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Kubernetes on AWS Workshop

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Kubernetes on AWS Workshop

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This is a self-paced workshop that explains how to run and manage a Kubernetes cluster on Amazon Web Services.

It explains how to deploy, scale, and configure applications on this cluster.

This workshop is designed for attendees on Development and Operations teams who would like to get started with Kubernetes on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

This workshop provides instructions to create, manage, and scale a Kubernetes cluster on AWS, as well as how to deploy applications, scale them, run stateless and stateful containers, perform service discovery between different microservices, and other similar concepts.

It also shows deep integration with several AWS technologies.

The proposed agenda is to go through the described format to ramp up your knowledge on Kubernetes by following the workshop guides.

You are also encouraged to take a detour and explore advanced topics if you feel comfortable as you move through the workshop.

Beginner (100 level)

Prerequisites

Setup Development Environment and First Steps

Create a Kubernetes cluster using kops

Kubernetes Developer Concepts

Intermediate (200 - 300 level)

Configuration and Secrets Management

Service Discovery with Microservices

Deploy Applications using Helm Charts

Updating Applications & Canary Deployment

Logging within a Kubernetes cluster

Monitoring within a Kubernetes cluster

Upgrading a Kubernetes cluster: In-place Upgrade

Upgrading a Kubernetes cluster: Blue/Green Upgrade

Cluster Scaling

Application Autoscaling

Advanced (300 - 400+ level)

StatefulSets with EBS

Network policies with Calico

Using CoreDNS for Service Discovery

Managing IAM roles with kube2iam

CI/CD Pipeline

ALB Ingress Controller

Nginx Ingress Controller

Service Mesh Integration using Linkerd and Istio

Note
You will incur charges as you go through these workshop guides as it will exceed the limits of AWS free tier. An estimate of charges (<$20/day) can be seen at this simple monthly calculator