Kubernetes Fundamentals and Cluster Operations

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$3,400.00 USD

Duration
4 Days

Delivery Methods
Virtual Instructor Led
Private Group

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Course 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

Who Should Attend?

Anyone who is preparing to build and run Kubernetes clusters

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Course Prerequisites

Linux concepts and command line proficiency
General networking proficiency

Agenda

1 Course Introduction

Introductions and objectives

2 Containers

What and Why containers
Building images
Running containers
Registry and image management

3 Kubernetes Overview

Kubernetes project
Plugin interfaces
Building Kubernetes
Kubectl CLI

4 Beyond Kubernetes Basics

Kubernetes objects
YAML
Pods, replicas, and deployments
Services
Deployment management
Rolling updates
Controlling deployments
Pod and container configurations

5 Kubernetes Networking

Networking within a pod
Pod-to-Pod Networking
Services to Pods
ClusterIP, NodePort, and LoadBalancer
Ingress controllers
Service Discovery via DNS

6 Stateful Applications in Kubernetes

Stateless versus Stateful
Volumes
Persistent volumes claims
StorageClasses
StatefulSets

7 Additional Kubernetes Considerations

Dynamic configuration
ConfigMaps
Secrets
Jobs, CronJobs

8 Security

Network policy
Applying a NetworkPolicy
SecurityContext
runAsUser/Group
Service accounts
Role-based access control

9 Logging and Monitoring

Logging for various objects
Sidecar logging
Node logging
Audit logging
Monitoring architecture
Monitoring solutions
Octant
VMware vRealize® Operations Manager™

10 Cluster Operations

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

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