Kuberneteshascontinuedtogrowandachievebroadadoptionacrossvariousindustries,helpingyoutoorchestrateandautomatecontainerdeploymentsonamassivescale.BasedontherecentreleaseofKubernetes1.12,GettingStartedwithKubernetesgivesyouacompleteunderstandingofhowtoinstallaKubernetescluster.ThebookfocusesoncoreKubernetesconstructs,suchaspods,services,replicasets,replicationcontrollers,andlabels.Youwillunderstandcluster-levelnetworkinginKubernetes,andlearntosetupexternalaccesstoapplicationsrunninginthecluster.Asyoumakeyourwaythroughthebook,you'llunderstandhowtomanagedeploymentsandperformupdateswithminimaldowntime.Inadditiontothis,youwillexploreoperationalaspectsofKubernetes,suchasmonitoringandlogging,latermovingontoadvancedconceptssuchascontainersecurityandclusterfederation.You'llgettogripswithintegratingyourbuildpipelineanddeploymentswithinaKubernetescluster,andbeabletounderstandandinteractwithopensourceprojects.Intheconcludingchapters,you'llorchestrateupdatesbehindthescenes,avoiddowntimeonyourcluster,anddealwithunderlyingcloudproviderinstabilitywithinyourcluster.Bytheendofthisbook,you'llhaveacompleteunderstandingoftheKubernetesplatformandwillstartdeployingapplicationsonit.