Kubernetes Hands-On – Deploy Microservices to the AWS Cloud

Use Kubernetes to deploy a Microservice architecture. You'll deploy, manage and monitor a live Kubernetes cluster.

Created by: Richard Chesterwood
Software developer at VirtualPairProgrammers

Created by: Virtual Pair Programmers
Instructor at Udemy

Created by: Prageeth Warnak
Lead Software Architect

What Will I Learn?

• Deploy containers to a Kubernetes Cluster
• Run Kubernetes in AWS using either EKS or Kops
• Monitor a live Kubernetes cluster using Prometheus and Grafana
• Analyse system-wide logs using the ELK Stack (ElasticStack); Kibana and ElasticSearch
• Handle Alerts in a Kubernetes cluster by notifying Slack Channels
• Understand how Requests and Limits work in Kubernetes
• Use Kubernetes Horizontal Pod Autoscaling
• Configure Ingress Control on a live Kubernetes deployment
• Understand Kubernetes StatefulSets
• Integrate Kubernetes with a Continuous Deployment System (CD)
• Use Helm to Manage Charts and to Dynamically Update your Kubernetes YAML

Requirements

• Some previous knowledge of Docker is useful, but an overview is provided as part of the course
• Previous knowledge of AWS is useful for the later sections of the course; however all the concepts are explained in detail and this would serve as a great first project on AWS
• We'll be using the terminal throughout the course so some (basic) familiarity of terminal operations is assumed
• You will need a modern computer with at least 8Gb of RAM to run the practical sessions

Target audience

• Anyone wanting to use Kubernetes on live production projects
• We will be using AWS in the later sections of the course (optional); all AWS concepts are explained so this is a great start if you're new to the cloud, but be aware that AWS do charge for usage.