Deploy and Run Apps with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Rancher

Build, deploy, and run apps in Docker and Kubernetes. Use Helm to package apps. Manage multiple clusters with Rancher.

Created by: Martin Bergljung
GenAI Expert, AWS AI Practitioner, Alfresco Expert

What Will I Learn?

• Docker fundamentals
• Building development and production Docker images
• Service communication in a Docker Network
• Automatically building Docker images with Travis CI and publish to Docker Hub
• Using Docker Compose for basic container orchestration
• Docker container deployment to Amazon Elastic Beanstalk
• Kubernetes Concepts, such as Pod, Service, Deployment, StatefulSet, ConfigMap, Secret etc.
• Kubernetes architecture and abstractions of hardware, storage, and network
• Running Kubernetes locally with Docker for Desktop on Mac and Windows and MicroK8s on Linux Desktop
• Microservices communication in a Kubernetes environment
• Using Helm to package your applications for deployment to Kubernetes cluster
• Setting up your own Helm Repository for your charts
• Deploy Helm charts automatically to Helm Repository with Travis CI
• Running Kubernetes in the Cloud with Google Cloud Platform and GKE
• Running Kubernetes in the Cloud with Amazon Web Services and Kops and EKS
• Using Travis CI to deploy to Kubernetes cluster in the Cloud
• Managing multiple Kubernetes clusters with Rancher

Requirements

• Students should be interested in learning more about how to build, run, and deploy apps as containers
• Students should be interested in Kubernetes and wanting to learn more about it both locally and in the cloud
• Students should have command line experience (can be Linux, Windows or Mac)
• Should have a PC, Mac, or Linux Desktop

Target audience

• Developers
• Architects
• DevOps
• IT