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Learn Kubernetes: A Deep Dive

Learn Kubernetes for deploying and managing containerized applications with essential concepts, architecture, security practices, and real-world skills.

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Learn Kubernetes for deploying and managing containerized applications with essential concepts, architecture, security practices, and real-world skills.
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18 Quizzes
Course Overview
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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, Microsoft Azure, or your own on-premises datacenter. In this course, you will cover the most essential Kubernetes concepts that you’ll need to know to be proficient, including pods, services, and deployments. Beyond that, you will learn about the Kubernetes architecture, how to build clusters, and how to deploy...Show More
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, Microsoft Azure, or your own on-premises datacenter. In ...Show More

Course Content

1.

Kubernetes Primer

5 Lessons

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

2.

Kubernetes Principles of Operation

9 Lessons

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

3.

Getting Kubernetes

4 Lessons

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

4.

Working With Pods: Theory

7 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of Kubernetes Pods, their lifecycle, scheduling, and deployment methods.
Pod Theory
Pods and Scheduling
Pod Lifecycle
How Do We Deploy Pods
Multi-Container Pods: Init containers
Quiz: Theory of Working With Pods
Summary

6.

Virtual Clusters with Namespaces

7 Lessons

See how it works to utilize Kubernetes Namespaces for organizing and managing cluster resources.
Namespaces
Namespace use cases
Default Namespaces
Creating and managing Namespaces
Deploying to Namespaces
Quiz: Virtual Clusters with Namespaces
Summary

8.

Kubernetes Services: Theory

7 Lessons

Learn how Kubernetes Services provide stable network endpoints, internal and external access, and traffic distribution for Pods.
Introduction to Services
Labels and Loose Coupling
Services and Endpoints Objects
Accessing Apps From Inside the Cluster
Accessing Apps From Outside the Cluster
Quiz: Theory of Kubernetes Services
Summary

9.

Kubernetes Services: Hands-On

5 Lessons

Get started with Kubernetes Services for stable networking and load balancing.
The Imperative Way
The Declarative Way
Introspecting Services and Endpoint Objects
Quiz: Hands-On With Kubernetes Services
Summary

11.

WebAssembly on Kubernetes

7 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of running lightweight and portable WebAssembly applications on Kubernetes.
WebAssembly Primer
Wasm on Kubernetes
Build and Prepare the Wasm App
Build and Configure Kubernetes for Wasm
Deploy and Test the App
Quiz: WebAssembly on Kubernetes
Summary

12.

Service Discovery Deep Dive

8 Lessons

Dig into Kubernetes' automated service discovery and registration, ensuring seamless app communication.
Understanding Service Discovery
The Service Registry
Service Registration
Service Discovery
Service Discovery and Namespaces
Troubleshooting Service Discovery
Quiz: Service Discovery
Summary

16.

API Security and RBAC

7 Lessons

Walk through securing Kubernetes API requests via authentication, authorization, and admission control.
API Security Big Picture
Authentication
Authorization (RBAC)
Cluster-level users and permissions
Admission Control
Quiz: API Security and RBAC
Summary

17.

Kubernetes API

9 Lessons

Examine the central role of Kubernetes API, resource management, CRUD operations, and API extensibility.
Introduction to Kubernetes API
API Analogy
The API Server
A Word on CRUD
The API
Inspecting the API
Alpha, Beta, and Stable
Quiz: Kubernetes API
Summary

18.

Threat Modeling Kubernetes

11 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of Kubernetes security by exploring threat modeling and mitigation strategies using the STRIDE framework.
Introduction to Threat Modeling
Spoofing
Tampering
Repudiation
Information Disclosure
Denial of Service
Elevation of Privilege
Protecting Pods
Pod Security Admission
Quiz: Threat Modeling Kubernetes
Summary

19.

Real-World Kubernetes Security

7 Lessons

Dig into Kubernetes security, focusing on CI/CD pipelines, workload isolation, IAM, and auditing.
CI/CD Pipeline
Moving Images From Non-Production to Production
Workload Isolation
Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Auditing and Security Monitoring
Quiz: Real-World Kubernetes Security
Summary

20.

Conclusion

2 Lessons

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

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Practice and apply your skills

Cloud Lab
Create an EKS Cluster and Deploy an Application
beginner
2 hour
Project
Deploy an API to Production Using Nginx
intermediate
1 hour

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