Kubernetes Administration with Helm and CKA exam.prep. (KBS-104) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction

  • Cloud computing in general
  • Cloud types
  • Cloud native computing
  • Application containers
  • Containers on Linux
  • Container runtime
  • Container orchestration
  • Kubernetes
  • Kubernetes concepts
  • Kubernetes objects categories
  • Kubernetes architecture
  • Kubernetes master
  • Kubernetes node
  • Lab 1

Module 2: Installing Kubernetes

  • Picking the right solution.
  • One node Kubernetes install
  • Kubernetes universal installer
  • Install using kubeadm on CentOS
  • Kubernetes Networking
  • Lab 2

Module 3: Accessing Kubernetes

  • Accessing the Kubernetes cluster
  • Controlling access to the API
  • Authorization
  • Role Based Access Control
  • Roles and ClusterRoles
  • Role bindings
  • Lab 3

Module 4: Kubernetes Workloads

  • The pod
  • RestartPolicy examples
  • InitContainers
  • Our first Pod
  • Operations on pods
  • Replication Controller
  • Working with Replication Controller
  • Deployments
  • Working with Deployments
  • Jobs, CronJobs
  • Jobs example
  • CronJobs example
  • DaemonSets
  • Lab 4

Module 5: Scheduling and node management

  • The Kubernetes Scheduler
  • Assigning Pods to Nodes
  • Assigning Pods to Nodes – node affinities
  • Assigning Pods to Nodes – Pod affinities
  • Taints and tolerations
  • Managing nodes
  • Lab 5

Module 6: Accessing the applications

  • Services
  • Service types
  • Working with Services
  • Working with Services
  • Ingress
  • Ingress definition
  • Working with Ingress
  • Network Policies
  • Network Policy example
  • Lab 6

Module 7: Persistent storage in Kubernetes

  • Volumes
  • Volume types
  • Persistent Volumes
  • Secrets
  • Using Secrets as environmental variables
  • Using Secrets as volumes
  • ConfigMaps
  • Lab 7

Module 8: Logging, monitoring and troubleshooting

  • Logging architecture
  • Monitoring
  • Troubleshooting

PART II. Day 4: Helm Package Manager (preliminary content)

Module 1: Introduction to Helm

  • Its Purpose
  • Main Helm Concepts
  • Helm Components
  • Helm Implementation

Module 2: Installing Helm and Tiller

  • Installing Helm client
  • Installing Tiller, the Server Side of Helm
  • Upgrading Tiller
  • Deleting or Reinstalling Tiller

Module 3: Using Helm

  • Helm Search: Finding Charts
  • Helm Install: Installing A Package
  • Helm Upgrade and Helm Rollback: Upgrading A Release, And
  • Recovering on Failure
  • Helm Delete: Deleting a Release
  • Helm Repo: Working with Repositories
  • Creating Your Own Charts
  • Tiller, Namespaces and RBAC

Module 4: Helm Charts

  • Intro to Charts
  • Chart Lifecycle Hooks
  • Charts Tips and Tricks
  • Charts Repository Guides
  • Syncing your Chart Repo
  • Signing Charts
  • Chart Tests

Module 5: Chart Templates

  • Getting started
  • Built-in Objects
  • Values Files
  • Template Functions and Pipelines
  • Flow Control
  • Variables
  • Named Templates
  • Accessing Files Inside Templates
  • Creating a NOTES.txt file
  • Sub charts and Global Values
  • Debugging Templates

Module 6: Helm plugins

  • Overview
  • Installing a Plugin
  • Building Plugins
  • Downloader Plugins
  • Environment Variables

Module 7: Helm Security

  • Role-based Access Control (RBAC) Intro
  • Tiller and Role-Based Access Control
  • Helm and Role-Based Access Control
  • Using SSL Between Helm and Tiller: Overview
  • Generating Certificate Authorities and Certificates
  • Creating a Custom Tiller Installation
  • Configuring the Helm Client
  • Best Practices for Securing Helm and Tiller