Kubernetes is an open-source platform designed to automate deployment, scaling, and operation of application containers. It is responsible for automating various aspects of application development, proving to be extremely beneficial for organizations and enterprises. Kubernetes networking includes features such as pod networks, service networks, cluster IPs, container ports, host ports, and node ports. With this hands-on course, you will understand and navigate Kubernetes networking effectively. You will learn how to manage the intricacies of networking using easy-to-understand practical and hands-on examples to explain each concept and feature. You will begin by swiftly covering the key topics in Kubernetes, and move onto the basics of Kubernetes networking. You will dive into containers, pods and pod network, and understand how Kubernetes manages a virtual network of devices and routing rules. You’ll learn how Kubernetes networking model works with intra-node and inter-node communication, and service networking for facilitating load balancing for pods. You will move on to operating a Kubernetes network, after covering Kubernetes networking components. You will learn how to use host networking for your containers, and operate a working overlay network, kube-proxy and kube-dns. By the end of the course, you will be confident to deploy networking in a Kubernetes cluster.

About The Author

Walter Dolce is a Software and Platform Engineer based in London, United Kingdom. He has worked for both small- and medium-sized businesses as well as large enterprises such as the BBC and Just Eat. Over the years, he has developed extensive knowledge of various software engineering concepts and practices, including test-driven development, behavior-driven development, the SOLID principles, design patterns, and more. He has more recently transitioned to the DevOps/Platform Engineering arena, using his knowledge to implement highly available, resilient systems and platforms running in today’s major cloud providers (including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft.

Walter has authored another video course for Packt entitled “Creating a Continuous Deployment Pipeline”.