Learning Kubernetes

Course details

Kubernetes is the world's most popular open-source container orchestration engine. It offers the ability to schedule and manage containers—Docker or otherwise—at scale. In this course, get the foundational knowledge you need to embark on your first voyage with Kubernetes.

Instructor Kim Schlesinger provides an overview of the cloud-native ecosystem, as well as why Spotify, Wikimedia, and thousands of other companies rely on Kubernetes. Next, Kim demonstrates how to create a Kubernetes cluster with Minikube; deploy a containerized application and manage it using Kubernetes; leverage security best practices; and more. Along the way, she guides you through exercises that provide you with hands-on experience.

Concepts

Introduction

Setting sail on your Kubernetes voyage
What you should know

Kubernetes and the Cloud-Native Ecosystem

What is Kubernetes
What are containers
What is cloud native

Setting Up and Getting Oriented

Install Docker on Windows
Install Docker on Linux
Install Docker on macOS
Install minikube on Windows
Install minikube on Linux
Install minikube on macOS
Spin up and explore a minikube cluster

Application Deployment

Reading and writing YAML
Create a namespace
Deploy an application
Check the health of a pod by looking at the event logs
Check that your application is working with BusyBox
View your application logs
Challenge
Solution

Complex Application Deployment

Expose your application to the internet with a LoadBalancer
Add resource requests and limits to your pod
Delete your Kubernetes objects and tear down your cluster

Kubernetes Architecture

The Kubernetes control plane
Kubernetes worker nodes
How the control plane and nodes work together

Advanced Topics

Ways to manage Kubernetes pods
Running stateful workloads
Kubernetes security

Conclusion

Next steps on your Kubernetes voyage