VMware Kubernetes Fundamentals and Cluster Operations

Description

Duration

4 Days

24 CPD hours

This course is intended for

Anyone who is preparing to build and run Kubernetes clusters

Overview

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
Build, test, and publish Docker container images
Become familiar with YAML files that define Kubernetes objects
Understand Kubernetes core user-facing concepts, including pods, services, and deployments
Use kubectl, the Kubernetes CLI, and become familiar with its commands and options
Understand the architecture of Kubernetes (Control plane and its components, worker nodes, and kubelet)
Learn how to troubleshoot issues with deployments on Kubernetes
Apply resource requests, limits, and probes to deployments
Manage dynamic application configuration using ConfigMaps and Secrets
Deploy other workloads, including DaemonSets, Jobs, and CronJobs
Learn about user-facing security using SecurityContext, RBAC, and NetworkPolicies

This four-day course is the first step in learning about Containers and Kubernetes Fundamentals and Cluster Operations. Through a series of lectures and lab exercises, the fundamental concepts of containers and Kubernetes are presented and put to practice by containerizing and deploying a two-tier application into Kubernetes.

Course Introduction

Containers

Kubernetes Overview

Beyond Kubernetes Basics

Kubernetes Networking

Stateful Applications in Kubernetes

Additional Kubernetes Considerations

Security

Logging and Monitoring

Cluster Operations