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Kubernetes Tutorial

Learn Kubernetes from absolute zero to expert, step by step, in simple words. Every idea is shown with animations and real commands run on a live 3-node cluster: pods, deployments, services, ingress, storage, scheduling, autoscaling, security, Helm, GitOps, monitoring and a complete hands-on workshop.

📚 86 lessons▶ 3:15:28+ of video💻 133 code examples🖼 145 screenshots
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What you will learn

  • Why Kubernetes exists, and how the control plane and worker nodes work
  • kubectl, YAML, pods, labels, namespaces, ReplicaSets and Deployments
  • Rolling updates, rollbacks, scaling, self-healing and release strategies
  • Services, DNS, ingress, TLS and network policies
  • ConfigMaps, Secrets, volumes, persistent storage and StorageClasses
  • StatefulSets, DaemonSets, Jobs and CronJobs
  • Requests, limits, probes, QoS and quotas
  • Scheduling, taints, tolerations, cordon and drain, autoscaling (HPA)
  • RBAC, service accounts and pod security
  • Helm and Kustomize, GitOps with Argo CD, CI/CD
  • Debugging, Prometheus monitoring, logging, upgrades and etcd backups
  • Networking internals, CRDs, operators and admission policy
  • A full workshop, quizzes, certification tips and a cheat sheet

Course contents

Every lesson has its own page with the explanation, code you can copy, the real output, screenshots from the video, and a link that jumps straight to that moment in the video.

3. Your First Cluster

  1. Setting Up Your Cluster18:12
  2. Meeting kubectl20:30
  3. Your First Pod23:16

4. Pods, YAML and Labels

  1. Pods in Depth25:55
  2. The Anatomy of YAML28:37
  3. Labels and Selectors31:41

5. Namespaces and Deployments

  1. Namespaces33:54
  2. ReplicaSets36:11
  3. Deployments38:27

6. Updates, Rollbacks and Scaling

  1. Rolling Updates and Rollbacks40:38
  2. Scaling and Self-Healing42:46
  3. Release Strategies44:52

7. Services and Networking

  1. Services47:34
  2. Service Types50:05
  3. DNS and Discovery52:52

8. Ingress and Network Policies

  1. Ingress55:01
  2. Controllers and HTTPS57:17
  3. Network Policies1:00:39

9. Configuration and Secrets

  1. ConfigMaps1:02:52
  2. Secrets1:04:30
  3. Using Configuration1:06:45

10. Storage

  1. Volumes1:08:52
  2. Persistent Volumes1:10:57
  3. Storage Classes1:13:36

11. Special Workloads

  1. StatefulSets1:15:53
  2. DaemonSets1:18:14
  3. Jobs and CronJobs1:20:22

12. Resources and Health

  1. Requests and Limits1:23:04
  2. Health Probes1:25:28
  3. QoS and Quotas1:28:14

15. Security

  1. RBAC1:45:30
  2. Service Accounts1:48:37
  3. Pod Security1:50:41

16. Helm and Kustomize

  1. Helm1:53:40
  2. Writing Charts1:55:27
  3. Kustomize1:57:56

17. Debugging

  1. A Debugging Method2:00:33
  2. Common Errors2:02:57
  3. Debugging Services2:05:17

18. Observability

  1. Monitoring with Prometheus2:07:54
  2. Logging2:10:41
  3. Events and Alerts2:12:43

19. Cluster Operations

  1. Versions and Upgrades2:14:57
  2. Backup and Restore2:17:29
  3. Creating Clusters2:19:26

20. Networking Inside

  1. The Pod Network2:21:20
  2. How Services Route2:23:33
  3. DNS and Meshes2:25:44

21. Extending Kubernetes

  1. Custom Resources2:27:57
  2. Operators2:30:09
  3. Admission and Policy2:32:22

22. Delivery and Production

  1. GitOps2:34:39
  2. CI/CD Pipelines2:37:07
  3. Production Readiness2:39:16

23. Workshop: A Complete Application

  1. Plan the Application2:41:52
  2. Build It Layer by Layer2:43:33
  3. Run and Operate It2:45:45

25. Cheat Sheet and Roadmap

  1. Myths, Glossary, Cheat Sheet3:28:24
  2. Your Roadmap3:30:58

26. Bonus Labs: Break and Fix

  1. Lab: The Broken Deployment2:47:45
  2. Lab: The Stuck Pod2:50:01
  3. Lab: The Silent Service2:52:16

28. Bonus Labs: Zero Downtime

  1. Lab: Prove Zero Downtime3:02:26
  2. Lab: Disruption Budgets3:04:52
  3. Lab: Graceful Shutdown3:07:22

29. Bonus: Managed Kubernetes and Best Practices

  1. Managed Kubernetes3:10:39
  2. Cost Optimisation3:12:59
  3. Best Practices3:15:28

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