Kubernetes Administrator Training

All you need to know to operate Kubernetes clusters

Training offered by Tiny Shell Script LLC

DESCRIPTION

This is a four-day, hands-on training to learn and understand Kubernetes concepts and architecture, and acquire the skills to operate it in production.

From theory to practice: for the duration of the training, each student is provided with a set of dedicated cloud resources, on which they will complete numerous labs and exercises. The demo apps and code samples feature components written in various languages like Node.js, Python, or Ruby, which communicate with each other over load balancers. We'll show you how to deploy and run that code on Kubernetes clusters, and we'll also learn how to build Kubernetes clusters from scratch, in order to fully understand the role and behaviors of each component of the control plane and worker nodes of a cluster.

The curriculum is suitable to all Kubernetes deployment models: public cloud (AKS, EKS, GKE…), private cloud (OpenStack…), or on-premises (on your own servers in datacenters).

It covers the whole Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) curriculum version 1.13 (that's the most recent CKA curriculum as of March 2019), as well as a few additions.

TARGET AUDIENCE

The curriculum is primarily geared towards sysadmins and ops teams. However, it is also appropriate for developers who need to be self-reliant to set up and operate Kubernetes clusters, as well as tech leads and architects who wish to acquire a deep knowledge of Kubernetes to better utilize its most advanced features.

GOALS

After this training, you will know how to set up, maintain, upgrade, and perform day-to-day operations on Kubernetes clusters to improve the availability and scalability of your applications.

This training will also teach you everything you need to know in order to pass the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam administered by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation.

COURSE STRUCTURE

The content is broken down into many modules (each running 10 to 30 minutes long). Each module starts with a presentation of its concepts, followed by live demos in a real environment. The students are then prompted to reproduce these demos in their own personal environment, which is provided for the training. This environment is set up to be usable immediately (no time wasted installing local virtual machines or setting up everyone's computer!), and it has all the features of a typical deployment, allowing to freely go "off-script", tinker, and experiment.

PRE-REQUIREMENTS

To get the most out of this training, you should be familiar with container fundamentals. You don't need to be an expert, but ideally, you know how to build a container image (for instance, with a Dockerfile), start a container, stop it, and check its logs.

If you aren't familiar with these concepts, we recommend that you familiarize yourself with e.g. Docker. There are many good resources out there to get started with Docker; for instance Play With Docker.

Additionally, you should have work experience or training as a system administrator. You know and understand how to use the UNIX command line to navigate directories, edit files, use SSH to access remote machines. You are familiar with networking concepts like IP addresses and subnets. You know about TLS mutual authentication, keys, and certificates.

Labs and exercises will be done on cloud virtual machines that we provide for the duration of the training. Each student needs to bring their own computer, with a web browser and an SSH client.

For private training sessions: it is necessary that the network connectivity at the training venue allow outbound TCP connections on arbitrary ports; not just 22/80/443.

CLASSROOM SIZE

While we have successfully delivered workshops accommodating more than 150 people at a time (at conferences like OSCON or Velocity), for best results, we advise capping classrooms to 20 people. If you need to train more than 20 students at a time, we can accommodate you, but we strongly suggest to break down the class into multiple groups.

For larger groups (more than 10 students) or groups with a broad range of skills and profiles, we will bring at least one extra assistant on site to make sure that everyone gets the best learning experience regardless of their level and prior knowledge of containers.

PERSONNEL

Jérôme Petazzoni

Jérôme was part of the team that built, scaled, and operated the dotCloud PAAS, before that company became Docker. He worked seven years at the container startup, where he wore countless hats and ran containers in production before it was cool. He loves to share what he knows, which has led him to give hundreds of talks and demos on containers, Docker, and Kubernetes. He trained thousands of people to deploy their apps in confidence on these platforms, and continues to do so as an independent consultant. He values diversity, and strives to be a good ally, or at least a decent social justice sidekick. He also collects musical instruments and can arguably play the theme of Zelda on a dozen of them.

Jérôme is a Certified Kubernetes Administrator.

CURRICULUM

The following curriculum corresponds to a training of 4 days, running at a steady pace. It includes numerous labs and exercises.

Curious to see what our training materials look like? No problem. The materials that we use for public training and conference workshops are all available at container.training. For instance, you can see the entire presentation deck that we delivered at the O'Reilly Velocity conference in October 2018 in New York City here.

CONTACT US

For pricing and availability information, contact jerome.petazzoni@gmail.com.