Kubernetes for engineers training course description

This hands-on course introduces the core principles of containerization and Kubernetes, guiding learners from building and running containerized applications to deploying and managing them at scale. Participants will set up Kubernetes clusters in local and cloud environments, use kubectl to interact with resources, and work with key objects such as Pods, Deployments, ReplicaSets, and Services. The course also covers configuration management, storage integration, networking, and security topics including RBAC and network policies. By the end, learners will have the practical skills needed to deploy, manage, and troubleshoot real-world applications in a Kubernetes environment.

What will you learn

• Explain what Kubernetes is and how it works.
• Create and run containers on Kubernetes using the Docker image format and container runtime.
• Deploy and configure Kubernetes clusters
• Design and manage Kubernetes workloads
• Implement networking, service discovery and access control
• Operate and troubleshoot production-ready Kubernetes environments.

Kubernetes for engineers training course details

Kubernetes for engineers training course contents

• Introduction

Velocity, Scaling your service and your teams, Abstracting your infrastructure.

• Creating and running containers

Container images, Building application images with Docker, Storing images in a remote registry, The Docker container runtime.

• Deploying a Kubernetes cluster

Installing Kubernetes on a public cloud provider, Installing Kubernetes locally using minikube, Running Kubernetes on Raspberry Pi, The Kubernetes client, Cluster components.

• Common kubectl Commands

Namespaces, Contexts, Viewing Kubernetes API objects, Creating, Updating, and Destroying Kuberletes objects, Labelling and annotating objects, Debugging commands.

• Pods

Pods in Kubernetes, Thinking with pods, The pod manifest, Running pods, Accessing your pod, Health checks, Resource management, Persisting data with volumes, Putting It all together.

• Labels and Annotations

Labels, Annotations.

• Service Discovery

What Is Service discovery? The service object, Looking beyond the cluster, Cloud integration, Advanced details.

• ReplicaSets

Reconciliation loops, Relating pods and ReplicaSets, Designing with ReplicaSets, ReplicaSet Spec, Creating a ReplicaSet, Inspecting a ReplicaSet, Scaling ReplicaSets, Deleting ReplicaSets.

• DaemonSets

DaemonSet scheduler, Creating DaemonSets, Limiting DaemonSets to specific nodes, Updating a DaemonSet, Deleting a DaemonSet.

• Jobs

The job object, Job patterns.

• ConfigMaps and secrets

ConfigMaps, Secrets, Naming constraints, Managing ConfigMaps and secrets.

• Deployments

Your first deployment, Creating deployments, Managing deployments, Updating deployments, Deployment strategies, Deleting a deployment.

• Integrating storage solutions and Kubernetes

Importing external services, Running reliable singletons, Kubernetes-native storage with StatefulSets.

• Deploying real-world applications

Parse, Ghost, Redis.

• Accessing Kubernetes

Accessing the Kubernetes cluster, Controlling access to the API, Authorization, Role Based Access Control, Roles and ClusterRoles, Role bindings, Admission control,
Hands on Accessing API

• Pods Add

Pod Status and Lifecycle, Pod probe examples, RestartPolicy examples, InitContainers Pod resource management, Pod security context, Patterns for Composite Containers.

• Scheduling and node management

The Kubernetes Scheduler, Pod priorities and preemption, Assigning Pods to Nodes, Assigning Pods to Nodes – Node affinities, Assigning Pods to Nodes – Pod affinities, Taints and tolerations, Managing nodes,
Hands on Scheduling

• Accessing the applications

Services, Service types, Working with Services, Ingress, Ingress definition, Working with Ingress, Network Policies, Network Policy example.
Hands on Accessing Applications

• Installing and upgrading Kubernetes

Picking the right solution, One node Kubernetes install, Kubernetes universal installer, Install using kubeadm on CentOS, Upgrading Kubernetes, Kubernetes Networking
Hands on Upgrading Kubernetes

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