Kubernetes Course 3

🧭 Workshop Modules

1. Headless Service for Websocket

   • Learn how to create headless services for WebSocket applications
   • Understand DNS resolution for stateful applications
   • Configure services for direct pod-to-pod communication

2. Local Volume with Storage Class

   • Create and configure Storage Classes for local volumes
   • Understand volume binding modes and reclaim policies
   • Set up default storage classes for your cluster

3. Persistent Volume

   • Create and manage Persistent Volumes (PVs)
   • Configure access modes and storage capacity
   • Understand the relationship between PVs and PVCs

4. Persistent Volume Claims

   • Create Persistent Volume Claims (PVCs) to request storage
   • Understand the binding process between PVCs and PVs
   • Monitor storage lifecycle and resource management

5. Dynamic Persistent Volume

   • Use dynamic provisioning with Storage Classes
   • Automatically create PVs based on PVC requests
   • Deploy applications with persistent storage

6. Claim the Persistent Volume

   • Understand PV selector mechanisms
   • Configure PVCs to bind to specific PVs
   • Monitor binding priority and selection criteria

7. One-Time Task with Job

   • Create Kubernetes Jobs for one-time tasks
   • Understand the difference between Jobs and Deployments
   • Monitor job execution and handle failures

8. Schedule Job with CronJob

   • Create CronJobs for scheduled tasks
   • Configure cron expressions for timing
   • Manage job history and execution monitoring

9. Auto Scale on Demand

   • Implement Horizontal Pod Autoscalers (HPA)
   • Scale applications based on resource metrics
   • Configure automatic scaling parameters

10. Permission Controls with ServiceAccount

    • Create ServiceAccounts for application authentication
    • Configure RBAC (Role-Based Access Control)
    • Manage permissions and security policies

✅ What You'll Learn

By completing all modules, you will also learn:

• How to manage persistent storage in Kubernetes
• How to implement dynamic storage provisioning
• How to create and manage scheduled tasks
• How to implement automatic scaling for applications
• How to configure security and permissions
• How to troubleshoot storage and scaling issues
• How to monitor resource usage and performance
• How to implement best practices for production deployments

Happy hacking! 🚀