Overview What You Will Learn Curriculum Instructor

Course Overview

Kubernetes is the leading open-source platform for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. With cloud-native technologies becoming standard in modern infrastructure, mastering Kubernetes is crucial for system administrators and developers alike. The Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification validates your expertise in managing production-grade Kubernetes clusters, making it essential for IT professionals aiming to boost their credibility and operational skills in the DevOps and cloud ecosystem.

This course begins with a detailed introduction to Kubernetes, exploring its architecture, components, and cluster setup using tools like kubeadm, KOPS, and Rancher. It walks you through cluster creation on AWS, configuring kubeconfig, and understanding the pod lifecycle and namespaces. You’ll dive into core topics such as imperative commands, services, ReplicaSets, deployments, rollbacks, and pod labeling. It also emphasizes security with application hardening, Ingress, and CIS benchmarking via kube-bench. Advanced modules cover persistent storage using Longhorn, GitOps practices, backup and restore via snapshots, and Kubernetes monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana. Finally, you’ll get hands-on with lightweight K8s for edge computing, Amazon EKS, and container registry integrations.

Gain real-world experience with hands-on labs and master Kubernetes deployment, security, storage, monitoring, and GitOps workflows to confidently manage and scale production environments.

What You Will Learn

  • What is Kubernetes and what are its applications
  • How to work with Kubernetes in Production environment
  • How to work with clusters and nodes
  • Learn about Rancher Kubernetes Engine

Program Curriculum

  • What is Kubernetes and Why to Use It?
  • What's Inside the Cluster?
  • Master and Worker Node Components
  • Kubectl and Worker Node Components
  • Chapter 1 Quiz

  • Creating a Cluster with kubeadm
  • Let’s Add Another Worker Node
  • Chapter 2 Quiz

  • Let's Recreate It
  • Chapter 3 Quiz

  • Let's Create Highly Available Kubernetes Clusters on AWS with KOPS
  • Adding a Worker Node and Delete the Cluster
  • Chapter 4 Quiz

  • Rancher Kubernetes Engine (RKE)
  • Chapter 5 Quiz

  • Let’s Talk about Pod Now
  • Few Words about NameSpace, StorageClass and Annotations
  • Chapter 6 Quiz

  • It's Time to Dive Inside Cluster and Get Hand's Dirty
  • Chapter 7 Quiz

  • Label, Overwrite the Label and Remove It
  • Chapter 8 Quiz

  • Expose Service
  • Chapter 9 Quiz

  • Difference Between ReplicaSet and ReplicationController
  • Can't Delete the Pods
  • Delete the ReplicaSet Now
  • Chapter 10 Quiz

  • Deployment Specifications
  • Upgrade the Application Version with rollingUpdate
  • Rollbacks
  • Chapter 11 Quiz

  • Securing the Applications
  • Microservice with Authentication
  • Chapter 12 Quiz

  • Deploy Multiple Application with Ingress and Authentication
  • Chapter 13 Quiz

  • Using LENS
  • Lens Do More than What We Have Seen till Now
  • Chapter 14 Quiz

  • Kube-Bench: Testing You Kubernetes Cluster
  • Chapter 15 Quiz

  • Install Rancher (Kubernetes as a Service), STUCK WITH ERROR AS WELL
  • Forgot Login Password, Let's Try to Create Another
  • Chapter 16 Quiz

  • Installing Longhorn
  • Deploying Application Using Longhorn as a Storage Solution
  • Pods will Attach to the Same Volume No Matter What (Persistent Storage)
  • Chapter 17 Quiz

  • Working with Private Images
  • Configuring Nodes to Authenticate to a Private Registry
  • Chapter 18 Quiz

  • Easiest Way to Create HA Kubernetes Cluster with Rancher
  • Chapter 19 Quiz

  • Monitoring Dashboard
  • Chapter 20 Quiz

  • Continuous Delivery
  • Automatically Prepared for a Release to Production
  • Chapter 21 Quiz

  • Backup and Restore
  • Recurring Snapshots
  • Chapter 22 Quiz

  • The Certified Kubernetes Distribution Built for IoT & Edge Computing
  • Chapter 23 Quiz

  • Installing Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
  • Update Kubeconfig File
  • Delete the Cluster
  • Chapter 24 Quiz

  • Build an Image and Push to ECR
  • Using ECR Image Inside EKS Cluster
  • Chapter 25 Quiz

  • Thanks
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Instructor

Himanshu Sharma

Himanshu Sharma is a Kubernetes, containers, and cloud-native infrastructure expert. He has more than 12 years of IT experience in a variety of industries, including medical devices, entertainment, enterprise software, and cloud computing. He is passionate about learning new technology and he believes the best way to learn is to learn by doing it practically.

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