This course aims to help learners enhance their Kubernetes skills beyond the basics by covering advanced topics such as influencing pod scheduling, using admission controllers, auto-scaling applications and clusters, customizing Kubernetes with Custom Resources, and implementing a service mesh for traffic shaping. The teaching method includes a talk with demos. The intended audience for this course is individuals with a good understanding of basic Kubernetes concepts and constructs who want to deepen their knowledge and improve their application platform.
Overview
Syllabus
Intro
Very brief intro
Control plane node
Scheduling pods
Approaches to influencing pod scheduling
Node selector
Specifying demand for node
Taints & tolerations
Taints vs Node affinity
Custom scheduler
Admissions controllers
API request lifecycle
Admission Webhooks
Custom Resource Definitions (CRDS)
Custom controllers
Autoscaling
Virtual Kubelet implementations
Bursting load using virtual node
Virtual node public preview
Traffic management enables many application scenarios
What is a Service mesh?
Istio service mesh
Taught by
NDC Conferences
