☸️ Kubernetes: Beginner to Pro

0: Introduction

Introduction to the course.

•Course Overview

1: History and Motivation

Evolution of application deployment over the past 20 years.

•History and Motivation

2: Technology Overview

Kubernetes architecture and system components.

•Technology Overview

3: Installation and Set Up

Configure your local and remote lab environments.

•Dependencies

•Local KinD Cluster

•Remote Civo Cluster

•Remote GKE Cluster

4: Built-in Kubernetes Resources

Covers the resource types that are included with Kubernetes.

•Intro to Built in Resources

•Namespace

•Pod

•ReplicaSet

•Deployment

•Service

•Job

•CronJob

•DaemonSet

•StatefulSet

•ConfigMap

•Secret

•Ingress and GatewayAPI

•PersistentVolume & PersistentVolumeClaim

•Role Based Access Control

•Labels and Annotations

•Out of Scope

5: Helm

Using helm to manage Kubernetes resources

•What is Helm?

•Consuming Helm Charts

•Authoring Helm Charts

6: Demo Application

Example microservice application.

•Demo Application Overview

•Running the Demo Application

•Building the App Images

7: Deploying the Demo Application

Kubernetes manifests to deploy the demo application.

•Authoring Kubernetes Manifests

•GKE Monitoring Tooling

8: Extending the Kubernetes API

Explore how custom resources can add functionality

•Custom Resources (Extending K8s)

9: Deploying Auxiliary Tooling

Install additional software to enhance the deployment.

•CloudNativePG

•Trivy Operator

•Additional Tools Worth Exploring

10: Developer Experience

Improving the DevX when working with Kubernetes.

•Developer Iteration (Tilt)

•Secrets Management (ESO)

11: Debugging Applications

How to find and fix problems.

•Debugging Applications in Kubernetes

12: Deploying to Multiple Environments

Packaging your application for mulitple deployments.

•Multi-Environment Overview

•Kustomize

•Helm

•Kluctl (Single Service)

•Kluctl (Full Build)

13: Cluster and Node Upgrades

How to safely upgrade your clusters and nodes.

•Cluster/Node Upgrade Procedure

14: Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery

Implement CI/CD for your applications (with GitOps!)

•Continuous Integration (GitHub Actions)

•GitOps (using Kluctl)

15: Conclusion

Final thoughts and additional topics to explore.

•Course Wrap Up