Effortless Cloud-Native App Development Using Skaffold: Simplify the development and deployment of cloud-native Spring Boot applications on Kubernetes with Skaffold

Cover
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Contributors
Table of Contents
Preface
Section 1: The Kubernetes Nightmare – Skaffold to the Rescue
Chapter 1: Code, Build, Test, and Repeat – The Application Development Inner Loop
	Technical requirements
	Understanding the application development inner loop
	Inner versus outer development loops
		Why not use CI/CD?
	Exploring the traditional application development inner loop
		Spring Boot Developer Tools
		JRebel
	Checking out the container-native application development inner loop
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 2: Developing Cloud-Native Applications with Kubernetes – A Developer's Nightmare
	Technical requirements
	Poor developer experience
		Understanding the cloud-native application development workflow
	Developers want simplified workflows with Kubernetes
	Developers are not Kubernetes experts
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 3: Skaffold — Easy-Peasy Cloud-Native Kubernetes Application Development
	Technical requirements
	What is Skaffold?
	Building and deploying a Spring Boot application with Skaffold
		Creating a Spring Boot application
		Understanding the Skaffold configuration
		Building and deploying the Spring Boot application
	Summary
	Further reading
Section 2: Getting Started with Skaffold
Chapter 4: Understanding Skaffold's Features and Architecture
	Technical requirements
	Understanding Skaffold's features
	Demystifying Skaffold's architecture
	Understanding the Skaffold workflow
	Deciphering Skaffold's configuration with skaffold.yaml
	Summary
	References
Chapter 5: Installing Skaffold and Demystifying Its Pipeline Stages
	Technical requirements
	Installing Skaffold
		Installing Skaffold on Linux
		Installing Skaffold on macOS
		Installing Skaffold on Windows
		Installing Skaffold using Docker
		Installing Skaffold using gcloud
	Understanding common CLI commands
	Understanding Skaffold pipeline stages
		Init stage
		Build stage
		Tag stage
		Test stage
		Deploy stage
		File sync
		Log tailing
		Port forwarding
		Cleanup
	Debugging with Skaffold
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 6: Working with Skaffold Container Image Builders and Deployers
	Technical requirements
	Creating a Reactive Spring Boot CRUD application
	Working with Skaffold container image builders
		Dockerfile
		Jib
		Bazel
		Buildpacks
		Custom script
		kaniko
		Google Cloud Build
	Exploring Skaffold container image deployers
		Helm
		kubectl
		Kustomize
	Summary
	Further reading
Section 3: Building and Deploying Cloud-Native Spring Boot Applications with Skaffold
Chapter 7: Building and Deploying a Spring Boot Application with the Cloud Code Plugin
	Technical requirements
	Introducing Google's Cloud Code plugin
	Installing and working with the IntelliJ Cloud Code plugin
	Creating a Spring Boot application
	Containerizing and deploying a Spring Boot application using Cloud Code
	Summary
Chapter 8: Deploying a Spring Boot Application to the Google Kubernetes Engine Using Skaffold
	Technical requirements
	Getting started with the Google Cloud Platform
	Working with Google Cloud SDK and Cloud Shell
		Downloading Cloud SDK on Linux
		Downloading Cloud SDK on macOS
		Setting up Cloud SDK
	Setting up a Google Kubernetes Engine cluster
		Creating a Kubernetes cluster using Google Cloud SDK
		Creating a Kubernetes cluster using Google Console
	Introducing the Google Kubernetes Engine Autopilot cluster
		Creating an Autopilot cluster
	Deploying a Spring Boot application to the GKE
		Deploying from local to a remote GKE cluster using Skaffold
		Deploying from Cloud Shell to a GKE cluster using Skaffold
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 9: Creating a Production-Ready CI/CD Pipeline with Skaffold
	Technical requirements
	Getting started with GitHub Actions
	Creating a GitHub Actions workflow
	Creating a CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions and Skaffold
		Prerequisites
	Implementing a GitOps workflow with Argo CD and Skaffold
		What is GitOps, and what are its benefits?
		What is Argo CD?
		Continuous delivery with Argo CD and Skaffold on GKE
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 10: Exploring Skaffold Alternatives, Best Practices, and Pitfalls
	Comparing Skaffold with other alternatives
		Telepresence
		Tilt.dev
		OpenShift Do
		Oketo
		Garden
		docker-compose
	Applying Skaffold best practices
	Avoiding Skaffold pitfalls
	Future roadmap
	Final thoughts
	Summary
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Index