Phase 1 · Ch 2 — Core Kubernetes Primitives & Imperative Control

Chapter 2: Core Kubernetes Primitives & Imperative Control

Coming soon. This chapter will cover the control plane components, pod anatomy, Deployments, ReplicaSets, Services (ClusterIP, NodePort, LoadBalancer), and the complete kubectl command matrix with JSONPath filtering and structured log extraction.

Planned Topics

  • The Control Plane Components (API Server, Etcd, Scheduler, Controller Manager) vs. Worker Node Components (Kubelet, Kube-Proxy)
  • The Pod Anatomy: Why the pod is the atomic unit of compute
  • Self-Healing Primitives: Deployments, ReplicaSets, and rollback mechanisms
  • Exposing Cluster Workloads Locally: Services (ClusterIP, NodePort, and LoadBalancer emulation via Minikube tunnel or MetalLB in kind)
  • The Kubectl Command Matrix: Comprehensive debugging patterns, JSONPath filtering, and structured log extraction
Phase 1 · Ch 1 — The Local Engineering EnvironmentPhase 2 · Ch 3 — State, Configuration, and Workload Health