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- HANDS-ON LABAndrew BurchillConfiguring Systems and Tools Using YAMLBeginnerDuration: Up to 1 hourAuthor: Andrew Burchill; Difficulty: Beginner; Description: Learn how to configure systems and tools as you work practically with YAML in an integrated development environment.; Duration: Up to 1 hour; Content Topics: Development; This hands-on lab has: 2 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABAndrew BurchillReading, Writing, and Parsing YAML FilesBeginnerDuration: Up to 1 hourAuthor: Andrew Burchill; Difficulty: Beginner; Description: Learn how to read, write data in a YAML file and parse it with the Python scripting language in this hands-on lab.; Duration: Up to 1 hour; Content Topics: Development; This hands-on lab has: 2 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABCalculated SystemsContainerizing Go Applications with Docker: AdvancedIntermediateDuration: Up to 1 hourAuthor: Calculated Systems; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: Build a web server using Go and learn how to efficiently containerize it with Docker in this lab.; Duration: Up to 1 hour; Content Topics: Development; This hands-on lab has: 6 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABStefano CascavillaSetting up a Google Cloud Build Configuration to Build Docker ApplicationIntermediateDuration: Up to 40 minutesAuthor: Stefano Cascavilla; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: In this lab, you will clone a git repo that contains a simple docker application, you will set up a cloud build configuration, and you will run the cloud build configuration you defined.; Duration: Up to 40 minutes; Content Topics: Development, DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 5 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABJeremy CookSimplifying Kubernetes Deployments using KustomizeIntermediateDuration: Up to 1 hour and 30 minutesAuthor: Jeremy Cook; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: Kustomize introduces a template-free way to customize application configuration, simplifying the rollout and deployment of applications into Kubernetes. In this Lab scenario, you'll learn how to use Kustomize to create overlays for deploying a staging and production version of a sample web application.; Duration: Up to 1 hour and 30 minutes; Content Topics: Deployment, Compute, DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 6 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABJeremy CookAmazon EKS - Using the AWS Load Balancer Controller to Expose ApplicationsIntermediateDuration: Up to 2 hours and 30 minutesAuthor: Jeremy Cook; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: The AWS Load Balancer Controller is used to help manage and control the provisioning of ALBs (Ingress resources) and NLBs (Service resources - type LoadBalancer). You'll learn how to deploy the AWS Load Balancer Controller into EKS, and then deploy and publicly expose a Web app and TCP app within the cluster.; Duration: Up to 2 hours and 30 minutes; Content Topics: Amazon Web Services; This hands-on lab has: 12 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABCalculated SystemsCreating a Microservice in Go - Part 1IntermediateDuration: Up to 1 hour and 30 minutesAuthor: Calculated Systems; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: Develop a microservices API in Go to manage retro video games in this lab.; Duration: Up to 1 hour and 30 minutes; Content Topics: Development; This hands-on lab has: 8 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABCalculated SystemsContainerizing Go Applications with Docker: BasicBeginnerDuration: Up to 1 hourAuthor: Calculated Systems; Difficulty: Beginner; Description: Build a command line utility using Go and containerize it with Docker in this Lab.; Duration: Up to 1 hour; Content Topics: Development; This hands-on lab has: 6 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABJeremy CookKubernetes Monitoring Playground (Kubernetes Dashboard, Prometheus, and Grafana)IntermediateDuration: Up to 4 hoursAuthor: Jeremy Cook; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: In this hands-on lab playground, you'll have the opportunity to play around with a production-grade, preconfigured Kubernetes monitoring environment consisting of the Kubernetes Dashboard, Prometheus, and Grafana.; Duration: Up to 4 hours; Content Topics: DevOps, Monitoring, Deployment, Compute; This hands-on lab has: 4 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABLogan RakaiDocker Swarm PlaygroundBeginnerDuration: Up to 4 hoursAuthor: Logan Rakai; Difficulty: Beginner; Description: The playground provides you with full access to a Docker swarm cluster comprised of one manager node and two worker nodes.; Duration: Up to 4 hours; Content Topics: Development, DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 2 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABJeremy CookEKS Cluster Provisioning and Automatic Deployment of a Cloud-Native Application Using TerraformIntermediateDuration: Up to 2 hours and 30 minutesAuthor: Jeremy Cook; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: In this hands-on lab, you'll embark on a journey into the world of cloud infrastructure and application deployment using Terraform. Learn quickly how to provision EKS, RDS, and the automatic deployment of a Trading Stocks themed cloud-native application using Terraform.; Duration: Up to 2 hours and 30 minutes; Content Topics: Amazon Web Services; This hands-on lab has: 7 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABLogan RakaiAmazon ECS Microservices Networking With AWS App MeshIntermediateDuration: Up to 1 hourAuthor: Logan Rakai; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: Learn how App Mesh integrates with ECS to provide service discovery and traffic management for your containerized applications in this lab.; Duration: Up to 1 hour; Content Topics: Containers; This hands-on lab has: 5 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABLogan RakaiInstalling and Running Applications with Docker Enterprise Universal Control Plane (UCP)IntermediateDuration: Up to 1 hourAuthor: Logan Rakai; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: Learn how to install Docker Enterprise Universal Control Plane (UCP) and how to deploy applications onto the UCP cluster you create using the web interface.; Duration: Up to 1 hour; Content Topics: Development, DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 6 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABLogan RakaiUpgrade a Kubernetes Cluster With KubeadmIntermediateDuration: Up to 1 hourAuthor: Logan Rakai; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: Learn how to perform a full upgrade of a Kubernetes cluster in this lab.; Duration: Up to 1 hour; Content Topics: Containers; This hands-on lab has: 3 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABJeremy CookAmazon EKS - Install the AWS Load Balancer Controller and Create an Ingress Resource (ALB)IntermediateDuration: Up to 1 hour and 30 minutesAuthor: Jeremy Cook; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: Amazon EKS - Install the AWS Load Balancer Controller and Create an Ingress Resource (ALB); Duration: Up to 1 hour and 30 minutes; Content Topics: Amazon Web Services; This hands-on lab has: 8 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABLogan RakaiUsing Security Groups for Pods in Amazon EKSIntermediateDuration: Up to 2 hoursAuthor: Logan Rakai; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: In this lab, you will learn how to integrate security groups with an Amazon EKS cluster to allow specific pods to access and RDS database.; Duration: Up to 2 hours; Content Topics: Containers; This hands-on lab has: 11 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABAndrew BurchillAuto scaling and testing an Amazon ECS deploymentBeginnerDuration: Up to 1 hourAuthor: Andrew Burchill; Difficulty: Beginner; Description: Learn how to use the AWS CLI to configure auto scaling for an Amazon ECS deployment in this hands-on lab.; Duration: Up to 1 hour; Content Topics: Amazon Web Services; This hands-on lab has: 4 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABDaniel WoodCKA Practice Exam: TroubleshootingIntermediateDuration: Up to 50 minutesAuthor: Daniel Wood; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: Prepare for the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam by solving practice problems and reviewing their solutions in this lab on troubleshooting.; Duration: Up to 50 minutes; Content Topics: Deployment, Compute, DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 4 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABLogan RakaiIntegrating AWS Storage Services in Amazon EKSIntermediateDuration: Up to 1 hour and 30 minutesAuthor: Logan Rakai; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: Learn about the different Amazon storage services that integrate with EKS and how to use them in this lab.; Duration: Up to 1 hour and 30 minutes; Content Topics: Amazon Web Services; This hands-on lab has: 7 Lab steps
- LAB CHALLENGEAndrew BurchillAmazon ECS Networking ChallengeBeginnerDuration: Up to 1 hourAuthor: Andrew Burchill; Difficulty: Beginner; Description: Put your Amazon ECS and VPC skills to the test in this hands-on lab challenge as you are tasked with reconfiguring the network for an existing deployment.; Duration: Up to 1 hour; Content Topics: Amazon Web Services; This lab challenge has: 1 Lab step
- HANDS-ON LABJun FritzMonitoring Amazon ECS Resources With Amazon CloudWatchIntermediateDuration: Up to 45 minutesAuthor: Jun Fritz; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: Learn how to monitor and react to AWS ECS metrics using Amazon CloudWatch container insights in this hands-on lab.; Duration: Up to 45 minutes; Content Topics: Amazon Web Services; This hands-on lab has: 5 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABJeremy CookAmazon EKS - Supporting TCP based Connections from the OutsideIntermediateDuration: Up to 2 hours and 40 minutesAuthor: Jeremy Cook; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: Amazon EKS - Supporting TCP based Connections from the Outside; Duration: Up to 2 hours and 40 minutes; Content Topics: Amazon Web Services; This hands-on lab has: 10 Lab steps
- LAB CHALLENGEAndrew BurchillAmazon ECS Integrations ChallengeIntermediateDuration: Up to 1 hourAuthor: Andrew Burchill; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: Put your AWS and terraform skills to the test as you are tasked with integrating SQS, SNS, and ElastiCache with an existing ECS cluster.; Duration: Up to 1 hour; Content Topics: Amazon Web Services; This lab challenge has: 1 Lab step
- LAB CHALLENGEJun FritzMonitoring Amazon ECS With CloudWatch ChallengeIntermediateDuration: Up to 30 minutesAuthor: Jun Fritz; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: Put your Amazon CloudWatch monitoring skills to the test in this hands-on lab challenge.; Duration: Up to 30 minutes; Content Topics: Amazon Web Services; This lab challenge has: 1 Lab step