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Kubernetes Learning Roadmap Overview

Apr 9, 2025

Kubernetes Learning Roadmap

Importance of Kubernetes Knowledge

  • Rapid adoption by companies
  • Potential for specialized career as a Kubernetes engineer
  • Complexity leads to a steep learning curve
  • Need for a structured roadmap to learn efficiently

Understanding Kubernetes

  • Two primary roles: Platform Administration and Platform User
  • Administration: Set up, initialize, configure the platform
  • Platform User: Deploy applications and services
  • Differentiation helps focus learning based on role (Developer or Operations Engineer)

Certifications

  • CKA: Kubernetes Administrator
  • CKAD: Kubernetes Application Developer

Shared Foundation for Learning

  1. Understand the "Why" of Kubernetes
    • Solves issues of operating large, containerized applications
  2. Core Components and Architecture
    • Control plane, worker nodes
    • Components: Pod, Service, ConfigMap, Secret, Ingress, Deployments, StatefulSets, Namespaces, Volumes
  3. Background Components
    • Scheduler, Controller, etcd, Kubelet, container runtime

Practical Skills and Tools

  • Kubectl CLI
    • Essential commands for interacting with the cluster
  • Kubernetes Manifest Files
    • YAML configuration files for defining application states
  • Troubleshooting Skills
    • Use of Kubectl for debugging and analyzing cluster issues

Common Pitfalls and Best Practices

  • Avoid common misconfigurations
  • Learn bad practices to know what to avoid

Advanced Topics

  • Helm Charts
    • Deployment of third-party services

Kubernetes Administrator Roadmap

  1. Cluster Operations
    • Self-managed vs Managed services (AWS EKS, Azure AKS)
  2. Networking
    • Ingress, Network Policies, Pod communication, Cluster DNS
  3. Access Management
    • Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
  4. Data Management
    • Kubernetes Volumes and etcd
  5. Operators
    • Automation of complex applications
  6. Monitoring and Best Practices
    • Use tools like Prometheus, learn best practices for operations and security

Kubernetes User Roadmap

  1. Application Deployment
    • High availability, scaling, Deployment configurations
  2. Deployment Strategies
    • Canary, blue-green deployments, rolling updates
  3. Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)
    • Integrate with Kubernetes for automated deployments

Additional Learning Resources

  • Use of pre-structured courses for efficient learning
  • Free videos on YouTube for foundational knowledge
  • Advanced courses for in-depth understanding

Conclusion

  • Follow the roadmap step-by-step
  • Practice with open-source applications in Kubernetes
  • Use structured resources for guided learning

This roadmap aims to provide a clear structure for learning Kubernetes, focusing on both theory and practical skills, tailored to specific roles and career paths in the industry.

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