Kubernetes Foundation to Intermediate Training in Birmingham, England

Kubernetes Foundation to Intermediate Training provides a comprehensive path from core container orchestration concepts to advanced operational practices. Participants begin with the fundamentals of Kubernetes architecture, cluster setup, and workload management, then progress to intermediate topics such as networking, storage, security, and observability. The training emphasizes hands-on learning, enabling participants to deploy, scale, and troubleshoot real-world applications in a Kubernetes environment. By the end of the program, learners will have the practical skills needed to manage production-grade Kubernetes clusters and support cloud-native initiatives within their organizations.

Introduction to Kubernetes and Container Orchestration

• Evolution from monolithic to microservices and containers
• Kubernetes architecture: control plane and worker nodes
• Core objects and API primitives
• Installing and configuring a Kubernetes cluster
• Using kubectl for cluster interaction

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Workload Management: Pods, Deployments, and ReplicaSets

• Pod lifecycle and multi-container patterns
• ReplicaSets and Deployments for scaling and updates
• Rolling updates and rollbacks
• DaemonSets and StatefulSets
• Jobs and CronJobs

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Networking and Service Discovery

• ClusterIP, NodePort, and LoadBalancer services
• Ingress controllers and resources
• Network policies for traffic control
• DNS and service discovery
• CNI plugins overview

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Storage and Persistence

• Volumes and volume types
• Persistent Volumes and Persistent Volume Claims
• StorageClasses and dynamic provisioning
• Stateful application storage considerations

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Configuration and Secrets Management

• ConfigMaps for application configuration
• Secrets for sensitive data
• Environment variables and volume mounts
• Best practices for managing configuration

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Security and Access Control

• Authentication and authorization overview
• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
• Service accounts and security contexts
• Pod security standards and policies
• Network security and TLS

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Resource Management and Autoscaling

• Resource requests and limits
• Horizontal Pod Autoscaler
• Vertical Pod Autoscaler
• Cluster Autoscaler
• Quality of Service classes

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Observability and Troubleshooting

• Monitoring with metrics and dashboards
• Logging aggregation and analysis
• Debugging pods and nodes
• Common failure scenarios and remediation
• Health probes and readiness checks

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Cluster Maintenance and Upgrades

• Node management and draining
• Kubernetes version upgrades
• Backup and restore of etcd
• High availability considerations
• Disaster recovery basics

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Intermediate Kubernetes Patterns and Best Practices

• Multi-container pod patterns
• Init containers and sidecars
• Operators and custom resources
• Helm package management
• CI/CD integration with Kubernetes

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