Cloud-Native DevOps with Kubernetes Training in Cork, Ireland

This training provides a comprehensive foundation in cloud-native DevOps practices with Kubernetes, covering container orchestration, CI/CD, monitoring, and security for modern application deployment.

Containerization and Orchestration Fundamentals

• Docker basics and container lifecycle
• Kubernetes architecture overview
• Setting up a local development cluster

Kubernetes Core Components

• Pods, ReplicaSets, and Deployments
• Services and networking models
• Namespaces and resource quotas

Configuration and Secrets Management

• ConfigMaps and Secrets
• Environment variables and volumes
• Immutable configuration patterns

Storage and Stateful Workloads

• Persistent Volumes and Persistent Volume Claims
• StatefulSets and headless services
• Storage classes and dynamic provisioning

Deployment Strategies and Rollouts

• Rolling updates and rollbacks
• Blue-green and canary deployments
• Helm chart packaging and management

CI/CD and GitOps with Kubernetes

• Building container images in CI pipelines
• Deploying to Kubernetes with GitOps
• ArgoCD and Flux basics

Monitoring, Logging, and Observability

• Prometheus metrics collection
• Grafana dashboards
• Centralized logging with EFK stack

Security and Access Control

• RBAC roles and role bindings
• Pod security policies and contexts
• Network policies and secrets encryption

Autoscaling and Cluster Management

• Horizontal Pod Autoscaler
• Cluster Autoscaler
• Node maintenance and upgrades

Production Considerations and Best Practices

• High availability and multi-cluster strategies
• Resource limits and requests
• Backup and disaster recovery