DevOps Tools 101 - Kubernetes

DevOps Tools 101 is a series of posts outlining in easy to digest form, the tools available and in use by the DevOps community. Today we’ll be learning about Kubernetes (often abbreviated to k8s), which was originally developed and then open-sourced by Google. The Official Description From kubernetes.io Kubernetes is an open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. The Breakdown open-source system - you can look at and modify the underlying code that makes up kubernetes [Read More]

Deploying a dockerized two-tier app on Kubernetes

For a great deal of developers, myself included, doing something is the preferred method of learning as opposed to reading how to do it. When I was wrapping my head around using kubernetes to manage my docker containers, I found that creating a deployment from scratch was invaluable. I’d like to walk you through that deployment and explain everything along the way. Before we jump in, you’ll need to have: [Read More]