Kubernetes

OVERVIEW
Building Strategic Influence in Matrix Organizations

The Kubernetes course would help participants learn components in the Kubernetes architecture while also teaching them useful commands for deploying and managing a cluster.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
Why you shouldn't miss this course

By the end of this course, participants will have the leadership toolkit to shape and steer GenAI portfolios across their organization.

01Install Docker and a Kubernetes cluster from scratch
02How to run and manage containers effectively
03Create Kubernetes pods, deployments, and services
04Building Docker images and configure Docker Hub from scratch
05Establish a multi-component software application efficiently and easily

PREREQUISITES
Recommended experience

CURRICULUM
Structured for
Strategic Application
  • What is Kubernetes
  • Host centric vs Container Centric Platforms
  • Platform as a Service
  • Kubernetes based Platforms
  • Openshift
  • Eldarion
  • deis

Installing Kubernetes

Key Kubernetes Concepts

  • Pod
  • Service
  • Volume
  • Namespace
  • ReplicaSet
  • Deployment
  • StatefulSet
  • DaemonSet
  • Job
  • Kubernetes Master
  • Kubernetes Nodes
  • Master Components
  • kube-apiserver
  • etcd
  • kube-controller-manager
  • cloud-controller-manager
  • kube-scheduler
  • addons
  • DNS
  • kube-ui
  • Container Resource Monitoring
  • Cluster-level Logging
  • kubelet
  • kube-proxy
  • docker
  • rkt
  • supervisord
  • fluentd

Minikube

Kubectl basics

  • Pods basics
  • Scheduling a Container
  • Commands
  • Arguments
  • Environment Variables
  • Secrets
  • PodPreset
  • Stateless
  • Stateful
  • Expansion
  • Course-Grained
  • Fine-Grained
  • Web UI
  • External Load Balancer
  • Firewall Configuration
  • Healthchecks
  • Logging
  • ELK Stack
  • Debugging Techniques
  • Troubleshooting

Persistent volumes

Resource limits

Replication Controller

Using TLS

Accessing the Kubernetes API

Labels

Annotations

  • Manual Scaling
  • Horizontal Pod Autoscaler

Services

Namespaces

Node selector

  • Administering a Cluster
  • Administering Federation
  • Managing Cluster Daemons
  • Managing GPUs

Service accounts & Secrets

Ingress controller

Rolling Update for Zero Downtime deployments

LimitRanger

RECOMMENDED PARTICIPANT SETUP
This course follows Cognixia's AI-first,
hands-on learning model

Access to sanitized process maps, KPI definitions, candidate initiative lists, and basic cost baselines (time, cycle time, error or rework rates)

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Available in 5 delivery formats globally
Volume pricing for teams of 10+
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Why Cognixia for This Course

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