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A Practical Guide to Kubernetes

Gain insights into Kubernetes fundamentals, explore cluster components, and learn to build, test, deploy, and secure applications, achieving state persistence and mastering crucial DevOps skills.
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Kubernetes is a powerful container management tool that's taking the world by storm. This detailed course will help you master it. In this course, you'll start with the fundamentals of Kubernetes and learn what the main components of a cluster look like. You'll then learn how to use those components to build, test, deploy, and upgrade applications and, as well as how to achieve state persistence once your application is deployed. Moreover, you'll also understand how to secure your deployments and manage resources, which are crucial DevOps skills. By the time you're done, you'll have a firm grasp of Kubernetes and the skills to deploy your own clusters and applications with confidence.
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WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

An understanding of the historical perspective leading to Kubernetes
A grasp of the role Kubernetes plays in application deployment
A command over deployment of a containerized application to a Kubernetes cluster
A command over configuring automatic updates, rollbacks, and scaling on a Kubernetes cluster
Familiarity with deploying stateful applications on a Kubernetes cluster
An understanding of security features in Kubernetes and how to configure them
An understanding of the historical perspective leading to Kubernetes

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TAKEAWAY SKILLS

YAML

Cloud

DevOps

Kubernetes

Content

1.

How Did We Get Here?

5 Lessons

Learn how technological advancements and Kubernetes evolution enhance deployment and infrastructure management.

3.

ReplicaSets

6 Lessons

Go hands-on with defining, creating, and managing ReplicaSets for scalable and fault-tolerant applications.

4.

Services

11 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of Kubernetes Services for stable pod communication and deployment.

5.

Deployments

15 Lessons

Dig into Kubernetes Deployments for zero-downtime updates, rollback mechanisms, and scaling methods.

6.

Ingress

10 Lessons

Follow the process of configuring, managing, and validating Ingress to streamline Kubernetes external access.

7.

Volumes

9 Lessons

Build on Kubernetes volumes to manage state, access resources, and facilitate configurations.

8.

ConfigMaps

11 Lessons

Learn how to use ConfigMaps for flexible configuration management in Kubernetes deployments.

9.

Secrets

9 Lessons

Discover the logic behind Kubernetes Secrets, their creation, management, and security.

10.

Namespaces

11 Lessons

Work your way through managing Kubernetes namespaces for efficient cluster segmentation and isolation.

11.

Securing Kubernetes Clusters

15 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of securing Kubernetes clusters through RBAC, permissions, roles, and namespaces.

12.

Managing Resources

17 Lessons

Solve problems in Kubernetes by mastering resource management, allocation, and Quality of Service (QoS).

13.

Creating A Production-Ready Kubernetes Cluster

23 Lessons

Follow the process of creating, managing, and updating a production-ready Kubernetes cluster with kOps.

14.

Persisting State

15 Lessons

Practice using Kubernetes for state persistence, deployment, and dynamic volume management in AWS environments.

15.

Appendix: Running a Kubernetes Cluster Locally

5 Lessons

Get familiar with setting up and managing a local Kubernetes cluster using Minikube.
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