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Kubernetes Pod Design for Application Developers: Labels, Selectors, and AnnotationsBeginnerDuration: Up to 30 minutesAuthor: Logan Rakai; Difficulty: Beginner; Description: In this lab, you will learn about Kubernetes labels, selectors, and annotations.; Duration: Up to 30 minutes; Content Topics: Deployment, Compute, DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 3 Lab steps - HANDS-ON LABLogan RakaiKubernetes Pod Design for Application Developers: Definition BasicsBeginnerDuration: Up to 30 minutesAuthor: Logan Rakai; Difficulty: Beginner; Description: In this lab, you'll learn about effective pod design building blocks in Kubernetes.; Duration: Up to 30 minutes; Content Topics: Deployment, Compute, DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 3 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABLogan RakaiUsing Kubernetes Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs)BeginnerDuration: Up to 50 minutesAuthor: Logan Rakai; Difficulty: Beginner; Description: Discover custom resource definitions in Kubernetes as you use them to manage a GitOps continuous delivery system using familiar Kubernetes patterns.; Duration: Up to 50 minutes; Content Topics: Deployment, Compute, DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 3 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABLogan RakaiUsing Kubernetes Primitives to Implement Common Deployment StrategiesIntermediateDuration: Up to 45 minutesAuthor: Logan Rakai; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: Kubernetes can support common deployment strategies other than rolling updates by utilizing multiple deployments, services, and labels. Learn how in this lab.; Duration: Up to 45 minutes; Content Topics: Deployment, Compute, DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 3 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABLogan RakaiCKAD Practice Exam: State PersistenceIntermediateDuration: Up to 30 minutesAuthor: Logan Rakai; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: Prepare for the State Persistence domain of the Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) exam in this lab with exam-like tasks and solution guide.; Duration: Up to 30 minutes; Content Topics: Deployment, Compute, DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 4 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABJeremy Cook
CKAD Practice Exam: Services & NetworkingIntermediateDuration: Up to 1 hourAuthor: Jeremy Cook; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: Prepare for the Services & Networking domain of the Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) exam in this lab with exam-like tasks and solution guide.; Duration: Up to 1 hour; Content Topics: Deployment, Compute, DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 4 Lab steps - HANDS-ON LABLogan RakaiCKAD Practice Exam: ConfigurationIntermediateDuration: Up to 50 minutesAuthor: Logan Rakai; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: Prepare for the Configuration domain of the Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) exam in this lab with exam-like tasks and solution guide.; Duration: Up to 50 minutes; Content Topics: Deployment, Compute, DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 4 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABLogan RakaiCKAD Practice Exam: Core ConceptsIntermediateDuration: Up to 1 hourAuthor: Logan Rakai; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: Prepare for the Core Concepts domain of the Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) exam in this lab with exam-like tasks and solution guide.; Duration: Up to 1 hour; Content Topics: Deployment, Compute, DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 4 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABLogan RakaiMastering Kubernetes Pod Configuration: Service AccountsIntermediateDuration: Up to 30 minutesAuthor: Logan Rakai; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: In this lab, you'll master Kubernetes Pod configuration to provide Pods with identities to harden your Kubernetes application deployments; Duration: Up to 30 minutes; Content Topics: Deployment, Compute, DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 3 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABLogan RakaiKubernetes Observability: LoggingIntermediateDuration: Up to 45 minutesAuthor: Logan Rakai; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: In this lab, you'll learn about logging primitives in Kubernetes as well as how to extend the platform to use external logging systems.; Duration: Up to 45 minutes; Content Topics: Deployment, Compute, DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 4 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABLogan RakaiKubernetes Observability: Monitoring, and DebuggingIntermediateDuration: Up to 45 minutesAuthor: Logan Rakai; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: In this lab, you'll learn about monitoring primitives in Kubernetes as well as how to extend the platform to use external monitoring systems.; Duration: Up to 45 minutes; Content Topics: Monitoring, Deployment, Compute, DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 4 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABLogan RakaiUnderstand Kubernetes API Access Control MechanismsBeginnerDuration: Up to 1 hourAuthor: Logan Rakai; Difficulty: Beginner; Description: Gain a practical understanding of authentication, authorization, and admission control in the Kubernetes API and how it impacts you as a Kubernetes user.; Duration: Up to 1 hour; Content Topics: Deployment, Compute, DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 5 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABAndrew Burchill
Exposing Applications Using Kubernetes Ingress RulesBeginnerDuration: Up to 45 minutesAuthor: Andrew Burchill; Difficulty: Beginner; Description: Learn how to use a Ingress resource to expose and route between applications in a Kubernetes cluster in this hands-on lab.; Duration: Up to 45 minutes; Content Topics: Deployment, Compute, DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 3 Lab steps - HANDS-ON LABLogan RakaiCKAD Practice Exam: Multi-Container PodsIntermediateDuration: Up to 30 minutesAuthor: Logan Rakai; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: Prepare for the Multi-Container Pods domain of the Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) exam in this lab with exam-like tasks and solution guide.; Duration: Up to 30 minutes; Content Topics: Deployment, Compute, DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 4 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABBhupinder Singh
Using Security Contexts to Secure Kubernetes ClustersAdvancedDuration: Up to 40 minutesAuthor: Bhupinder Singh; Difficulty: Advanced; Description: Practice defense in depth in Kubernetes using the security context security primitive in this lab.; Duration: Up to 40 minutes; Content Topics: Deployment, Compute, DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 3 Lab steps - HANDS-ON LABLogan RakaiTroubleshooting Kubernetes: Cluster Component FailuresBeginnerDuration: Up to 30 minutesAuthor: Logan Rakai; Difficulty: Beginner; Description: Detect, diagnose, and remedy Kubernetes cluster component failures.; Duration: Up to 30 minutes; Content Topics: Deployment, Compute, DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 3 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABLogan RakaiTroubleshooting Kubernetes: Application FailuresAdvancedDuration: Up to 30 minutesAuthor: Logan Rakai; Difficulty: Advanced; Description: Detect, diagnose, and remedy Kubernetes application failures.; Duration: Up to 30 minutes; Content Topics: Deployment, Compute, DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 3 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABLogan RakaiSecuring Kubernetes Clusters using Authentication and AuthorizationAdvancedDuration: Up to 1 hourAuthor: Logan Rakai; Difficulty: Advanced; Description: Practice defense in depth in Kubernetes including authentication and authorization; Duration: Up to 1 hour; Content Topics: Deployment, Compute, DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 3 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABDaniel Wood
Troubleshooting Kubernetes: Cluster Access IssuesAdvancedDuration: Up to 30 minutesAuthor: Daniel Wood; Difficulty: Advanced; Description: Detect, diagnose, and remedy cluster access issues.; Duration: Up to 30 minutes; Content Topics: Deployment, Compute, DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 3 Lab steps - HANDS-ON LABDaniel WoodTroubleshooting Kubernetes: Cluster Node FailuresAdvancedDuration: Up to 30 minutesAuthor: Daniel Wood; Difficulty: Advanced; Description: Detect, diagnose, and remedy Kubernetes cluster node failures.; Duration: Up to 30 minutes; Content Topics: Deployment, Compute, DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 3 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABDaniel WoodBackup and Restore a Kubernetes ClusterIntermediateDuration: Up to 40 minutesAuthor: Daniel Wood; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: Perform a backup and restore cluster management operation of a Kubernetes cluster in this lab.; Duration: Up to 40 minutes; Content Topics: Containers; This hands-on lab has: 3 Lab steps
- COURSEDaniel Mease
Developing for Google Kubernetes EngineIntermediateDuration: Up to 34 hours and 4 minutesAuthor: Daniel Mease; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: Learn how to build and deploy production-ready containerized applications for Kubernetes on Google Cloud Platform.; Duration: Up to 34 hours and 4 minutes; Content Topics: Google Cloud Platform; This course has: 25 Lessons, 2 Lab challenges, 9 Exams, 12 Hands-on labs - COURSEDaniel MeaseArchitecting with Google Kubernetes EngineIntermediateDuration: Up to 30 hours and 1 minuteAuthor: Daniel Mease; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: Kubernetes is the most popular container orchestration tool. Learn how to build and maintain production-ready Kubernetes clusters on Google Cloud Platform.; Duration: Up to 30 hours and 1 minute; Content Topics: Google Cloud Platform; This course has: 22 Lessons, 2 Lab challenges, 7 Exams, 11 Hands-on labs
- HANDS-ON LABJun Fritz
Provisioning an Amazon ECS Cluster Using TerraformIntermediateDuration: Up to 45 minutesAuthor: Jun Fritz; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: Learn how to deploy an Amazon ECS cluster into an existing Amazon VPC using Terraform in this hands-on lab.; Duration: Up to 45 minutes; Content Topics: Amazon Web Services; This hands-on lab has: 5 Lab steps