This course will teach you how to containerize, host, deploy, and configure an application in a multi-node cluster. It also serves as preparation for the Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) exam.
Course LFD459: Linux Foundation – Kubernetes for App Developers

15
Jul
- DevOps, Instructor Lead Training, Kubernetes, Linux Foundation
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Linux Foundation Official Course –
Course LFD459 – Kubernetes for App Developers
Course Description
Job role: DevOps
Learning Outcomes
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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.
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The topics covered are directly aligned with the knowledge domains tested by the CKAD program, and will substantially increase students’ ability to become certified.
Duration
This is a 3-day course helping you get certified in Linux Foundation.
This Course will prepare you for the following Certification Level:
- CKAD – Certified Kubernetes Application Developer
Course Content
Total learning: 104 lessons
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Introduction
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Kubernetes Architecture
- What Is Kubernetes?
- Components of Kubernetes
- Challenges
- The Borg Heritage
- Kubernetes Architecture
- Terminology
- Master Node
- Minion (Worker) Nodes
- Pods
- Services
- Controllers / Operators
- Single IP per Pod
- Networking Setup
- CNI Network Configuration File
- Pod-to-Pod Communication
- Cloud Native Computing Foundation
- Resource Recommendations
- Labs
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Build
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Design
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Deployment Configuration
- 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
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Security
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Exposing Applications
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Troubleshooting
- 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
Requirements
- 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.
- Please note, Kubernetes Administration (LFS458) is not a pre-requisite for this course. There is overlap in the course materials as each one is designed to stand alone and aligns with the related exams.
Features
- 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.
- The topics covered are directly aligned with the knowledge domains tested by the CKAD program, and will substantially increase students’ ability to become certified.
Target audiences
- This course is for experienced application developers who need to containerize, host, deploy, and configure an application in a multi-node cluster.