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Kubernetes Administration Training (LFS458) - Certification CKA

  • Course Code SFI-LFS458
  • Duration 4 days

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Course Overview

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From the cloud to hybrid environments and on-premise data centers, Kubernetes is essential to managing containerized applications, making it one of the highest-demand IT skills. Set your IT career up for success by learning the key concepts needed to build and administer a Kubernetes cluster, including application lifecycle management, configuring security, and more. In this live, instructor-led course you will learn with a cohort of fellow IT professionals while gaining key knowledge & skills related to the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification exam.

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Target Audience

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IT professionals wishing to manage a containerized application infrastructure, Existing IT administrators, Individuals looking to start a cloud career

Course Objectives

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By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Install a multi-node Kubernetes cluster using kubeadm
  • Grow a cluster, choose and implement cluster networking
  • Manage the application lifecycle, including scaling
  • Handle various methods of application lifecycle management, including updates and roll-backs
  • Configure security for both the cluster and containers
  • Manage storage available to containers
  • Monitor, log, and troubleshoot containers and the cluster
  • Configure scheduling and affinity of container deployments
  • Use Helm and Charts to automate application deployment
  • Understand Federation for fault-tolerance and higher availability

Course Content

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01. Introduction
  • The Linux Foundation Training
  • The Linux Foundation Certifications
  • The Linux Foundation Digital Badges
  • Laboratory Exercises, Solutions, and Resources
  • Changes in Linux and Open Source Projects
  • E-Learning Course: LFS258
  • Platform Details
02. Basics of Kubernetes
  • Definition of Kubernetes
  • Cluster Structure
  • Adoption
  • Project Governance and CNCF
  • Labs
03. Installation and Configuration
  • Getting Started with Kubernetes
  • Minikube
  • kubeadm
  • Additional Installation Tools
  • Labs
04. Kubernetes Architecture
  • Kubernetes Architecture
  • Networking
  • Other Cluster Systems
  • Labs
05. APIs and Access
  • API Access
  • Annotations
  • Working with a Simple Pod
  • kubectl and API
  • Swagger and OpenAPI
  • Labs
06. API Objects
  • API Objects
  • The v1 Group
  • API Resources
  • RBAC APIs
  • Labs
07. Managing State with Deployments
  • Deployment Overview
  • Deployments and ReplicaSets
  • DaemonSets
  • Labels
  • Labs
08. Helm and Kustomize
  • Helm Overview
  • Using Helm
  • Kustomize Overview
  • Labs
09. Volumes and Data
  • Volumes Overview
  • Persistent Volumes
  • Rook
  • Passing Data to Pods
  • ConfigMaps
  • Labs
10. Services
  • Overview
  • Accessing Services
  • DNS
  • Labs
11. Ingress
  • Overview
  • Ingress Controller
  • Ingress Rules
  • Service Mesh
  • Limitations
  • Gateway API
  • Labs
12. Scheduling
  • Overview
  • Scheduler Settings
  • Pod Specification
  • Affinity Rules
  • Taints and Tolerations
  • Labs
13. Logging and Troubleshooting
  • Overview
  • Troubleshooting Flow
  • Basic Start Sequence
  • Monitoring
  • Plugins
  • Logging
  • Troubleshooting Resources
  • Labs
14. Custom Resource Definitions
  • Overview
  • Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs)
  • Aggregated APIs
  • Labs
15. Security
  • Overview
  • API Access
  • Authentication and Authorization
  • Admission Controllers
  • Network Policies
  • Labs
16. High Availability
  • Overview
  • Stacked Database
  • External Database
  • Labs
17. Closing and Evaluation Survey
  • Evaluation Survey
18. Domain Review
  • CKA Exam
  • Exam Domain Review

Course Prerequisites

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  • Understanding of Linux administration skills
  • Comfortable using the command line
  • Ability to edit files using a command-line text editor
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