Docker and Kubernetes are important technologies that can help you scale your applications.

Docker is a platform for packaging, deploying, and running applications in containers. Kubernetes is a system for managing containerized applications across a cluster of nodes. It provides basic mechanisms for deployment, maintenance, and scaling of applications.

Introduction to Containers

  • Docker  installation and set up.
  • Docker images and containers
  • Building a Dockerfile with best practices
  • Logging , networking  and security
  • Docker volumes
  • Image registries
  • Labs

Kubernetes introduction

  • What is Microservices  – principle and forecast
  • Architecture deep dive
  • Installation on multiple environments ( cloud , local , vagrant )
  • Labs on identifying the  operational pieces ( Kubelet , apiserver, controllers , etcd )
  • Kubernetes the hard way

Managed pods

  • Replicasets
  • Daemonsets
  • Jobs
  • Deployments
  • Labs and exercises

Introduction to Kubernetes first class citizen - pods

  • YAML definition
  • Introduction of Pods
  • Listing pods through
  • Creation of namespaces
  • Labs on pod creation , imperative and declarative

Pods in-depth

  • InitContainers
  • Health checks
  • Accessing containers
  • Requests and limits
  • Labs and exercises

Secrets and Configmaps

  • What they are
  • How to create them
  • How to reference them in a pod
  • Labs and exercises

Volumes

  • Types of volumes
  • Creating a volume
  • Dynamic volume provisioning
  • Labs on using configmaps, secrets, OpenEBS or rook ( Install one of the CAS -> Longhorn preferably )

Kubernetes Networking

  • CNI
  • ClusterIP
  • Nodeport
  • Loadbalancer
  • Ingress
  • Certmanager for TLS

Security

  • RBAC
  • Network Policies
  • Security Context ( for both pod and container )
  • PSP
  • PSP replacement
  • Kyverno
  • CIS Benchmark

Advanced Scheduling concepts

  • NodeSelectors
  • NodeAffinity
  • Pod  Affinity/AntiAffinity

Advanced Scaling

  • Cluster autoscaler
  • HPA

Monitoring applications with Prometheus and Grafana

  • Concept
  • Installation
  • Best practice
  • Troubleshooting
  • Link to further study

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