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Product Description Summary The best way to learn microservices development is to build something! Bootstrapping Microservices with Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform guides you from zero through to a complete microservices project, including fast prototyping, development, and deployment. You’ll get your feet wet using industry-standard tools as you learn and practice the practical skills you’ll use for every microservices application. Following a true bootstrapping approach, you’ll begin with a simple, familiar application and build up your knowledge and skills as you create and deploy a real microservices project. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the technology Taking microservices from proof of concept to production is a complex, multi-step operation relying on tools like Docker, Terraform, and Kubernetes for packaging and deployment. The best way to learn the process is to build a project from the ground up, and that’s exactly what you’ll do with this book! About the book In Bootstrapping Microservices with Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform, author Ashley Davis lays out a comprehensive approach to building microservices. You’ll start with a simple design and work layer-by-layer until you’ve created your own video streaming application. As you go, you’ll learn to configure cloud infrastructure with Terraform, package microservices using Docker, and deploy your finished project to a Kubernetes cluster. What's inside Developing and testing microservices applications Working with cloud providers Applying automated testing Implementing infrastructure as code and setting up a continuous delivery pipeline Monitoring, managing, and troubleshooting About the reader Examples are in JavaScript. No experience with microservices, Kubernetes, Terraform, or Docker required. About the author Ashley Davis is a software developer, entrepreneur, stock trader, and the author of Manning’s Data Wrangling with JavaScript. 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 Creating your production environment 7 Getting to continuous delivery 8 Automated testing for microservices 9 Exploring FlixTube 10 Healthy microservices 11 Pathways to scalability Review "The single best introduction I've read to the tools needed to understand and implement microservices." --Chris Viner, Forged Development "The definitive infrastructure reference for any microservice builder." --Julien Pohie, Thoughtworks "A wonderful, practical book promising a jump start for readers for developing microservices and cloud-native applications using Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform." --Dhruvesh Patel, Cognizant Worldwide Limited "An extensive and practical exposure to modern cloud resources for implementing microservices." --Alain Couniot, Sopra Steria Benelux About the Author Ashley Davis is a software developer, entrepreneur, author, and stock trader. Ashley is CTO of Sortal, a startup that helps businesses manage their digital assets with artificial intelligence. Ashley is the creator of Data-Forge and Data-Forge Notebook, software for data transformation, analysis, and visualization in JavaScript. Ashley is the author of Manning’s Data Wrangling with JavaScript.