Bootstrapping Microservices with Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Action, and Terraform has helped thousands of developers create their first microservices applications. This fully revised second edition introduces the industry-standard tools and practical skills you'll use for every microservices application. Author Ashley Davis's friendly advice and guidance helps cut down the learning curve for Docker, Terraform, and Kubernetes, showing you just what you need to know to start building.
About the technology
Taking a microservices application from proof of concept to production requires many steps and a host of tools like Kubernetes, Terraform, and GitHub Actions. But where do you start? With clear, practical introductions to each concept and tool, this book guides you hands-on through designing and building your first microservices application.
About the book
Bootstrapping Microservices, Second Edition is your microservices mentor. It teaches you to use industry-standard tools to create a working video streaming application from the ground up. You'll learn the pillars of cloud-native development, including Terraform for configuration, Docker for packaging, and a basic Kubernetes deployment. Plus, this second edition includes coverage of GitHub Actions, continuous delivery, and Infrastructure as Code.
What's inside
About the reader
Examples are in javascript and Node. No experience with microservices required.
About the author
Ashley Davis is a software craftsman, entrepreneur, and author with over 25 years of experience in software development—from coding, to managing teams, to founding companies.
Table of Contents
1 Why microservices?
2 Creating your first microservice
3 Publishing your first microservice
4 Data management for microservices
5 Communication between microservices
6 The road to production
7 Infrastructure as code
8 Continuous deployment
9 Automated testing for microservices
10 Shipping FlixTube
11 Healthy microservices
12 Pathways to scalability
