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At Mirantis Press, we want to help you understand the topics you need to make the most of your technology. Our publications range from books on specific technologies, to primers on programming languages and open source software projects, to overall technological topics.

Latest Releases

The Lens Book

Save Time and Work Smarter with Kubernetes

By Eric Gregory

Learn Kubernetes 5 Minutes at a Time: An Introductory Guide for Developers

Kubernetes is notoriously challenging—but many developers are expected to learn it on the run

By Eric Gregory

Learn Containers 5 Minutes at a Time: An Introductory Guide for Developers

This concise, hands-on primer will lead you through the fundamentals of containerization, giving you the foundation you need to start building with containers.

By Eric Gregory

From Virtualization to Containerization: A Guide for VMware Admins and Other Smart People

Discover how your organization can successfully transition from virtualized to microservices-based application architectures to accelerate your company’s speed of innovation.

By Bruce Basil Matthews

Python for Mere Mortals: Learn Python by Building a Single Project - Even if You're not a Programmer

Learn the fundamentals of Python by building a simple RSS reader, even if you’re not a programmer.

By Nick Chase

Service Mesh for Mere Mortals: A Guide to Istio and How to User Service Mesh Platforms

Learn how service meshes can help achieve Zero Trust, RBAC, and more in a microservices-based architecture — all with a hands-on, sidecar-oriented Istio project.

By Bruce Basil Matthews