VMware Kubernetes Fundamentals and Cluster Operations
Start with containers and finish able to run a Kubernetes cluster with confidence.
About this course
Start with containers and finish able to run a Kubernetes cluster with confidence. Over four days you will build and publish images with Docker, learn the control plane and worker node architecture, deploy pods, services and rolling updates in YAML, handle stateful workloads, ConfigMaps and Secrets, and secure and operate the cluster using RBAC, NetworkPolicies, logging and monitoring, upgrades, backups and node draining.
What you'll learn
- Build, test, and publish container images using Docker
- Deploy applications using YAML files, pods, services, and deployment strategies
- Understand the architecture of Kubernetes, including control plane, worker nodes, and kubelet
- Configure dynamic application resources using ConfigMaps and Secrets
- Apply network policies, RBAC, and SecurityContext for secure deployments
- Monitor cluster health, logs, and audit data
- Perform cluster operations like upgrades, backups, and cordoning
- Get introduced to VMware Tanzu™ and VMware vRealize® Operations Manager™
Curriculum
- Introductions, overview, and learning objectives
- What containers are and why they matter
- Building images, registries, and image management
- Practice by containerizing and deploying a two-tier application
- The Kubernetes project and plugin interfaces
- Architecture of Kubernetes: control plane, worker nodes, and kubelet
- Kubectl CLI basics and command usage
- Kubernetes objects and YAML syntax
- Pods, replicas, and deployments
- Rolling updates and deployment strategies
- Controlling workloads and application lifecycle
- Intra-pod and inter-pod network traffic
- ClusterIP, NodePort, LoadBalancer service types
- Ingress controllers and DNS discovery
- Stateless vs. stateful workloads
- Working with Volumes, PVCs, and persistent storage
- StatefulSets and scaling considerations
- ConfigMaps, Secrets, and dynamic application settings
- Deploying Jobs and CronJobs
- RBAC, service accounts, and role bindings
- Applying SecurityContext
- Writing and applying NetworkPolicies
- Logging methods (sidecars, audit, node logs)
- Monitoring stack and tooling
- Octant and VMware vRealize® integration
- Onboarding applications, upgrading, and backups
- Cordon/drain workflows
- Troubleshooting failed deployments
- Overview of VMware Tanzuâ„¢ portfolio
Who it's for
System administrators and infrastructure engineers with Linux and networking skills who are moving into containers and Kubernetes.
Before you start
- Linux concepts and command line proficiency
- General networking proficiency
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