Why Kubernetes?
Kubernetes powers millions of production workloads across the cloud ecosystem. Learning it opens doors to modern DevOps roles, from platform engineering to site reliability.
Core Pillars
- Cluster Architecture – Master Nodes, Worker Nodes, etcd, control plane.
- Workloads – Pods, Deployments, StatefulSets, DaemonSets.
- Service Discovery – Services, Ingress, DNS.
- Configuration – ConfigMaps, Secrets, Helm charts.
- Scaling & Autoscaling – Horizontal Pod Autoscaler, Cluster Autoscaler.
- Observability – Metrics Server, Prometheus, Grafana.
- Security – RBAC, NetworkPolicies, PodSecurityPolicies.
Learning Path Structure
Each topic below includes hands‑on labs, cheat‑sheets, and a glossary term.