Kubernetes Administration – GL360
Course Duration
3 Days
Audience
Employees of federal, state and local governments; and businesses working with the government.
Prerequisites
Proficiency with the Linux CLI (GL120 "Linux Fundamentals") A broad understanding of Linux system administration (GL250 "Enterprise Linux Systems Administration"). Basic knowledge of Linux containers, e.g. Docker (GL340 "Docker")
Course Description
This Kubernetes Administration course (GL360) prepares students for the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam. Students gain hands-on experience with the Kubernetes architecture, cluster installation and configuration, workload management, networking, storage, security, and troubleshooting. The course combines instructor-led instruction with extensive lab work to build the practical skills needed to manage production Kubernetes clusters.
Learning Objectives
- Understand Kubernetes architecture including the control plane, worker nodes, and key components
- Install and configure a Kubernetes cluster for both single-node and production environments
- Manage Kubernetes objects including pods, deployments, services, and namespaces
- Configure application lifecycle management, health checks, and resource limits
- Implement Kubernetes networking including CNI plugins, DNS, and ingress
- Configure and manage persistent storage using volumes and persistent volume claims
- Apply role-based access control (RBAC) and other security practices
- Troubleshoot cluster, node, and application issues
Course Outline
- CORE CONCEPTS CKA Objectives Covered
- Kubernetes Architecture
- Cluster Communication
- Objects
- Object Properties
- Labels & Selectors
- Annotations
- Object Management
- Object Management (cont.)
- Image Fundamentals
- Container Fundamentals
- Pod Fundamentals
- Working with Pods
- Container and Pod Fundamentals
- Single Node Install
- Pod Fundamentals
- INSTALLATION CKA Objectives Covered
- Installation pre-requisites
- Installation (single node)
- Installation (production)
- Client Tool Optimizations
- Installing HA Control Plane (DEMO)
- Kubernetes HA Masters Install
- Kubernetes Install
- Joining Worker Nodes
- APPLICATION LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT CKA Objectives Covered
- Pod Lifecycle
- Container Lifecycle
- Init Containers
- Container: command and args