VMware Kubernetes Fundamentals and Cluster Operations
E-Learning
Description
This four-day course is the first step in learning about Containers and Kubernetes Fundamentals and Cluster Operations. Through a series of lectures and lab exercises, the fundamental concepts of containers and Kubernetes are presented and put to practice by containerizing and deploying a two-tier application into Kubernetes.
This four-day course is the first step in learning about Containers and Kubernetes Fundamentals and Cluster Operations. Through a series of lectures and lab exercises, the fundamental concepts of containers and Kubernetes are presented and put to practice
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
Anyone who is preparing to build and run Kubernetes clusters
| Lesson Id | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |