Learn Kubernetes: A Deep Dive

Learn the basics of Kubernetes, including its architecture, pods, services, deployments, and real-world security practices.

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149 Lessons

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Learn the basics of Kubernetes, including its architecture, pods, services, deployments, and real-world security practices.

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This course includes

48 Playgrounds

18 Quizzes

This course includes

48 Playgrounds

18 Quizzes

Course Overview

The course covers key Kubernetes concepts, including pods, services, and deployments. Once you become proficient in these important areas, you will learn about Kubernetes architecture, building clusters, and deploying and managing applications. In the last part of the course, you explore threat modeling and real-world security practices. By completing the course, you can effectively use Kubernetes in your projects.

What You'll Learn

An understanding of the key concepts of Kubernetes

Working knowledge of pods, services, and deployments

Familiarity with the core components of Kubernetes architecture

The ability to apply real-world security practices using Kubernetes

What You'll Learn

An understanding of the key concepts of Kubernetes

Course Content

Kubernetes Primer

Get familiar with Kubernetes’ origins, cloud-native management, and cross-environment deployment capabilities.

Kubernetes Background

Where Did Kubernetes Come From?The Operating System of the Cloud Quiz: Kubernetes Primer Summary: Kubernetes Primer

Kubernetes Principles of Operation

Discover Kubernetes’ architecture, including its control plane, worker nodes, Pods, and declarative management.

Kubernetes from 40K Feet Control Plane and Nodes: Control Plane Control Plane and Nodes: Worker Nodes Packaging Apps for Kubernetes The Declarative Model and the Desired State

Pods Deployments Quiz: Kubernetes Principles Summary: Kubernetes Principles

Getting Kubernetes

Break apart the setup of Kubernetes clusters locally and through hosted services, and utilize kubectl.

Local Kubernetes Cluster Hosted Kubernetes Cluster Working with kubectl Summary: Getting Kubernetes

Working With Pods: Theory

Grasp the fundamentals of Kubernetes Pods, their life cycle, scheduling, and deployment methods.

Pod Theory Pods and Scheduling Pod Life Cycle How Do We Deploy Pods?Multi-Container Pods: Init Containers Quiz: Theory of Working with Pods Summary: Theory of Working with Pods

Working with Pods: Hands-On

Solve problems in defining, deploying, and managing Kubernetes Pods using practical tools and commands.

Pod Manifest Files Manifest Files: Empathy as Code Introspecting Pods kubectl exec: Running Commands in Pods Check Pod Immutability Multi-Container Pod Example: Init Container Multi-Container Pod Example: Sidecar Container Quiz: Working Hands-On with Pods Summary: Working Hands-On with Pods

Virtual Clusters with Namespaces

7 Lessons

Learn how Kubernetes namespaces works to organize and manage cluster resources.

Kubernetes Deployments

10 Lessons

Master Kubernetes Deployments for scalable, self-healing, rolling updates, and easy rollbacks.

Deploying a Web Application over Kubernetes

Project

Kubernetes Services: Theory

7 Lessons

Learn how Kubernetes Services provides stable network endpoints, internal and external access, and pod traffic distribution.

Kubernetes Services: Hands-On

5 Lessons

Get started with Kubernetes Services for stable networking and load balancing.

10.

Ingress

7 Lessons

Master the steps to efficiently manage traffic using Kubernetes ingress for robust routing.

11.

WebAssembly on Kubernetes

7 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of running lightweight and portable WebAssembly applications on Kubernetes.

12.

Service Discovery: Deep Dive

8 Lessons

Dig into Kubernetes' automated service discovery and registration, ensuring seamless app communication.

13.

Kubernetes Storage

8 Lessons

Tackle Kubernetes storage management, utilizing persistent volumes, dynamic provisioning, and various storage classes.

14.

ConfigMaps

8 Lessons

Master the use of ConfigMaps for dynamic configuration in Kubernetes environments.

Deploy a Full Stack Web Application over Kubernetes

Project

15.

StatefulSets

12 Lessons

Learn how to use StatefulSets for managing and scaling stateful applications in Kubernetes.

16.

API Security and RBAC

7 Lessons

Walk through securing Kubernetes API requests via authentication, authorization, and admission control.

17.

Kubernetes API

9 Lessons

Examine the central role of Kubernetes API, resource management, CRUD operations, and API extensibility.

18.

Threat Modeling Kubernetes

11 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of Kubernetes security by exploring threat modeling and mitigation strategies using the STRIDE framework.

19.

Real-World Kubernetes Security

7 Lessons

Dig into Kubernetes security, focusing on CI/CD pipelines, workload isolation, IAM, and auditing.

20.

Conclusion

2 Lessons

Follow the process of Kubernetes terms and key practices to manage environments.

Course Author

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