Dockercontainerspromisetoradicalizethewaydevelopersandoperationsbuild,deploy,andmanageapplicationsrunningonthecloud.Kubernetesprovidestheorchestrationtoolsyouneedtorealizethatpromiseinproduction.KubernetesonAWSguidesyouindeployingaproduction-readyKubernetesclusterontheAWSplatform.YouwillthendiscoverhowtoutilizethepowerofKubernetes,whichisoneofthefastestgrowingplatformsforproduction-basedcontainerorchestration,tomanageandupdateyourapplications.Kubernetesisbecomingthego-tochoiceforproduction-gradedeploymentsofcloud-nativeapplications.ThisbookcoversKubernetesfromfirstprinciples.YouwillstartbylearningaboutKubernetes'powerfulabstractions-PodsandServices-thatmakemanagingcontainerdeploymentseasy.Thiswillbefollowedbyaguidedtourthroughsettingupaproduction-readyKubernetesclusteronAWS,whilelearningthetechniquesyouneedtosuccessfullydeployandmanageyourownapplications.Bytheendofthebook,youwillhavegainedplentyofhands-onexperiencewithKubernetesonAmazonWebServices.Youwillalsohavepickedupsometipsondeployingandmanagingapplications,keepingyourclusterandapplicationssecure,andensuringthatyourwholesystemisreliableandresilienttofailure.