Achieving Digital Transformation Using Hybrid Cloud: Design standardized next-generation applications for any infrastructure

Cover
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Contributors
About the reviewers
Table of Contents
Preface
Part 1: Containers, Kubernetes, and DevOps for Hybrid Cloud
Chapter 1: Adopting the Right Strategy for Building a Hybrid Cloud
	Exploring cloud computing – types and service delivery models
	Defining the hybrid cloud
		Variations in the hybrid cloud – homogeneous and heterogeneous
		Hybrid cloud use cases
		Understanding the benefits of hybrid cloud computing
	Hybrid cloud strategies
	Addressing compliance considerations
	Automating security measures
	Finding the right balance between public and private clouds
	Evaluating available tools and technologies
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 2: Dealing with VMs, Containers, and Kubernetes
	Introduction to VM and containers
		VMs
		Containers
	Anatomy of containers
		About OCI and Docker
	The differences between VMs and containers
	Container orchestration
		Why do we need container orchestration?
		Kubernetes – a container orchestration tool
		OpenShift
		AWS EKS
		Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
		VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG)
		HashiCorp Nomad
		Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
		Docker Swarm
	CI/CD on the hybrid cloud
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 3: Provisioning Infrastructure with IaC
	Infrastructure provisioning overview
	Virtualizing hardware with SDI
		Provisioning IaaS
	Provisioning and managing infrastructure with IaC
		Imperative and declarative frameworks
		Imperative and declarative framework tools for IaC
		Considerations for IaC
	Accelerating IT service delivery with DevOps
		CI/CD
		Continuous testing
		Continuous operations
		Monitoring and observability
	Automating delivery and deployment with GitOps
		Push versus pull deployments
		Enabling GitOps using Argo CD
		Best practices for GitOps
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 4: Communicating across Kubernetes
	Pod design patterns
		The sidecar pattern
		The adapter pattern
		The ambassador pattern
	Container-to-container communication
	Pod-to-pod communication
		Pods with multiple interfaces
	Pod-to-service communication
	External-to-service communication
	How to discover pods and services
	How to publish services
	How to stitch multiple K8s clusters
		Submariner – using layer 3 networking
		Skupper – using a common application network (layer 7)
		Service meshes
		Federation of service meshes
	Summary
	Further reading
Part 2: Design Patterns, DevOps, and GitOps
Chapter 5: Design Patterns for Telcos and Industrial Sectors
	Applying design patterns for operational excellence
		Telco
	Creating your own pattern
		Defining a framework
		Cloud-friendly
		A common application platform
		Consistent management
		Automation
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 6: Securing the Hybrid Cloud
	Understanding the core security principles
	Different components of security in the hybrid cloud
		The infrastructure layer
		The platform layer
		The application layer
	Configuring security within a hybrid cloud environment
		Configuring identity
		Securing the Kubernetes platform
	Configuring network security
		Kubernetes network security
		Establishing private connectivity
	Protection of data
		Kubernetes data security
	Securing hybrid cloud operations
	Compliance and governance
	Summary
Chapter 7: Hybrid Cloud Best Practices
	Guidelines for a cloud strategy
	Understanding various architectural considerations
	Development and deployment of hybrid cloud
		Infrastructure as Code
		Configuration as Code
		Policy as Code
		DevOps
	What do we mean by the economics of hybrid cloud?
		Business case
		CapEx versus OpEx
		ROI and TCO
	Various pitfalls of hybrid cloud
		Complexity
		Implementation
		Network connectivity
		Security certification
		Observability
		Cost
	Summary
Index
Other Books You May Enjoy