Kubernetes has become the operating system of today's cloud native world, providing a reliable and scalable platform for running containerized workloads. In this friendly, pragmatic book, cloud experts Justin Domingus and John Arundel show you what Kubernetes can do-and what you can do with it.This updated second edition guides you through the growing Kubernetes ecosystem and provides practical solutions to everyday problems with software tools currently in use. You'll walk through an example containerized application running in Kubernetes step-by-step, from the development environment through the continuous deployment pipeline, exploring patterns you can use for your own applications. Make your development teams lean, fast, and effective by adopting Kubernetes and DevOps principles.-Understand containers and Kubernetes-no experience necessary-Run your own applications on managed cloud Kubernetes services or on-prem environments-Design your own cloud native services and infrastructure-Use Kubernetes to manage resource usage and the container lifecycle-Optimize clusters for cost, performance, resilience, capacity, and scalability-Learn the best tools for developing, testing, and deploying your applications-Apply the latest industry practices for observability and monitoring-Secure your containers and clusters in productionWho Is This Book For?This book is most directly relevant to IT operations staff responsible for servers, applications, and services, and developers responsible for either building new cloud native services or migrating existing applications to Kubernetes and cloud. We assume no prior knowledge of Kubernetes or containers—don’t worry, we’ll walk you through all that.Experienced Kubernetes users should still find much valuable material in the book: it covers advanced topics such as RBAC, continuous deployment, secrets management, and observability. Whatever your level of expertise, we hope you’ll find something useful in these pages.Justin Domingus is a DevOps engineer with experience in Kubernetes and cloud operations. When not working in front of a computer he enjoys gardening, hiking, coffee, and beekeeping. He lives in Seattle, Washington, with a cat, honeybees, chickens, and his wonderful wife, Adrienne.John Arundel is a well-known Go teacher and mentor. He has been writing software for 40 years and thinks he's starting to figure out how to do it. You can find out more at bitfieldconsulting.com. He lives in a fairytale cottage in Cornwall, England, surrounded by woods, wildlife, and a slowly deepening silence.