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Kubernetes for App Developers (LFD459)

Learning to build Kubernetes applications will open up career opportunities in high-demand roles in DevOps, cloud engineering & containerization roles.

Updated 2026-03-17
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Description

Learning to build Kubernetes applications will open up career opportunities in high-demand roles in DevOps, cloud engineering & containerization roles. Using Python, this course teaches how to define application resources & use core primitives to build, monitor & troubleshoot scalable applications in Kubernetes — including working with network plugins, security & cloud storage to deploy applications in a production environment.

Summary

Learning to build Kubernetes applications will open up career opportunities in high-demand roles in DevOps, cloud engineering & containerization roles.

What You'll Learn

  • Starting with a simple Python script, this course will show you how to define application resources and use core primitives to build, monitor and troubleshoot scalable applications in Kubernetes.
  • Working with network plugins, security and cloud storage, you will be exposed to many of the features needed to deploy an application in a production environment.

Prerequisites

  • Basic Linux command line and file editing skills and be familiar with using a programming language (such as Python, Node.js, Go).
  • Knowledge of Cloud Native application concepts and architectures (such as is taught in our free Introduction to Kubernetes edX MOOC) is helpful for this course

Outline

8 modules 3 Days total
  • Objectives
  • Who You Are
  • The Linux Foundation
  • Linux Foundation Training
  • Certification Programs and Digital Badging
  • Platform Details
  • What Is Kubernetes?
  • Components of Kubernetes
  • Challenges
  • The Borg Heritage
  • Kubernetes Architecture
  • Terminology
  • Control Plane Node
  • Worker Nodes
  • Pods
  • Services
  • Operators
  • Single IP per Pod
  • Networking Setup
  • CNI Network Configuration File
  • Pod-to-Pod Communication
  • Cloud Native Computing Foundation
  • Resource Recommendations
  • Labs
  • Container Options
  • Containerizing an Application
  • Creating the Dockerfile
  • Hosting a Local Repository
  • Creating a Deployment
  • Running Commands in a Container
  • Multi-Container Pod
  • readinessProbe
  • livenessProbe
  • startupProbe
  • Testing
  • Helm
  • Kustomize
  • Labs
  • Traditional Applications: Considerations
  • Decoupled Resources
  • Transience
  • Flexible Framework
  • Managing Resource Usage
  • Using Label Selectors
  • Multi-Container Pods
  • Sidecar Container
  • Adapter Container
  • Ambassador
  • initContainer
  • Custom Resource Definitions
  • Points to Ponder
  • Jobs
  • Labs
  • Volumes Overview
  • Introducing Volumes
  • Volume Spec
  • Volume Types
  • Shared Volume Example
  • Persistent Volumes and Claims
  • Persistent Volume
  • Persistent Volume Claim
  • Dynamic Provisioning
  • Secrets
  • Using Secrets via Environment Variables
  • Mounting Secrets as Volumes
  • Portable Data with ConfigMaps
  • Using ConfigMaps
  • Deployment Configuration Status
  • Scaling and Rolling Updates
  • Deployment Rollbacks
  • Labs
  • Security Overview
  • Accessing the API
  • Authentication
  • Authorization
  • RBAC
  • RBAC Process Overview
  • Admission Controller
  • Security Contexts
  • Pod Security Standards
  • Network Policies
  • Network Policy Example
  • Default Policy Example
  • Labs
  • Service Types
  • Services Diagram
  • Service Update Pattern
  • Accessing an Application with a Service
  • Service without a Selector
  • ClusterIP
  • NodePort
  • LoadBalancer
  • ExternalName
  • Ingress Resource
  • Ingress Controller
  • Service Mesh
  • Labs
  • Troubleshooting Overview
  • Basic Troubleshooting Steps
  • Ongoing (Constant) Change
  • Basic Troubleshooting Flow: Pods
  • Basic Troubleshooting Flow: Node and Security
  • Basic Troubleshooting Flow: Agents
  • Monitoring
  • Logging Tools
  • Monitoring Applications
  • System and Agent Logs
  • Conformance Testing
  • More Resource
  • Labs