Extending Kubernetes

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Shows how to extend Kubernetes beyond container orchestration by using concrete APIs and projects: Service Catalog, API Builder and CRDs to extend the API surface; Virtual Kubelet to simulate worker nodes; and building a custom scheduler with bespoke workload-placement rules. Covers other extension techniques that enable adopting Kubernetes as the orchestrator for a cloud-native datacenter.

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1. 0:00Introduction and motivation
2. 2:24Kubernetes basic structure
3. 7:24Custom Resource Definitions
4. 14:06Extensions via Custom Controllers
5. 22:05Native and external controllers
6. 27:21Node scheduling and affinity
7. 29:10CRD Providers
8. 30:34Practical demo of extensions
9. 37:18Kubernetes resources and community

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