The Kubernetes Bible – Second Edition
This book serves as an extensive guide to Kubernetes, covering everything from the fundamentals of container orchestration to advanced patterns for real-world deployments. It explains cluster setup, workloads, networking, storage, and security, along with best practices for scaling applications in production. The updated second edition also includes newer features and tools from the Kubernetes ecosystem, making it a valuable resource for learners, practitioners, and teams adopting Kubernetes at scale.
Authors: Gineesh Madapparambath, Russ McKendrick
Kubernetes Cookbook – Building Cloud Native Applications (2nd Edition)
Hands-on, practical recipes to solve real Kubernetes problems. Covers everything from cluster creation and API usage to scaling, security, monitoring, and troubleshooting. The second edition is updated, more polished, and a go-to reference for platform engineers.
Authors: Sameer Naik, Sébastien Goasguen, Jonathan Michaux
Kubernetes Best Practices: Blueprints for Building Successful Applications on Kubernetes
A master class in building, scaling, and securing Kubernetes applications in production. This one’s about patterns—not just commands. Think rollout strategies, GitOps, chaos testing, ML workloads, observability, and resilience. Real-world wisdom wrapped in clean code examples.
Authors: Brendan Burns, Eddie Villalba, Dave Strebel, Lachlan Evenson
DevOps with Kubernetes: Accelerating Software Delivery with Container Orchestrators
Covers the full DevOps lifecycle on Kubernetes. You’ll learn deployment pipelines, monitoring, logging, extending Kubernetes, and managing clusters across cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure). Ideal for DevOps engineers driving delivery efficiency.
Authors: Hideto Saito, Hui‑Chuan Chloe Lee, Cheng‑Yang Wu