DevOps / Kubernetes

Practicing Kubernetes

You will not be able to learn Kubernetes by just reading the documentations, watching videos or course materials. You need to practice as much as possible using available labs or your own lab arrangements. Below are some of the lab resources you can refer to practice.

Check Kubernetes learning resources here.

Kubernetes the hard way (KTHW) – GCP

One of the best ways to learn and practice Kubernetes. In this GitHub repository Kelsey Hightower has explained how to build a Kubernetes cluster from scratch but on Google Cloud (GCP) platform. If you have difficulty to use GCP, then check the alternative option from Mumshad/KodeKloud using VirtualBox on local machine.

• Configure Kubernetes from scratch on GCP – kubernetes-the-hard-way
• Configure Kubernetes from scratch on VirtualBox –kubernetes-the-hard-way

Build Kubernetes cluster automatically

If you want to create Kubernetes cluster very fast for testing and learning purposes (when you dont have time to build it from scratch) then try automated IaC (Infrastructure as Code) methods using Vagrant, Ansible or Terraform.

• Create Multi-node Kubernets Cluster in 10 minutes (using Vagrant and Ansible)
• Create Kubernetes cluster with Kubespray
• Installing minikube with Vagrant and Ansible | Video

Kubernetes Free Labs

There are free Kubernetes labs which you can access from your web browser without configuring anything on your local machine. Please note, these purely test labs and the cluster will be destroyed automatically after a timeout period but you can create new labs anytime again.

• Practice free Kubernetes Lab from Katacoda – Learn Kubernetes using Interactive Browser-Based Scenarios
• Kubernetes Playground in Katacoda
• Play with Kubernetes – A simple, interactive and fun playground to learn Kubernetes
• Play with Kubernetes Classroom – Free Kubernetes Hands-on Workshops

Kubernetes practices using Amazon EKS

Also check these resources to learn EKS (Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service).

• Amazon EKS Workshop – (Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service) In this workshop, you will explore multiple ways to configure VPC, ALB, and EC2 Kubernetes workers, and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service.
• EKS ANYWHERE – EKS Anywhere can be deployed as a simple, unsupported local environment or as a production-quality environment that can become a supported on-premises Kubernetes platform.

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