Course description
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
