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Kubernetes in Practice

Discover how to build, deploy, scale, and manage Kubernetes. Gain insights into architecture, pods, deployments, services, and run real-world projects to solidify your skills.

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Kubernetes in Practice is your one-stop shop for learning how to build, deploy, scale, and manage Kubernetes in a step-by-step process. You will learn all the most important concepts including: architecture, pods, deployments, services, ingress, and a whole lot more. Once you have the fundamentals out of the way, you will get the opportunity to put your skills to work in a project where you will create and run an application in a real Kubernetes cluster. By the time you finish this course, you will have complete confidence when it comes to deploying and managing kubernetes clusters.

Kubernetes in Practice is your one-stop shop for learning how to build, deploy, scale, and manage Kubernetes in a step-by-step p...Show More

TAKEAWAY SKILLS

DevOps

Cloud

Kubernetes

Cloud Deployment

Content

78 Lessons1 Project11 Quizzes

1.

Before We Begin

1 Lessons

Get familiar with Kubernetes fundamentals, key concepts, and practical deployment skills.

What to Expect in This Course

2.

What Kubernetes Brings to the Table

5 Lessons

Get started with Kubernetes' benefits in managing containerized apps and simplifying deployments.

How it All Started

Virtual Machines (VM)

Introduction to Kubernetes

Let's Run Our First Application

3.

Kubernetes Architecture

5 Lessons

Work your way through Kubernetes architecture, exploring clusters, nodes, and using kubectl.

A Kubernetes Cluster

The Workers and the Master

Kubectl: Our Swiss Army Knife

Quiz: Kubernetes Architecture

4.

Pods

7 Lessons

Apply your skills to understanding, managing, and interacting with pods in Kubernetes.

Multi-Container Pods

Playing with Running Pods

Exercise: Run an Apache Container

Solution: Run an Apache Container

5.

Deployments

11 Lessons

Manage Kubernetes deployments with scaling, rollouts, strategies, and health probes for reliability.

Defining Our Deployment Manifest

Restarting Failed Pods

Scaling Up/Down Our Application

Rolling Out Releases

Controlling the Rollout Rate

Using a Different Rollout Strategy

Dealing with Bad Releases

Keeping Applications Healthy with Liveness Probes

Quiz: Deployments

6.

Services

10 Lessons

Explore Kubernetes services and their types for stable and efficient application access.

A Quick Example

Service Types and ClusterIP

NodePort and LoadBalancer

Service Discovery

Environment Variables

Deploying a Web Application over Kubernetes

Project

7.

Ingress

5 Lessons

Piece together the parts of Kubernetes Ingress to manage HTTP routing efficiently and optimize resources.

Defining Rules per Host

Ingress vs LoadBalancer

8.

Configuring Applications with Configmaps

6 Lessons

Try out using ConfigMaps to manage and mount configurations in Kubernetes environments.

Getting Started

Passing an Environment Variable to Our Container

Extracting Configs to a ConfigMap

Mounting Configs as Files

Quiz: Configuring Applications with Configmaps

9.

Using Secrets for Sensitive Configs

4 Lessons

Unpack the core of managing sensitive data with Kubernetes Secrets for secure configurations.

Mounting Secrets as Files

Quiz: Using Secrets for Sensitive Configs

10.

Running Jobs

6 Lessons

Break apart running and managing Jobs in Kubernetes, including scheduling with CronJobs.

Running Multiple Pods

Scheduling Jobs with CronJob

Quiz: Running Jobs

Fault-Tolerant Web Hosting on Kubernetes

Project

11.

Organizing Resources with Namespaces

5 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of organizing Kubernetes resources with namespaces for better management.

Getting Started

Running Resources in a Different Namespace

How Namespaces Affect Service’s DNS

Quiz: Organising Resources with Namespaces

12.

Managing Containers Resource Usage

6 Lessons

Take a closer look at managing resource usage in Kubernetes to optimize container performance.

Getting Started

Defining Resource Requests

Defining Resource Limits

Defining Default Limits and Requests with Limitrange

Quiz: Managing Containers Resource Usage

13.

Understanding the Kubeconfig File

4 Lessons

Tackle Kubernetes clusters using kubeconfig, managing clusters, users, and contexts with ease.

Getting Started

Using Different Contexts

Kubernetes IRL

Project

14.

Appendix

2 Lessons

Master the steps to manage Kubernetes with a web-based UI and set it up locally.

Kubernetes Web UI

Setting Up Kubernetes Locally

15.

Wrap Up!

1 Lessons

Get familiar with the benefits and applications of Kubernetes, and celebrate your achievement.

Certificate of Completion

Showcase your accomplishment by sharing your certificate of completion.

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