Introduction to Containers, Kubernetes and OpenShift (edX)

Introduction to Containers, Kubernetes and OpenShift (edX)
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The “Introduction to Cloud Computing” course, basic computer skills, and understanding of cloud command line, and shell commands is recommended.
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Introduction to Containers, Kubernetes and OpenShift (edX)
This course introduces you to containers and its emerging ecosystem of related technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, and Istio. You will not only understand the concepts but also practice hands-on in the cloud.

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Containers and Cloud Native are the most significant invention in IT since the introduction of virtualization. Everyone from a small startup to a large multinational corporation is transitioning to this technology and they are looking for people who have the skills.

After completing this course, you will be able to build applications the Cloud Native way and be able to deploy your applications at a scale that will make Google envious.

This course introduces you to containers and explains how containers differ from virtual machines. It also covers the importance of containers in cloud computing as well as the emerging ecosystem of related technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, and Istio.

This course is of interest to anyone who wants to be a cloud practitioner and use container skills as developers, architects, system engineers, network specialists and many other roles. The material also serves the needs of those who perform the tasks of advising, building, moving and managing cloud solutions.

This course is part of the following programs:

- Full Stack Application Development MicroBachelors

- Full Stack Developer Professional Certificate

- Cloud Native Foundations Professional Certificate

- DevOps and Software Engineering Professional Certificate.


What you'll learn

After completing this course you will be able to:

- Understand the benefits of containers

- Build and run a container image

- Understand Kubernetes architecture

- Write a YAML deployment file

- Expose deployment as a service

- Manage applications with Kubernetes

- Use ReplicaSets, auto-scaling, rolling updates and service bindings

- Understand the benefits of OpenShift, Istio and other important tools


Prerequisites:

The “Introduction to Cloud Computing” course, basic computer skills, and understanding of cloud command line, and shell commands is recommended.


Syllabus


Module 1

- Introduction to containers

- Introduction to Docker

- Building container images

- Using container registries

- Running containers


Module 2

- Understanding container orchestration

- Understanding Kubernetes architecture

- Introduction to Kubernetes objects

- Using basic Kubernetes objects

- Using the kubectl command

- Leveraging Kubernetes


Module 3

- Using ReplicaSets

- Using autoscaling

- Understanding rolling updates

- Understanding ConfigMaps and secrets

- Using service bindings


Module 4 - The Kubernetes ecosystem

- The Kubernetes Ecosystem

- Introduction to Red Hat OpenShift

- Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes

- Builds

- Operators

- Istio


*Module 5 * - Final Project

- Final exam



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90.00 EUR
The “Introduction to Cloud Computing” course, basic computer skills, and understanding of cloud command line, and shell commands is recommended.

MOOC List is learner-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.