hands-on lab

Kubernetes Pod Design for Application Developers: Deployments

Difficulty: Intermediate
Duration: Up to 30 minutes
Students: 2,830
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Description

This lab is the third in the Kubernetes Pod Design for Application Developers series that where you will learn to design Pod workloads using higher-level resources in Kubernetes that simplify Pod management. You will use Deployments to manage long-running workloads and perform rolling updates and rollbacks between versions of an application.

This lab is valuable to anyone working with Kubernetes, but the content has been prepared considering topics described in the Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) Exam Curriculum. Completion of the lab will help you get hands-on experience, which is essential for passing the CKAD exam.

Learning Objectives

  • Understand Deployments and how to perform rolling updates and rollbacks

Intended Audience

  • Application developers deploying applications in containers and using or considering Kubernetes
  • This lab is recommended for Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) examinees

Prerequisites

  • Understand how to use labels, selectors, and annotations in relation to Pods

You can take the Kubernetes Pod Design for Application Developers: Labels, Selectors, and Annotations to satisfy the prerequisites.

Updates

July 13th, 2024 - Updated cluster to Kubernetes 1.30
October 13th, 2023 - Updated Kubernetes to 1.28
June 13th, 2023 - Updated Kubernetes to 1.26
September 6th, 2022 - Updated to run Kubernetes 1.24

Environment before

Environment after

Covered topics

Lab steps

Connecting to the Kubernetes Cluster
Managing Pods with Deployments