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The Complete Kubernetes Guide

You're reading from   The Complete Kubernetes Guide Become an expert in container management with the power of Kubernetes

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Product type Course
Published in May 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838647346
Length 628 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Jesse White Jesse White
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Gigi Sayfan Gigi Sayfan
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Jonathan Baier Jonathan Baier
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Table of Contents (26) Chapters Close

Title Page
Copyright and Credits
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
1. Introduction to Kubernetes 2. Understanding Kubernetes Architecture FREE CHAPTER 3. Building a Foundation with Core Kubernetes Constructs 4. Working with Networking, Load Balancers, and Ingress 5. Using Critical Kubernetes Resources 6. Exploring Kubernetes Storage Concepts 7. Monitoring and Logging 8. Monitoring, Logging, and Troubleshooting 9. Operating Systems, Platforms, and Cloud and Local Providers 10. Creating Kubernetes Clusters 11. Cluster Federation and Multi-Tenancy 12. Cluster Authentication, Authorization, and Container Security 13. Running Stateful Applications with Kubernetes 14. Rolling Updates, Scalability, and Quotas 15. Advanced Kubernetes Networking 16. Kubernetes Infrastructure Management 17. Customizing Kubernetes - API and Plugins 18. Handling the Kubernetes Package Manager 19. The Future of Kubernetes 1. Other Books You May Enjoy Index

Performance analysis with the dashboard


My favorite tool by far, when I just want to know what's going on in the cluster, is the Kubernetes dashboard. There are a couple of reasons for this, as follows:

  • It is built-in (always in sync and tested with Kubernetes)
  • It's fast
  • It provides an intuitive drill-down interface, from the cluster level all the way down to individual container
  • It doesn't require any customization or configuration

Although Heapster, InfluxDB, and Grafana are better for customized and heavy-duty views and queries, the Kubernetes dashboard's predefined views can probably answer all your questions 80-90% of the time.

You can also deploy applications and create any Kubernetes resource using the dashboard by uploading the proper YAML or JSON file, but I will not cover this because it is an anti-pattern for manageable infrastructure. It may be useful when playing around with a test cluster, but for actually modifying the state of the cluster, I prefer the command line. Your mileage...

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