Kubernetes Mastery Course
My course on Kubernetes is here! Join me in breaking down the features and workflows for using the leading container orchestrator. You'll learn it step-by-step, with hands-on labs and quizzes throughout.
Who is this course for?
I designed it for developers, operators, sysadmins, and any IT Pro who want the best and latest that Kubernetes container orchestration has to offer. You'll need to know Docker basics, which you can get from my bestselling Docker Mastery course with 350,000 students. Kubernetes Mastery is designed to teach you the cutting-edge features of Kubernetes in 2019/2020 that will make your server clusters easier to manage and maintain. Docker and Kubernetes are two of the hottest and most popular topics in tech, and I've been using them and consulting for others who use them for many years.
Some of the many cool things you'll do in this course
- Deploy a microservice app using both CLI and YAML
- Investigate running apps using CLI, logs, and events
- Try local Kubernetes installs like Docker Desktop, microK8s, and minikube
- Use Stern to view multiple container logs at once
- Try different load balancer types with Kubernetes Services
- Troubleshoot container and network performance
- Create custom labels for controlling load balancer connections
- Use the new Server Dry Run to test changes with the API
- Recover from a failed update, and rollback updates to previous versions
- Test different healthcheck probe types
- Use various app config options with built-in Kubernetes features
- Quickly patch YAML with a single command
- Split up and deploy YAML from git repos using DevOps practices
- Deploy the Kubernetes Dashboard web GUI securely
Extra things that come with this course
- Access to the course Discord Chat for getting help/advice from other students and me.
- Bonus related videos I put elsewhere like YouTube and share via Udemy announcements.
- Tons of reference links to supplement this content.
Your new favorite K8s course has been released!
I built this course because I live and breathe containers and orchestration. After making the most popular Docker course on Udemy, I'm back with a Kubernetes course.
With your basic knowledge of Docker in hand, Kubernetes Mastery is a course for anyone planning to use container orchestration. This course will help you master the built-in features of Kubernetes, the inner workings of a "container orchestrator," and how to add third-party tools to Kubernetes.
Why learn from me?
I'm Bret, an Award Winning Docker Captain, a Cloud Native Ambassador, DevOps community leader, consultant, and a bestselling Udemy instructor. I help engineers learn advanced DevOps topics and advise teams on accelerating their software builds, tests, and deployments while staying secure.
- I'm A Practitioner. Welcome to the real world. I've got 30 years of sysadmin and developer experience, over 30 certifications, and have been using container tools for myself and my consulting clients for over a decade. With me, you’re learning from someone who's helped teams run thousands of containers across dozens of projects and organizations.
- I'm An Educator. With me, you’ll learn from someone who knows how to make a syllabus: I want to help you. People say I'm good at it. I won a Leadership Award at DockerCon for helping others learn. For a decade, I've trained thousands of people on using Docker, Kubernetes, DevSecOps, GitHub, and GitOps in workshops, conferences, and meetups.
- I Lead Communities. I've run DevOps-focused Slack and Discord servers for a decade with over 70k people, answering thousands of questions. In the real world, I've run local meetups in our fabulous tech community in Virginia Beach, USA.
🤩 I'm super excited to be part of the new @cncfambassadors #CloudNativeAmbassador program! I've been a dev and operator for nearly 30 years. I'm drawn to the fantastic impact the CNCF has had in giving people the road map and guidance toward a more proactive and agile IT org. pic.twitter.com/VwlGt8HACY
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