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. Ready to get started?

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 though, you will learn about the Kubernetes architecture, how to build clusters, and how to deploy and manage applications. 

In the last part of the course, you will dive into threat modeling and real-world security practices. By the end of this course, you will have a great new skill for your resume and you’ll be able to start using Kubernetes in your own projects.

Learn Kubernetes: A Deep Dive

Services are loosely coupled with Pods via *labels* and *label selectors*. This is the same technology that loosely couples Deployments to Pods and is key to the flexibility provided by Kubernetes. The figure below shows an example where 3 Pods are labelled as `zone=prod` and `version=1`, and the Service has a *label selector* that matches.

Learn about loose coupling between Services and Pods via labels and label selectors. 

Kubernetes Primer

Kubernetes Principles of Operation

Installing Kubernetes

Working With Pods: Theory

Working With Pods: Hands-On

Kubernetes Deployments

Kubernetes Services: Theory

Kubernetes Services: Hands-On

Service Discovery

Kubernetes Storage

ConfigMaps

StatefulSets

Threat Modeling Kubernetes

Real-World Kubernetes Security

Conclusion

APPENDIX A: Other Important Stuff

Labels and Loose Coupling