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What are some of the best Kubernetes books?

AlexB138 4y ago
For intro level: Kubernetes Up and Running. (Here's a free version provided by VMware: https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/docs/vmware-kubernetes-up-running-dive-into-the-future-of-infrastructure.pdf https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/e...). Will teach you the basic vocabulary and get you well enough oriented to use k8s. For trying to get to pro level: Programming Kubernetes. This one is focused on writing code for the k8s ecosystem, but it will teach you a lot of the internals.
ekidd 4y ago
I personally liked O'Reilly's Kubernetes: Up and Running, which was fairly thorough, and Nigel Poulton's books, which were shorter and focused on the highlights (at least the editions I read). The reason I always recommend that people read a book before getting into Kubernetes is that there are several things that make a lot more sense once someone takes the time to explain them. It actually gave me some 90s nostalgia. In order to use a new server technology, I actually needed to sit down with an O'Reilly book.
- vbezhenar 4y ago
  Is website documentation not good enough? It looks very thorough. Actually I’d say that it’s rare to encounter so verbose and full documentation nowadays. May be it’s even too deep, but I enjoyed reading it.
  - ekidd 4y ago
    The website has tons of reference documentation! But what a lot of people need is someone to just explain: 1. The basic idea of setting a desired configuration, and having the cluster try to bring reality into sync with the config. 2. How pods, replica sets, deployments and services fit together, and why Google thought it was a good idea to split them up that way. Also, how ingress fits in with all this. 3. Basic volume management. 4. Other common optional topics, just to get an overview. The big advantage of a book is that it will try to cover the essential ideas, any why they work the way they do, without getting lost in describing a hundred advanced features you can look up later. If there's an introductory section on the website that covers just the essentials, that might be enough! But I didn't find one when I was learning.
sateesh 4y ago
Kubernetes in Action by Manning (https://www.manning.com/books/kubernetes-in-action https://www.manning.com/books/kubernetes-in-action) is quite through, good and beginner friendly.
- rad_gruchalski 4y ago
  There’s a second edition in MEAP.
- yonixw 4y ago
  Second that, But I do recommend to come with docker/docker-compose understanding in advance.

For intro level: Kubernetes Up and Running. (Here's a free version provided by VMware: https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/docs/vmware-kubernetes-up-running-dive-into-the-future-of-infrastructure.pdf https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/e...). Will teach you the basic vocabulary and get you well enough oriented to use k8s. For trying to get to pro level: Programming Kubernetes. This one is focused on writing code for the k8s ecosystem, but it will teach you a lot of the internals.

ekidd 4y ago

I personally liked O'Reilly's Kubernetes: Up and Running, which was fairly thorough, and Nigel Poulton's books, which were shorter and focused on the highlights (at least the editions I read). The reason I always recommend that people read a book before getting into Kubernetes is that there are several things that make a lot more sense once someone takes the time to explain them. It actually gave me some 90s nostalgia. In order to use a new server technology, I actually needed to sit down with an O'Reilly book.

vbezhenar 4y ago
Is website documentation not good enough? It looks very thorough. Actually I’d say that it’s rare to encounter so verbose and full documentation nowadays. May be it’s even too deep, but I enjoyed reading it.
- ekidd 4y ago
  The website has tons of reference documentation! But what a lot of people need is someone to just explain: 1. The basic idea of setting a desired configuration, and having the cluster try to bring reality into sync with the config. 2. How pods, replica sets, deployments and services fit together, and why Google thought it was a good idea to split them up that way. Also, how ingress fits in with all this. 3. Basic volume management. 4. Other common optional topics, just to get an overview. The big advantage of a book is that it will try to cover the essential ideas, any why they work the way they do, without getting lost in describing a hundred advanced features you can look up later. If there's an introductory section on the website that covers just the essentials, that might be enough! But I didn't find one when I was learning.

sateesh 4y ago

Kubernetes in Action by Manning (https://www.manning.com/books/kubernetes-in-action https://www.manning.com/books/kubernetes-in-action) is quite through, good and beginner friendly.

rad_gruchalski 4y ago
There’s a second edition in MEAP.
yonixw 4y ago
Second that, But I do recommend to come with docker/docker-compose understanding in advance.