has over 12 years of experience in software development. He is a clean-code and software craftsmanship enthusiast. He is a Certified Scrum Master and a fan of Agile. His professional interests include new technologies in web application development, design patterns, enterprise architecture, and integration patterns. He has been designing and developing software professionally since 2000 and has been using Java as his primary programming language since 2002. In the past, he worked for companies such as Kredyt Bank (KBC) and Bank BPS on many large-scale projects such as international money orders, express payments and collection systems. He currently works as a consultant in Danish company 7N as an IT architect for the Nykredit bank. You can reach him via Twitter at @jkroch or by e-mail at [email protected]. I would like to say hello to my friends at 7N and Nykredit, keep up the great job!

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