VMware Kubernetes Fundamentals and Cluster Operations

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Course Overview

This four-day course is the first step in learning about Containers and Kubernetes Fundamentals and Cluster Operations. Through a series of lectures and lab exercises, the fundamental concepts of containers and Kubernetes are presented and put to practice by containerizing and deploying a two-tier application into Kubernetes.

Who Should Attend

Anyone who is preparing to build and run Kubernetes clusters

Course Objectives

    • Build, test, and publish Docker container images
    • Become familiar with YAML files that define Kubernetes objects
    • Understand Kubernetes core user-facing concepts, including pods, services, and deployments
    • Use kubectl, the Kubernetes CLI, and become familiar with its commands and options
    • Understand the architecture of Kubernetes (Control plane and its components, worker nodes, and kubelet)
    • Learn how to troubleshoot issues with deployments on Kubernetes
    • Apply resource requests, limits, and probes to deployments
    • Manage dynamic application configuration using ConfigMaps and Secrets
    • Deploy other workloads, including DaemonSets, Jobs, and CronJobs
    • Learn about user-facing security using SecurityContext, RBAC, and NetworkPolicies

Course Outline

Course Introduction

  • Introductions and objectives

Containers

  • What and Why containers
  • Building images
  • Running containers
  • Registry and image management

Kubernetes Overview

  • Kubernetes project
  • Plugin interfaces
  • Building Kubernetes
  • Kubectl CLI

Beyond Kubernetes Basics

  • Kubernetes objects
  • YAML
  • Pods, replicas, and deployments
  • Services
  • Deployment management
  • Rolling updates
  • Controlling deployments
  • Pod and container configurations

Kubernetes Networking

  • Networking within a pod
  • Pod-to-Pod Networking
  • Services to Pods
  • ClusterIP, NodePort, and LoadBalancer
  • Ingress controllers
  • Service Discovery via DNS

Stateful Applications in Kubernetes

  • Stateless versus Stateful
  • Volumes
  • Persistent volumes claims
  • StorageClasses
  • StatefulSets

Additional Kubernetes Considerations

  • Dynamic configuration
  • ConfigMaps
  • Secrets
  • Jobs, CronJobs

Security

  • Network policy
  • Applying a NetworkPolicy
  • SecurityContext
  • runAsUser/Group
  • Service accounts
  • Role-based access control

Logging and Monitoring

  • Logging for various objects
  • Sidecar logging
  • Node logging
  • Audit logging
  • Monitoring architecture
  • Monitoring solutions
  • Octant
  • VMware vRealize® Operations Manager™

Cluster Operations

  • Onboarding new applications
  • Backups
  • Upgrading
  • Drain and cordon commands
  • Impact of an upgrade to running applications
  • Troubleshooting commands
  • VMware Tanzu™ portfolio overview

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Class Dates & Times

Class times are listed Eastern time

This is a 4-day class

Register for Class

Register When Time Where How
Register 06/23/2025 10:00AM - 6:00PM Online VILT
Register 08/04/2025 10:00AM - 6:00PM Online VILT
Register 10/14/2025 10:00AM - 6:00PM Online VILT
Register 12/08/2025 10:00AM - 6:00PM Online VILT

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