Docker & Kubernetes
Global 🌍PROFESSIONALContainer fundamentals — Docker images/containers and Kubernetes objects, orchestration and resource scheduling.
📏 Container/orchestration certifications (e.g. CNCF's CKAD/CKA, Docker Certified Associate) are typically hands-on or performance-based rather than traditional multiple-choice, with a pass threshold generally in the 65–75% range depending on the certifying body.
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19 lessons1 subjectSelf-pacedProfessional plan
Beginner
Beginner skill
Container fundamentals and the smallest Kubernetes building blocks.
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Images vs. Containers
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Writing a Dockerfile
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🔒 After lessonsKubernetes Fundamentals
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Debugging Workloads with kubectl
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Pods & Nodes
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Deployments & ReplicaSets
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Intermediate
Intermediate skill
Docker in practice and the Kubernetes objects that connect and configure Pods.
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Docker Networking Modes
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Docker Compose & Registries
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🔒 After lessonsKubernetes Objects
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Persistent Storage: Volumes, PVs, PVCs, StorageClasses and CSI
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Cluster and Supply-Chain Security: RBAC, Service Accounts and Pod Hardening
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ConfigMaps, Secrets & Namespaces
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Services & Networking
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🔒 After lessonsCloud Native Ecosystem & Operations
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Observability: Metrics, Logs, Traces, Alerting and Cost
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Cloud Native Principles: Microservices, Autoscaling and Open Standards
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The Cloud Native Community: CNCF Maturity, Governance and How Contributions Land
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Advanced
Advanced skill
Resource scheduling math and integrated container-architecture scenarios.
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🔒 After lessonsResource Scheduling
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Pod Scheduling by CPU
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Pod Scheduling by Memory
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🔒 After lessonsApplied Container Architecture
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Application Delivery: CI/CD, GitOps, Helm, Kustomize and Deployment Strategies
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Advanced Docker Scenarios
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Advanced Kubernetes Scenarios
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- Kubernetes Core Concepts — architecture (control plane and node components), the Kubernetes API and core resources (Pods, Deployments, ReplicaSets, Services, Namespaces, ConfigMaps, Secrets)Pods & Nodes →Deployments & ReplicaSets →
- Administration — kubectl, cluster management, configuration and access to the APIConfigMaps, Secrets & Namespaces →
- Scheduling — the scheduler, resource requests and limits, node selectors, affinity, taints and tolerationsPods & Nodes →Pod Scheduling by CPU →
- Containerization — container images, runtimes and registries, and the container lifecycleImages vs. Containers →Docker Compose & Registries →
- Networking — Pod networking and CNI, Services, Ingress and Gateway API, DNS, network policies and service meshPods & Nodes →Docker Networking Modes →
- Security — authentication, authorization and RBAC, service accounts, security contexts and Pod security, supply-chain basicsCluster and Supply-Chain Security: RBAC, Service Accounts and Pod Hardening →
- Troubleshooting — diagnosing failing Pods, Deployments and Services from events, logs and statusDeployments & ReplicaSets →Services & Networking →
- Storage — volumes, PersistentVolumes, PersistentVolumeClaims, StorageClasses and CSIPersistent Storage: Volumes, PVs, PVCs, StorageClasses and CSI →
- Application Delivery — CI/CD, GitOps (Argo CD, Flux), Helm and Kustomize, and deployment strategies (rolling, blue-green, canary)Application Delivery: CI/CD, GitOps, Helm, Kustomize and Deployment Strategies →
- Debugging — inspecting and debugging application workloads (kubectl logs, describe, exec, events, probes)Debugging Workloads with kubectl →
- Observability — metrics, logs and traces (Prometheus, OpenTelemetry), monitoring and alerting, cost managementObservability: Metrics, Logs, Traces, Alerting and Cost →
- Cloud Native Ecosystem and Principles — microservices, autoscaling, serverless, open standards (OCI, CRI, CNI, CSI)Cloud Native Principles: Microservices, Autoscaling and Open Standards →
- Cloud Native Community and Collaboration — CNCF project maturity levels, governance, SIGs and open source collaborationThe Cloud Native Community: CNCF Maturity, Governance and How Contributions Land →
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