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Quick Start Kubernetes

Gain insights into Kubernetes, its purpose, and future. Learn about creating containerized applications to manage deployments across infrastructures, preparing for advanced Kubernetes concepts.

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This course includes

55 Lessons

1 Project

1 Assessment

18 Playgrounds

8 Quizzes

Course Overview

What You'll Learn

Course Content

Apply Your Skills

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 datacenter. 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 will be ready to tackle more advanced concepts and take your Kubernetes skills to the next le...Show More

Kubernetes helps deploy and manage containerized applications at scale. It abstracts the underlying infrastructure, so it doesn’...Show More

TAKEAWAY SKILLS

Kubernetes API Objects

Networking and Services

Self Healing

Scaling Up and Down

Rolling Updates

What You'll Learn

Get introduced to the core components of Kubernetes.

Learn how to build a cluster, containerize an application, and deploy it.

Learn how to break the deployment and observe how Kubernetes fixes it.

Learn how to scale an application up and down and perform a rolling update to an application.

Get introduced to the core components of Kubernetes.

Course Content

Getting Started

2 Lessons

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

What Is This Course About?

Learning Instruments

What Is Kubernetes?

4 Lessons

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

What Are Microservices?

What Is Cloud Native?

Summary: Kubernetes Ecosystem

Quiz on Kubernetes Ecosystem

Why Kubernetes is so important

4 Lessons

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: Kubernetes Importance

Quiz on Kubernetes Importance

What Does Kubernetes Look Like?

5 Lessons

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: Kubernetes Cluster

Quiz on Kubernetes Cluster

Getting Kubernetes

5 Lessons

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

Create a Containerized Application

5 Lessons

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

Introduction to Containerization

Explore the Source Code

Build and Host the Image

Summary: Containerization

Quiz on Containerization

Running an Application on Kubernetes

6 Lessons

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

Introduction: Running an App on Kubernetes

Deploy the Application to Kubernetes

Connect to the Application

Access the Application

Summary: Running an Application on Kubernetes

Quiz: Running an Application on Kubernetes

Deploying a Web Application over Kubernetes

Project

Self Healing

5 Lessons

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

Kubernetes Deployments

Self-heal from a Pod Failure

Self-heal from a Worker Node Failure

Summary: Self Healing

Quiz: Self Healing

10.

Scale the Application

6 Lessons

Master scaling applications in Kubernetes through declarative and imperative methods.

Introduction: Scale the Application

Scale an Application Up

Scale an Application Down

Declarative vs Imperative

Summary: Scale the Application

Quiz: Scale the Application

11.

Performing a Rolling Update

5 Lessons

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

Introduction: Performing a Rolling Update

Deploy the Rollout

Check the Rolling Update

Summary: Performing a Rolling Update

Quiz: Performing a Rolling Update

Fault-Tolerant Web Hosting on Kubernetes

Project

Kubernetes Exam

Assessment

14.

Appendix: Lab Code

5 Lessons

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

Creating a Containerized Application

Running an Application on Kubernetes

Self-healing

Scale the Application

Performing a Rolling Update

15.

Epilogue

3 Lessons

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

Kubernetes – Fun Facts

Glossary

Overview and the Way Forward

Get Hands-on With Kubernetes

Project

Course Author

Nigel Poulton

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