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- HANDS-ON LABAndrew BurchillAssociating AWS IAM Roles with Amazon EKS Service AccountsBeginnerDuration: Up to 1 hour and 25 minutesAuthor: Andrew Burchill; Difficulty: Beginner; Description: Learn how to associate an IAM role with Kubernetes Service Account to achieve least privilege and credential isolation in this hands-on lab.; Duration: Up to 1 hour and 25 minutes; Content Topics: Identity and Access Management, Containers; This hands-on lab has: 6 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 RakaiSoftware Development, Testing, and Delivery with DockerAdvancedDuration: Up to 2 hoursAuthor: Logan Rakai; Difficulty: Advanced; Description: Learn how to implement software development, testing, and delivery using Docker with this Cloud Academy Lab.; Duration: Up to 2 hours; Content Topics: Development, DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 9 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 CookCKAD 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
- LAB CHALLENGELogan RakaiDocker Basics ChallengeBeginnerDuration: Up to 1 hourAuthor: Logan Rakai; Difficulty: Beginner; Description: In this lab challenge your basic Docker skills are put to the test requiring you to complete several tasks using a real Docker host.; Duration: Up to 1 hour; Content Topics: Development, DevOps; This lab challenge has: 2 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABLogan RakaiDocker PlaygroundBeginnerDuration: Up to 4 hoursAuthor: Logan Rakai; Difficulty: Beginner; Description: This Docker playground provides full access to an instance with docker, docker-compose, and relevant command-line completions already installed and running. The playground is a safe and secure sandbox environment for you to explore your own ideas, follow along with Cloud Academy courses, or answer your own questions.; Duration: Up to 4 hours; Content Topics: Development, DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 2 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABStefano CascavillaUse AWS Fargate for Serverless Deployment of Container ApplicationsIntermediateDuration: Up to 2 hoursAuthor: Stefano Cascavilla; Difficulty: Intermediate; Duration: Up to 2 hours; Content Topics: Containers; This hands-on lab has: 9 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABJeremy CookAmazon EKS - Building a Cloud Native ApplicationIntermediateDuration: Up to 2 hours and 15 minutesAuthor: Jeremy Cook; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: In this hands-on lab, you'll learn how to create and deploy a cloud-native application voting webapp into an Amazon EKS cluster.; Duration: Up to 2 hours and 15 minutes; Content Topics: Amazon Web Services; This hands-on lab has: 7 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 BurchillExposing 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
- LAB CHALLENGELogan RakaiCertified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) ChallengeAdvancedDuration: Up to 1 hour and 15 minutesAuthor: Logan Rakai; Difficulty: Advanced; Description: This lab challenge simulates the experience of the real Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) exam.; Duration: Up to 1 hour and 15 minutes; Content Topics: Deployment, Compute, DevOps; This lab challenge has: 2 Lab steps
- LAB CHALLENGELogan RakaiCertified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) ChallengeAdvancedDuration: Up to 1 hour and 15 minutesAuthor: Logan Rakai; Difficulty: Advanced; Description: This lab challenge simulates the experience of the real Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification exam.; Duration: Up to 1 hour and 15 minutes; Content Topics: Deployment, Compute, DevOps; This lab challenge has: 2 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABTiarnan GilesCloud Incident Response & Forensics: Foundation LabBeginnerDuration: Up to 1 hour and 10 minutesAuthor: Tiarnan Giles; Difficulty: Beginner; Description: In this lab, the second in the series, you will be performing further incident response and forensic analysis to determine what the attacker did within the container.; Duration: Up to 1 hour and 10 minutes; Content Topics: Security Investigations; This hands-on lab has: 6 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABBhupinder SinghUsing 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 RakaiManage Your Cluster Using Docker Swarm ModeIntermediateDuration: Up to 1 hour and 20 minutesAuthor: Logan Rakai; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: Manage your cluster using Docker swarm mode to leverage Docker's own container orchestration, load balance traffic, deploy stacks, and rollback deployments; Duration: Up to 1 hour and 20 minutes; Content Topics: Development, DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 8 Lab steps