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Aspiring Platform Engineers

Kubernetes 101

6 weeks
0 Learners
Jul 23

A rigorous, ground-up exploration of Kubernetes designed for serious engineers. This course strips away the abstraction to expose the raw internals, teaching you how these systems actually operate at scale. You will build a powerful mental model that bridges theoretical concepts with immediate, production-ready applications.

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About this Course

The basic concepts of Pods, Deployments, and Services required before learning K8s Networking. This Aspiring Platform Engineers curriculum is designed to give you hands-on experience and deep conceptual understanding. Across 6 intensive modules, you'll tackle real-world challenges and build practical projects that reinforce your learning. By the end of this journey, you'll have the skills and proof of work to demonstrate your expertise.

What you'll learn

Master the underlying architecture and practical applications of Kubernetes Architecture and Core Concepts.
Master the underlying architecture and practical applications of Workload Management.
Master the underlying architecture and practical applications of Configuration and Secrets.
Master the underlying architecture and practical applications of Networking in Kubernetes.

Prerequisites

beginner Level

Accessible to beginners with basic computer literacy.

  • Linux CLI fundamentals
  • Basic Docker containerization

Ideal for

Aspiring Platform Engineers

Aspiring Platform Engineers Professionals
Tech Enthusiasts
W1

Kubernetes Architecture and Core Concepts

Construct reliable, production-ready workflows for Kubernetes Architecture and Core Concepts by comprehensively studying the evolution from containers to kubernetes, control plane vs worker nodes (kube-apiserver, kubelet), and understanding pods and namespaces.

3 videos90m
3 topics
1 homework
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Topics

1.1
The Evolution from Containers to Kubernetes
57 minutes
1.2
Control Plane vs Worker Nodes (kube-apiserver, kubelet)
14 minutes
1.3
Understanding Pods and Namespaces
19 minutes
W2

Workload Management

Develop an intuitive mental model for Workload Management by comprehensively studying replicasets and deployments, daemonsets and statefulsets, and jobs and cronjobs.

3 videos72m
3 topics
1 homework
Learn
W3

Configuration and Secrets

Construct reliable, production-ready workflows for Configuration and Secrets by comprehensively studying configmaps and environment variables, secrets management in kubernetes, and resource quotas and limits.

3 videos44m
3 topics
1 homework
Learn
W4

Networking in Kubernetes

Master the practical implementation of Networking in Kubernetes by comprehensively studying kubernetes services (clusterip, nodeport, loadbalancer), ingress controllers and resources, and network policies and cni plugins.

3 videos83m
3 topics
1 homework
Learn
W5

Storage Solutions

Gain a deep understanding of Storage Solutions by comprehensively studying volumes and persistent volumes (pv/pvc) and storage classes and dynamic provisioning.

2 videos43m
2 topics
1 homework
Learn
W6

Observability and Package Management

Develop an intuitive mental model for Observability and Package Management by comprehensively studying liveness, readiness, and startup probes, monitoring and logging (prometheus & grafana basics), and helm package manager introduction.

3 videos58m
3 topics
1 homework
Learn
01

Learn

Watch curated videos and read study resources

02

Practice

Practice what you learned

03

Build Projects

Build projects using your new gained knowledge

04

Submit & Verify

Submit your project and get verified by our system

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