Quick Start with Kubernetes

Get a quick start with Kubernetes, learn to create containerized applications, manage deployments across infrastructures, and prepare for advanced Kubernetes concepts.

Beginner

55 Lessons

10h

Certificate of Completion

Get a quick start with Kubernetes, learn to create containerized applications, manage deployments across infrastructures, and prepare for advanced Kubernetes concepts.

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This course includes

1 Assessment

18 Playgrounds

8 Quizzes

This course includes

1 Assessment

18 Playgrounds

8 Quizzes

Course Overview

Kubernetes helps deploy and manage containerized applications at scale. It abstracts the underlying infrastructure, so it doesn’t matter if you’re deploying your applications to Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Linode, or your own on-premises data center. In this course, you’ll learn why we have Kubernetes, what it is, where it’s going, and how to create containerized applications. By the end of this course, you’ll be ready to tackle more advanced concepts and take your Kubernetes skills to the next leve...Show More

TAKEAWAY SKILLS

Kubernetes Api Objects

Networking And Services

Self Healing

Scaling Up And Down

Rolling Updates

What You'll Learn

An introduction to the core components of Kubernetes

The ability to build a cluster, containerize, and deploy an application

The ability to break the deployment and observe how Kubernetes fixes it

Hands-on experience scaling an application up and down and performing a rolling update to an application

What You'll Learn

An introduction to the core components of Kubernetes

Course Content

Getting Started

Get familiar with Kubernetes basics, practical tools, and foundational concepts for application management.

What Is This Course About?

Learning Instruments

What Is Kubernetes?

Discover the logic behind Kubernetes’ role in managing scalable, self-healing microservices in cloud-native environments.

What Are Microservices?

What Is Cloud Native?Summary: What Is Kubernetes?Quiz: What Is Kubernetes?

Why Is Kubernetes Important?

Kubernetes is essential for cloud providers and users, ensuring flexibility and stability across environments.

Why the Cloud Providers Need Kubernetes Why the User Community Needs Kubernetes Summary: Why Is Kubernetes Important?Quiz: Why Is Kubernetes Important?

What Does Kubernetes Look Like?

Explore Kubernetes architecture, including Masters, Nodes, and hosted cloud services like Linode Kubernetes Engine.

Kubernetes Architecture Control Plane Nodes and Worker Nodes Kubernetes in the Cloud Summary: What Does Kubernetes Look Like?Quiz: What Does Kubernetes Look Like?

Getting Kubernetes

Set up Docker and Kubernetes easily using Docker Desktop or Civo Cloud.

Get Docker and kubectl with Docker Desktop Get a Single-Node Kubernetes Cluster with Docker Desktop Get a Multi-Node Kubernetes Cluster with Civo Cloud Get the Sample App Summary: Getting Kubernetes

Creating a Containerized Application

5 Lessons

Break down the steps to create and deploy a containerized application using Docker.

Running an Application on Kubernetes

6 Lessons

Master deploying and connecting containerized applications in Kubernetes using Pods and Services.

Deploying a Web Application over Kubernetes

Project

Self-Healing

5 Lessons

Master Kubernetes' self-healing features for resilient application deployment and management.

Scaling the Application

6 Lessons

Master scaling applications in Kubernetes through declarative and imperative methods.

10.

Performing a Rolling Update

5 Lessons

Master seamless application updates in Kubernetes with zero downtime through rolling updates.

Fault-Tolerant Web Hosting on Kubernetes

Project

Kubernetes Exam

Assessment

11.

Appendix: Lab Code

5 Lessons

Master application deployment, self-healing, scaling, and rolling updates in Kubernetes.

12.

Epilogue

3 Lessons

Deepen your knowledge of Kubernetes and explore further DevOps learning paths.

Course Author

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Anthony Walker

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Emma Bostian 🐞

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