Kubernetes Course · 01

Kubernetes Foundations

The beginner course. You build one app, Monster Market, from a single pod to a stateful service with config and storage. Then you break it, fix it, and fight for it, world by world.

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6
worlds
54
lessons & labs
6
boss fights
Beginner
no experience needed

The map

Six worlds, from zero to stateful.

World 1 is free. Beat each boss to unlock the next world.

  1. 01

    The Shallows

    Free

    Containers & why orchestrate

    • images
    • layers
    • registries
    • first kubectl
    8 lessons & labs · ~80 min CKAD Design & Build

    Boss

    Podzilla

  2. 02

    Cluster Anatomy

    Pro

    Control plane, etcd, API objects, YAML

    • control plane
    • kubelet
    • etcd
    • --dry-run
    • explain
    9 lessons & labs · ~90 min CKA Architecture

    Boss

    The Archivist

  3. 03

    Deployment Plains

    Pro

    Deployments, rollouts, Jobs

    • ReplicaSets
    • rollouts
    • scaling
    • init containers
    • CronJobs
    10 lessons & labs · ~100 min CKA Workloads

    Boss

    Rollodon

  4. 04

    Service Straits

    Pro

    Services, endpoints, CoreDNS

    • ClusterIP
    • NodePort
    • LoadBalancer
    • headless
    • DNS
    9 lessons & labs · ~90 min CKA Networking

    Boss

    Portal Eel

  5. 05

    Config Caverns

    Pro

    ConfigMaps, Secrets, probes, limits

    • ConfigMap
    • Secret
    • requests/limits
    • liveness
    • readiness
    10 lessons & labs · ~100 min CKAD Env & Config

    Boss

    Secretling Hive

  6. 06

    Storage Depths

    Pro

    Volumes, PV/PVC, StatefulSets

    • PV
    • PVC
    • StorageClass
    • access modes
    • StatefulSet
    8 lessons & labs · ~80 min CKA Storage

    Boss

    Volumoth