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Beginning Kubernetes on the Google Cloud Platform

A Guide to Automating Application Deployment, Scaling, and Management

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  • Introduces Kubernetes concepts one at a time

  • Teaches you how to run code and observe effects rather than focusing on theoretical concepts

  • Provides a hands-on approach to understanding StatefulSets so you don't have to configure off-the-shelf stores such as MongoDB or MySQL

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Introduction

    • Ernesto Garbarino
    Pages 1-27
  3. Pods

    • Ernesto Garbarino
    Pages 29-89
  4. Deployments and Scaling

    • Ernesto Garbarino
    Pages 91-128
  5. Service Discovery

    • Ernesto Garbarino
    Pages 129-154
  6. ConfigMap and Secrets

    • Ernesto Garbarino
    Pages 155-190
  7. Jobs

    • Ernesto Garbarino
    Pages 191-216
  8. CronJobs

    • Ernesto Garbarino
    Pages 217-237
  9. DaemonSets

    • Ernesto Garbarino
    Pages 239-257
  10. StatefulSets

    • Ernesto Garbarino
    Pages 259-316
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 317-324

About this book

Use this beginner’s guide to understand and work with Kubernetes on the Google Cloud Platform and go from single monolithic Pods (the smallest unit deployed and managed by Kubernetes) all the way up to distributed, fault-tolerant stateful backing stores.

You need only a familiarity with Linux, Bash, and Python to successfully use this book. Proficiency in Docker or cloud technology is not required. You will follow a learn-by-doing approach, running small experiments and observing the effects.


Google open sourced Kubernetes in 2015 and now it is the industry standard in container orchestration. It has been adopted by all leading vendors of cloud, on-prem, and hybrid infrastructure services: Microsoft (Azure AKS), Amazon (AWS EKS), IBM (IBM Cloud Kubernetes Services), Alibaba Cloud (ACK), RedHat (OpenShift), and Pivotal (PKS). Even though Kubernetes is offered by all of the market-leading cloud providers, the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) offers an integrated shell (Google Cloud Shell) and a $300 credit to get started, which makes it the ideal platform to not only learn Kubernetes but also to implement final production workloads.

What You Will Learn

  • Set up a Kubernetes cluster in GCP
  • Deploy simple Docker images using monolithic Pods
  • Arrange highly available and highly scalable applications using Deployments
  • Achieve zero-downtime deployments using the Service controller
  • Externalize configuration using ConfigMaps and Secrets
  • Set up batch processes and recurrent tasks using Jobs and CronJobs
  • Install horizontal (sidecar pattern) services using DaemonSets
  • Implement distributed, stateful backing stores using StatefulSets


Who This Book Is For

Beginners with basic Linux admin and scripting skills (Bash and Python). Proficiency with Docker is not required as all examples in the book use off-the-shelf public images from Docker Hub.




Authors and Affiliations

  • EGHAM, UK

    Ernesto Garbarino

About the author

Ernesto Garbarino is a consultant specialized in the Digital, Cloud, and DevOps domains. His 20 year experience ranges from working with early start-ups and entrepreneurial organizations during the dot com era to senior consultancy work in blue chip industries including telecoms, logistics, and banking. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Beginning Kubernetes on the Google Cloud Platform

  • Book Subtitle: A Guide to Automating Application Deployment, Scaling, and Management

  • Authors: Ernesto Garbarino

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5491-2

  • Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA

  • eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Professional and Applied Computing (R0), Apress Access Books

  • Copyright Information: Ernesto Garbarino 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4842-5490-5Published: 29 November 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4842-5491-2Published: 28 November 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 324

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Computer Communication Networks

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access