Learning Kubernetes [Updated: 12/5/2024]

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Prerequisites

• Access to a text editor like Visual Studio Code
  
• Use of a terminal app to run simple Unix commands
  
• High-level understanding of container technology
  

Get the foundational knowledge you need to embark on your first voyage with Kubernetes, the world's most popular open-source container orchestration engine. Instructor Kim Schlesinger demonstrates how to create a Kubernetes cluster with Minikube, deploy a containerized application, and manage that application using Kubernetes. Along the way, she guides you through exercises that provide you with hands-on experience.

Learning objectives

• Review the basics of containers: container images, container registries, and container technologies like Docker.
  
• Get an overview of cloud-native technology and the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).
  
• Install Kubernetes and minikube on Windows, Linux, and macOS.
  
• Read and write Kubernetes YAML manifests and create a namespace with a YAML manifest.
  
• Deploy a containerized application and manage it using Kubernetes.
  
• Describe a pod and look at the event logs to troubleshoot issues.
  
• Spin up a BusyBox pod and use it to verify an application is working.
  
• Use kubectl to view the application logs of a pod.
  
• Assign your application an IP address using a Kubernetes LoadBalancer service.
  
• Set CPU and memory requests and limits on the containers in your pods.
  
• Explore the Kubernetes control plane and its different components, such as kube-apiserver, etcd, kube-scheduler, kube-controller-manager, and cloud-controller-manager.
  
• Leverage security best practices.
  

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