A Kubernetes course built by engineers for engineers
The course, where you can learn how to design, develop and deploy applications in Kubernetes.
A course that:
Prioritises hands-on material and challenges
Covers practical, day-to-day scenario rather than abstract use cases
Goes in-depth enough to be useful, but without becoming a boring list of flags that you can tweak
Get you up to speed quickly
Gives you the skills to be confident in deploying and managing production-grade apps
This course is not:
A "watch someone else do the work and become an expert" course. There are no Kubernetes experts who learnt that way
Only about building clusters. Clusters should be configured to support the apps deploying on it, not the other way around.
What's inside
Content-based, hands-on labs
3 courses with ebooks
Concise lectures with plenty of diagrams (great if you are a visual learner)
Interactive challenges for beginners and experts
1. Managing state in Kubernetes
How does Kubernetes store state? Can you host databases in your cluster? Can you extract configurations and share them with different deployments? How do you make sure that your storage layer is replicated and persisted even if a node becomes unavailable? In this course, you will learn how to deploy a database with durable persistence.
The module covers the following topics:
- Managing configurations
- Managing secrets
- Using Kubernetes Volumes
- Creating Persistent Volumes
- Creating Persistent Volume Claims
- Provisioning volumes dynamically
- Managing stateful applications
- Creating volumes on bare metal
- Deploying a single database with persistence
- Deploying a clustered database with persistence
- Designing storage that can span multiple nodes
2. Authentication in Kubernetes
How are requests to the Kubernetes API authenticated? What types of credentials does Kubernetes support? What does it mean that Kubernetes delegates the management of users to an external user management system? And how can you integrate Kubernetes with an existing user management system? In this course, you will learn everything you need to know about Kubernetes authentication.
The module covers the following topics:
- How authentication works
- Authentication plugins
- Implementing an authentication service with LDAP
- Deploying the authentication service
- Testing the authentication method
3. CKAD exam preparation
This course is designed to help you prepare and pass the Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) exam. It has practical challenges as well as tips and tricks on how to be efficient with your time during the exam.
The module covers the following topics:
- Introduction to the CKAD exam
- Tips and tricks
- Core concepts
- Pod design
- Configuration
- Observability
- Services and networking
- State persistence
What is it? A video course?
It's written content, guided labs, hands-on tutorials
What is it? An ebook?
You can read the content like an ebook
You will enjoy the courses, according to our students
Here is the feedback from our students.
That's the response from Shawn when Daniele reached him out and offered to help on the material.
We keep the Academy always up to date with the latest changes and Rudolf noticed that immediately.
Karl was looking for an in-depth course to learn Kubernetes inside-out and kept us updated with his progress.
Karl was impressed by the quality of the content and enjoy practising with the hands-on labs and challenges.
The Learnk8s Academy courses are excellent if you're a beginner and wish to get started with containers and Kubernetes.
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Complete series
USD 167.00
USD 119.00
Access to 3 courses
Ebooks for offline reading
Hands-on guided labs
Practice with real challenges
One time fee, lifetime updates
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All in-depth 11 courses
Ebooks for offline reading
Hands-on guided labs
Practice with real challenges
One time fee, lifetime updates
Individual packages
Managing state in Kubernetes
Ebooks for offline reading
Hands-on guided labs
Practice with real challenges
One time fee, lifetime updates
USD 59.00
Authentication in Kubernetes
Ebooks for offline reading
Hands-on guided labs
Practice with real challenges
One time fee, lifetime updates
USD 59.00
CKAD exam preparation
Ebooks for offline reading
Hands-on guided labs
Practice with real challenges
One time fee, lifetime updates
USD 49.00
Looking to train your team?
Learnk8s offers corporate rates for enterprise customers. Get in touch at sales@learnk8s.io to discuss.
The Learnk8s Academy Guarantee: Our promise to you
We care more about our students' success than taking their money.
If you follow the lectures and practise the material and still DO NOT feel like you are making progress 30 days after you begin doing the work, we will try to work with you to identify what's missing. And if that doesn't work, we'll give you a full refund.
We're honest to the end about the level of effort, skills, and other ingredients required.
This is not a watch someone else deploying containers in Kubernetes video course. Completing the Learnk8s Academy's modules takes time and effort… but it does work. The learning curve is steep; then, the plateau of usefulness is very long and smooth. It's a great feeling operating Kubernetes after you've mastered it.
Frequently asked questions
Can I see a preview of the videos?
This is not a video course. It is a learn-by-doing course. There's no shortcut in learning Kubernetes. You have to put the effort in and practice.
Do you offer a student discount?
Absolutely! Drops an email at hello@learnk8s.io with some proof that you are a student and we'll send you a discount code. This applies to anyone in any schooling, including evening classes and coding bootcamps!
What if I'm not thrilled?
We want to make sure you get real value out of this, so we only want your money if you are happy with the product! If you aren't satisfied, within 30 days, send an email to hello@learnk8s.io with a copy of your receipt and, we will refund you.
What are the prerequisites to join the Learnk8s Academy?
You should be familiar with Bash/Powershell, git, grep, curl and SSH. You should be familiar with web servers such as Apache or Nginx. Also, it helps if you used Vagrant and Virtual Box, in the past, but it's only a nice-to-have.
I have another question!
Sure - send an email to hello@learnk8s.io.