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Hybrid Cloud for Architects

You're reading from Hybrid Cloud for Architects Build robust hybrid cloud solutions using AWS and OpenStack

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788623513

Length 290 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

AWS

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Author (1):

Alok Shrivastwa

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Title Page

Copyright and Credits

Software Hardware List

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Preface

1. Introducing Hybrid Cloud FREE CHAPTER

2. Hybrid Cloud – Why Does It Matter?

3. Hybrid Cloud Building Blocks

4. Architecting the Underpinning Services

5. Hybrid Cloud Deployment – Architecture and Preparation

6. Building a Traditional CMP-Based Hybrid Cloud

7. Building a Containerized Hybrid Cloud

8. Using PreBuilt Hybrid Cloud Solutions

9. DevOps in the Hybrid Cloud

10. Monitoring the Hybrid Cloud

11. Security in a Hybrid Cloud

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Index

Federation using Kubernetes

We finally come to the section of the book that we have been waiting for, that is, to make these two isolated Kubernetes clusters communicate and work with each other. This is done using a feature called the KubeFed.

The following link talks about cluster federation in detail: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/federation/set-up-cluster-federation-kubefed/

At the time of writing, Kubefed is beta and is only used by companies that are running cutting edge technology. In this, we create a new Kubernetes cluster, which is specifically used to federate the other Kubernetes clusters and not host the pods themselves.

The Federated service (the service in the federated cluster) is much like a normal k8s service but it performs the following functions:

Deploys the same Kubernetes services in every underlying cluster that is joined to the cluster federation.
Monitors the health of those services.
Manages DNS records in a public DNS provider (such as Google Cloud DNS, AWS Route...

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Authors (1)

Alok Shrivastwa

Alok Shrivastwa

Alok Shrivastwa is a technologist from India, currently working as the Director of special projects for Microland in the CMD's office. He currently runs special projects on cloud technologies. Having worked at multiple enterprises of varied sizes, designing and implementing solutions, public and private clouds, and integrations, he has created a myriad number of tools and intellectual properties in the operationalization of emerging technologies. He has authored two books on OpenStack alongside several white papers and blogs on technology, in addition to writing poems in Hindi.

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