Kubernetes from A to Z

Module1: Create First Container

Chapter 1: Basic concepts, history, alternatives
● You will learn what Kubernetes is, where it comes from, and why you
should get to know it
● Use kubectl, Kubernetes CLI, Commands and Options
Chapter 2: Construction of the cluster
● You will learn what Kubernetes-Architecture and basic components a
Kubernetes cluster is made of.
● Installation methods and available versions
● You will learn a list of the most popular Kubernetes installers and their
cloud providers.

Module2: APIs

Chapter 3: Kubernetes API 5
● You will understand what communication inside the cluster looks like and
what are the core components of the Kubernetes API.
Chapter 4: Cluster launching
● You will run a Kubernetes cluster locally and learn at least two ways to
connect to it. You will build image and create your first container in
Kubernetes.

Module3: Pods & Deployment

Chapter 5: Pod basics
● You will learn about how DNS works in a cluster and how applications
connect to each other and are published outside the cluster.
● You will take a closer look at the core component of an application in
Kubernetes – pod.
● You will learn how Pod differs from a container. You will run the pod
application, monitor and change it.
Chapter 6: Pod in details
● You will learn the advanced Pod settings necessary for your application
Chapter 7: Other Kubernetes APIs
● You will learn about the other core objects in the Kubernetes API such as
Node, ConfigMap, and Secret.
Chapter 8: Running an application in Kubernetes
● You will learn what, apart from the feed itself, is also needed to run an
efficient application in Kubernetes.
● You will learn to do zero-downtime-deployment using Kubernetes
● Manage dynamic application configuration using ConfigMaps and Secrets
● Deploy other workloads, including DaemonSets, Jobs, and CronJobs

Module4: Networking and Application Installation

Chapter 1: Service Discovery in Kubernetes
● You will learn how the network works in Kubernetes
● ClusterIP, NodePort and Load Balancer
Chapter 2: Ingress
● You’ll learn what Ingress is in Kubernetes, how to use it, and why it’s
worth it.
Chapter 3: Persistent data in the cluster
● You will learn what volumens are, how they are created and assembled.
● You will meet StatefulSet and find out why it is unique
Chapter 4: Helm
● Define, install and upgrade Kubernetes Applications with Helm
● You will understand what Helm is and how to use it for releases.

Module5: Application Autoscalling

Chapter 1: Kubernetes and Gitlab 6
● You will configure Gitlab to work with Kubernetes and automatically
release the app.

Chapter 2: Other ways to start the application
● You will learn about one-time tasks defined by Job and CronJob
● You will learn how DaemonSet starts Pods

Chapter 3: Autoscale
● You will practice how to autoscale an application in Kubernetes

Module6: Monitoring and Security

Chapter 1: Portainer
How to deploy software containers across your fleet of Edge devices
securely.

Chapter 2: Logging
Chapter 3: Monitoring

Chapter 4: Security and Network Policy
 Network policy
 Applying a NetworkPolicy
 Security Context
 Run As User/Group
 Service accounts
 Role-based access control

Module7: CI/CD Tools

Chapter 1: Working with multiple Environments
Chapter 2: CI/CD tools
Jenkins, Bamboo, Maven, Selenium, Puppet, Terraform, Ansible, Grafana,
Prometheus
Chapter 3: Project Exercises

Module8: CI/CD Exercises

Using Jenkins, Bamboo, Maven, Selenium, Puppet, Terraform, Ansible,
Grafana, Prometheus

Module9: Cluster Operations

 Onboarding new applications
 Backups
 Upgrading
 Drain and cordon commands
 Impact of an upgrade to running applications
 Troubleshooting commands
 VMware Tanzu™ portfolio overview

Module10: Performance & Containerization

Chapter 1: Performance optimization with Uvicorn
Chapter 2: Deployment (Heroku Serverless and Nine Remote)
Chapter 3: Containerization (Docker & Kubernetes)