This course is tailored for learners to master Kubernetes, focusing on in-depth concepts, cluster management, security, networking, storage, and CI/CD integrations. It combines detailed theoretical explanations with practical, hands-on labs for a holistic learning experience.
- Kubernetes Architecture Overview
- Understanding Nodes, Pods, and Controllers
- Etcd, API Server, Scheduler, and other Control Plane Components
- Objective: Set up a Kubernetes cluster and explore its components.
- Guide: Exploring Kubernetes Architecture
- Pod Lifecycle and Management
- Advanced Scheduling - Affinity/Anti-affinity, Taints, and Tolerations
- Managing Container Resources
- Objective: Implement advanced pod scheduling and resource management.
- Guide: Advanced Pod Management
- Deep Dive into Kubernetes Networking Model
- Services, Ingress, and Network Policies
- Implementing Service Meshes with Istio
- Objective: Set up networking, expose services, and implement network policies.
- Guide: Kubernetes Networking
- Understanding Persistent Volumes (PV) and Persistent Volume Claims (PVC)
- StorageClasses and Dynamic Provisioning
- StatefulSets for Stateful Applications
- Objective: Configure persistent storage using PV, PVCs, and StorageClasses.
- Guide: Managing Storage
- Kubernetes Security Best Practices
- Managing Kubernetes Secrets and ConfigMaps
- Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
- Objective: Secure a Kubernetes cluster using best practices and RBAC.
- Guide: Kubernetes Security
- Monitoring Cluster and Application Health with Prometheus
- Centralized Logging with Fluentd and Elasticsearch
- Visualizing Metrics with Grafana
- Objective: Implement monitoring and logging solutions in Kubernetes.
- Guide: Monitoring and Logging
- Rolling Updates and Rollbacks
- Helm Charts for Package Management
- Integrating Kubernetes with CI/CD Pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD)
- Objective: Deploy applications using CI/CD pipelines and manage releases with Helm.
- Guide: CI/CD Integrations
Participants will engage in a capstone project, designing, deploying, and managing a full-stack application on Kubernetes, demonstrating their mastery of concepts learned throughout the course.
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