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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

Kubernetes DNS

Briefly learn about the Kubernetes DNS.

As well as the various control plane and node components, every Kubernetes cluster has an internal DNS service that is vital to operations.

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