Kubernetes and Cloud-Native Associate (KCNA)

Overview

Kubernetes is the hottest buzzword in the world of Cloud Computing today. It has witnessed the fastest growth in job searches, with a staggering increase of over 173% in just one year! According to recent surveys conducted by Indeed, the demand for Kubernetes skills is skyrocketing.

Our KCNA (Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate) course offers a comprehensive and immersive learning experience that will equip you with the skills and knowledge needed to master the fundamentals of Kubernetes and Cloud Native concepts and become a certified KCNA professional.

COURSE DIFFICULTY

Beginner

COURSE DURATION

SKILLS LEARNED
COURSE OUTLINE

Skills Learned

After completing this online training course, students will be able to:

01. Kubernetes Fundamentals

What are Containers
Container Orchestration
Kubernetes Architecture
Runtime – CRI
Docker vs ContainerD

02. Kubernetes Resources

Pods
Pods with YAML
ReplicaSets
Deployments
Deployments – Rolling Updates and Rollbacks
Imperative vs Declarative
Kubectl Apply Command
Kubernetes Namespaces

03. Scheduling

Manual Scheduling
Labels and Selectors
Taints and Tolerations
Node Selectors
Node Affinity
Taints and Tolerations vs Node Affinity
Resource Limits
DaemonSets
Static Pods
Multiple Schedulers
Configuring Kubernetes Scheduler Profiles

04. Container Orchestration - Security

Security – Kubernetes Security Primitives
Authentication
TLS in Kubernetes – Certificate Creation
KubeConfig
API Groups
Authorization
Role Based Access Controls
Cluster Roles
Service Accounts
Image Security
Security Contexts
Network Policies

05. Container Orchestration - Networking

Cluster Networking
Pod Networking
CNI in Kubernetes
CNI weave
DNS in Kuberntes
Ingress

06. Container Orchestration - Service Mesh

Kubernetes Services
Sidecars
Envoy
Monoliths & Microservices
Service Mesh
Istio
Installing Istio
Deploying our First Application on Istio
Continue Learning Istio

07. Container Orchestration - Storage

Storage
Introduction to Docker Storage
Storage in Docker
Volume Driver Plugins in Docker
Container Storage Interface
Volumes
Persistent Volumes
Persistent Volume Claims
Storage Class

08. Cloud Native Architecture

Autoscaling
Horizontal Pod Autoscaler
Vertical Pod Autoscaler
Cluster Autoscaler
Serverless
Kubernetes Enhancement Proposals (KEPs)
Kubernetes SIG
Open Standards

09. Cloud Native Observability

Observability Fundamentals
SLO/SLA/SLI
Prometheus Use Case
Prometheus Basics
Prometheus Architecture
Prometheus – Node Exporter
Prometheus Configuration
Prometheus – Metrics
Prometheus – Monitoring Containers
Prometheus – Monitoring Kubernetes
Cost Management

10. Cloud Native Application Delivery

Application Delivery Fundamentals
What is GitOps
GitOps Principles
Push vs Pull-based Deployments
CI/CD with GitOps
Git Repositories, Dockerfile and Application Walkthrough
ArgoCD Walkthrough
CICD Pipeline Demo

SKILLS LEARNED

Skills Learned

After completing this online training course, students will be able to:

COURSE OUTLINE

01. Kubernetes Fundamentals

What are Containers
Container Orchestration
Kubernetes Architecture
Runtime – CRI
Docker vs ContainerD

02. Kubernetes Resources

Pods
Pods with YAML
ReplicaSets
Deployments
Deployments – Rolling Updates and Rollbacks
Imperative vs Declarative
Kubectl Apply Command
Kubernetes Namespaces

03. Scheduling

Manual Scheduling
Labels and Selectors
Taints and Tolerations
Node Selectors
Node Affinity
Taints and Tolerations vs Node Affinity
Resource Limits
DaemonSets
Static Pods
Multiple Schedulers
Configuring Kubernetes Scheduler Profiles

04. Container Orchestration - Security

Security – Kubernetes Security Primitives
Authentication
TLS in Kubernetes – Certificate Creation
KubeConfig
API Groups
Authorization
Role Based Access Controls
Cluster Roles
Service Accounts
Image Security
Security Contexts
Network Policies

05. Container Orchestration - Networking

Cluster Networking
Pod Networking
CNI in Kubernetes
CNI weave
DNS in Kuberntes
Ingress

06. Container Orchestration - Service Mesh

Kubernetes Services
Sidecars
Envoy
Monoliths & Microservices
Service Mesh
Istio
Installing Istio
Deploying our First Application on Istio
Continue Learning Istio

07. Container Orchestration - Storage

Storage
Introduction to Docker Storage
Storage in Docker
Volume Driver Plugins in Docker
Container Storage Interface
Volumes
Persistent Volumes
Persistent Volume Claims
Storage Class

08. Cloud Native Architecture

Autoscaling
Horizontal Pod Autoscaler
Vertical Pod Autoscaler
Cluster Autoscaler
Serverless
Kubernetes Enhancement Proposals (KEPs)
Kubernetes SIG
Open Standards

09. Cloud Native Observability

Observability Fundamentals
SLO/SLA/SLI
Prometheus Use Case
Prometheus Basics
Prometheus Architecture
Prometheus – Node Exporter
Prometheus Configuration
Prometheus – Metrics
Prometheus – Monitoring Containers
Prometheus – Monitoring Kubernetes
Cost Management

10. Cloud Native Application Delivery

Application Delivery Fundamentals
What is GitOps
GitOps Principles
Push vs Pull-based Deployments
CI/CD with GitOps
Git Repositories, Dockerfile and Application Walkthrough
ArgoCD Walkthrough
CICD Pipeline Demo

Kubernetes and Cloud-Native Associate (KCNA)

Overview

Skills Learned

Skills Learned

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