Module 0 Course Introduction
Topics
Objectives
- Introduce the course goals and preview each section of the course.
Module 01 Workloads: Deployments and Jobs
Topics
- Creating deployments.
- Inspecting deployments.
- Updating deployments.
- Adopting other deployment strategies.
- Using Jobs and Cronjobs
- Cluster scaling.
- Controlling Pod placement with labels and affinity rules.
- Controlling Pod placement with taints and tolerations.
- Getting software into your cluster.
Objectives
- Define, configure, inspect, manage, and update Deployments.
- Define what Jobs and CronJobs are in GKE, and explore relevant use cases. Create and run Jobs.
- Explain how to scale clusters manually and automatically.
- Configure node and pod affinity
Activities
- Quiz
- (Lab) Creating Google Kubernetes Engine Deployments
Module 02 Google Kubernetes Engine Networking
Topics
- Pod networking
- Kubernetes Services
- Service type and load balancers
- Ingress
- Container-native load balancing
- Network policies
Objectives
- Explore Kubernetes networking, including Pod and cluster networking.
- Create services to expose to applications running within Pods.
- Configure load balancers to expose services to external clients. Explore containernative load balancing in GKE.
- Configure Google Kubernetes Engine networking
Activities
- Quiz
- (Lab) Configuring Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Networking
Module 03 Persistent Data and Storage
Topics
- Volumes
- Ephemeral volumes
- Durable volumes
- Statefulsets
- Configmaps
- Secrets
Objectives
- Define and work with Kubernetes storage abstractions.
- Run and maintain sets of pods using StatefulSets.
- Use ConfigMaps to decouple configuration from Pods.
- Manage and store sensitive access and authentication data.
- Configure persistent storage for Google Kubernetes Engine.
Activities
- Quiz
- (Lab) Configuring Persistent Storage for Google Kubernetes Engine
Module 04 Access Control and Security in Kubernetes and Google Kubernetes Engine
Topics
- Explore Kubernetes authentication and authorization.
- Define Kubernetes RBAC and how it works with IAM to secure GKE clusters.
- Configure Workload Identity to access Google Cloud services from within GKE.
- Secure GKE with Pod Security Standards and Pod Security Admission.
- Implement Role-Based Access Control with GKE.
Objectives
- Authentication and authorization
- Kubernetes role-based access control
- Workload Identity
- Kubernetes control plane security
- Pod security
Activities
- Quiz
- (Lab) Securing Google Kubernetes Engine with Cloud IAM and Pod Security Admission
Module 05 Google Kubernetes Engine Logging and Monitoring
Topics
- Cloud Observability
- Cloud Logging
- Cloud Monitoring
- Inspecting logs with the kubectl command
- Inspecting logs with Cloud Logging and logging agents
Objectives
- Identify the tools included in the Google Cloud Observability .
- Configure the Google Cloud operations suite to monitor and manage the availability and performance.
- Inspect logs using the kubectl command.
- Inspect Kubernetes logs using Google Cloud Observability.
- Configure GKE-native Monitoring and Logging.
Activities
- Quiz
- Lab: Configuring GKE-Native Monitoring and Logging
Module 06 Using Google Cloud Managed Storage Services with Google Kubernetes Engine
Topics
- Using Google Cloud services.
- Using Cloud Storage
- Using Google Cloud databases
- Using Cloud SQL and SQL Auth Proxy.
- Comparing storage options.
Objectives
- Contrast managed storage services with self-managed storage.
- Identify use cases for Cloud Storage for Kubernetes applications.
- Compare the range of Google Cloud managed database services.
- Explore Cloud SQL Auth Proxy and how it connects to Cloud SQL from within GKE.
- Use Cloud SQL with Google Kubernetes Engine.
Activities
- Quiz
- (Lab) Using Cloud SQL with Google Kubernetes Engine and Workload Identity
Module 07 Using CI/CD with Google Kubernetes Engine
Topics
- What is CI/CD?
- CI/CD pipeline construction
- CI/CD tools available in Google Cloud
- Best practices for using CI/CD on Google Cloud
Objectives
- Define continuous integration and continuous delivery and identify why it is important.
- Examine CI/CD pipelines and how they can optimize app releases.
- Explore first-party and third-party CI/CD tools supported by Google Cloud.
- Explore Google’s best practices for a GKE CI/CD pipeline
Activities
Module 08 Course Summary
Topics
Objectives
- Review the main objectives from each section of the course
