12 Under the hood of Kubernetes

This chapter covers

• Understanding how Kubernetes components work together under the hood
• Debugging Kubernetes - understanding how the components break
• Designing chaos experiments to make your Kubernetes clusters more reliable

Finally, in this third and final chapter on Kubernetes, we dive deep under the hood and see how Kubernetes really works. If I do my job well, by the end of this chapter you should have a solid understanding of the components that make up a Kubernetes cluster, how they work together, and what their fragile points might be. It’s the most advanced of the triptych, but I promise it will also be the most satisfying. Take a deep breath, and let’s get straight into the thick of it. Time for an anatomy lesson.