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Learn Kubernetes: A Deep Dive

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Kubernetes Primer

Kubernetes Background The Evolution of Kubernetes The Operating System of the Cloud Quiz: Kubernetes Primer Summary

Kubernetes Principles of Operation

Kubernetes From 40K Feet

Masters and Nodes: Masters

Masters and Nodes: Nodes

Packaging Apps for Kubernetes

Quiz: Kubernetes Principles

The Declarative Model and the Desired State

Services and Network Stable Networking

Quiz: Pods, Deployments, and Services

Installing Kubernetes

Kubernetes Playgrounds Hosted Kubernetes Installing Kubernetes Play With Kubernetes Docker Desktop Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)Other Methods kubectl Quiz: Installing Kubernetes Summary

Working With Pods: Theory

Pod Theory Multi-Container Pods: The Typical Example How Do We Deploy Pods Pods and Shared Networking Pods and cgroups Pod Lifecycle Quiz: Theory of Working With Pods Summary

Working With Pods: Hands-On

Introduction Pod Manifest Files Manifest Files: Empathy as Code Introspecting Running Pods kubectl exec: Running Commands in Pods Quiz: Working Hands-on With Pods Summary

Kubernetes Deployments

Deployment Theory Self-Healing and Scalability Rolling Updates With Deployments How to Create a Deployment Quiz: Basics of Kubernetes Deployments Accessing Deployments Accessing the Apps Performing a Rolling Update How to Perform a Rollback Quiz: Accessing and Updating Deployments Summary

Kubernetes Services: Theory

Introduction Labels and Loose Coupling Services and Endpoints Objects Accessing Services From Inside the Cluster Accessing Services From Outside the Cluster Service Discovery Quiz: Theory of Kubernetes Services Summary

Kubernetes Services: Hands-On

The Imperative Way The Declarative Way Introspecting Services and Endpoint Objects Real World Example Quiz: Hands-On With Kubernetes Services Summary

Service Discovery

Introduction Service Registration Service Discovery Service Discovery and Namespaces Troubleshooting Service Discovery Quiz: Service Discovery Summary

Kubernetes Storage

The Big Picture Storage Providers and Container Storage Interface The Kubernetes Persistent Volume Subsystem Persistent Volume Claim Storage Classes and Dynamic Provisioning Demo Quiz: Kubernetes Storage Summary

ConfigMaps

Introduction ConfigMap Theory Hands-On: Creating ConfigMaps Imperatively Hands-On: Creating ConfigMaps Declaratively Injecting ConfigMap and Secret Data Into Pods and Containers Quiz: ConfigMaps Summary

StatefulSets

Introduction to StatefulSets Ordered Creation and Deletion Volumes and Handling Failures Network and Headless Services Hands-On With StatefulSets Creating a Governing Headless Service Deploy the StatefulSet Testing Peer Discovery Scaling StatefulSets Test a Pod Failure Quiz: StatefulSets Summary

Threat Modeling Kubernetes

Introduction Spoofing Tampering Repudiation Information Disclosure Denial of Service Elevation of Privilege Protecting Pods Pod Security Policies Quiz: Threat Modeling Kubernetes Summary

Real-World Kubernetes Security

CI/CD Pipeline Moving Images From Non-Production to Production Infrastructure and Networking Identity and Access Management (IMS)Auditing and Security Monitoring Real-World Example Quiz: Real-World Kubernetes Security Summary

Conclusion

What's Next?Feedback About the Authors

APPENDIX A: Other Important Stuff

Glossary Service Meshes DaemonSets StatefulSets Jobs and CronJobs Autoscaling Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)Helm Summary

Deployments

Learn about Deployments in Kubernetes.

Most of the time you’ll deploy Pods indirectly via a higher-level controller. Examples of higher-level controllers include, Deployments, DaemonSets, and StatefulSets.

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