Kubernetes Administration

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Duration: 3 Days

Method: Instructor-Led - Hands on

Price: $1995.00

Course Code: KU1000

Audience

Systems Administrators and DevOps Professionals.

Description

This Kubernetes Administration course covers the topics of the CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator) exam. Topics covered include installation, application lifecycle management, networking, storage, security, scheduling, logging, maintenance, and troubleshooting of Kubernetes.

Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Containerize applications
Deploy applications with Kubernetes
Deploy microservices with Kubernetes
Scale-up and down applications
Secure applications

Prerequisites

Proficiency with the Linux CLI. A broad understanding of Linux system administration. Basic knowledge of Linux containers.

Topics

I. Core Concepts
- CKA Objectives Covered
- Kubernetes Architecture
- Cluster Communication
- Objects
- Object Properties
- Labels and Selectors
- Annotations
- Object Management
- Object Management (cont.)
- Image Fundamentals
- Container Fundamentals
- Pod Fundamentals
- Working with Pods
- Lab Tasks
  - Container and Pod Fundamentals
  - Single Node Install
  - Pod Fundamentals
II. Installation
- CKA Objectives Covered
- Installing HA Control Plane (DEMO)
- Lab Tasks
  - Kubernetes HA Masters Install
  - Kubernetes Install
  - Joining Worker Nodes
III. Application Lifecycle Management
- CKA Objectives Covered
- Pod Lifecycle
- Container Lifecycle
- Init Containers
- Container: command and args
- Container: Defining Environment
- ReplicaSet
- Deployments
- Working with Deployments
- Deployment Rollouts
- Lab Tasks
  - Pod Lifecycle
  - Init Containers
  - Deployments
IV. Networking
- CKA Objectives Covered
- Network Overview
- Service Discovery and CoreDNS
- Container Network Interface (CNI)
- Services
- Ingress Objects
- Lab Tasks
  - Ingress Controller
  - Port-Forwarding
  - Services
  - Ingress
V. Storage
- CKA Objectives Covered
- Storage
- Volume Types
- Volume Types
- Static Volumes (DEMO)
- ConfigMaps
- ConfigMaps
- Secrets
- Lab Tasks
  - (DEMO) Static Volumes
  - (DEMO) ConfigMaps and Secrets
  - Static Volume Provisioning
  - ConfigMaps and Secrets
VI. Scheduling
- CKA Objectives Covered
- Controlling and Tracking Resources
- Scheduler Operation
- DaemonSet
- Node Affinity and Anti-affinity
- Pod Affinity and Anti-affinity
- Taints and Tolerations
- Lab Tasks
  - (DEMO) Affinity and Taints
  - Pod Resources and Scheduling
  - Static Scheduling and Daemonsets
  - Pod and Node Affinities