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Working with Containers: Introduction to Kubernetes

Learn Kubernetes fundamentals from orchestration to security, provisioning, and workflows. Discover its use cases and compare Kubernetes vs Docker.

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  • Skill level

    Beginner

  • Time to complete

    Approx. 1 hour

  • Certificate of completion

    Yes

  • Prerequisites

    None

About this course

No matter what the infrastructure is that you are using to manage your applications, you are likely to find challenges trying to keep up when scaling out as demand for resources increases. The answer to this problem is automation and orchestration, and one of the most common tools for providing automation and orchestration for containers is called Kubernetes. Explore this open-source container orchestration system. You will gain insight into the various terms associated with this software and investigate the common workflow used to produce containers and deploy software to scale. Then, you will discover how to secure a Kubernetes Cluster. Finally, you will examine Kubernetes use cases and identify the differences between Kubernetes and Docker. After course completion, you will be able to work with Kubernetes containers, outline the Kubernetes workflow, and determine its situational usefulness.

Learning objectives

  • Discover the key concepts covered in this course
  • Describe the service that kubernetes provides
  • Define key terms associated with kubernetes
Meet the creator of the course
Richard Spencer
Technology and Developer Specialist
Richard Spencer has worn many hats during his time in the IT industry over the last 15 years. Starting his career in the Telecommunications field, Richard is now a full-time Information Technology Instructor. Richard has successfully attained several certifications including: CCNA, CCNA "Train the Trainer" certification, and three certifications from Amazon Web Services; Solutions Architect Associate, Sysops Administrator, and DevOps associate.

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How Kubernetes Helps Manage Containerized Applications

Codecademy Team
May 19, 2023

If you’re a Back-End Developer or Full-Stack Developer, you may already be familiar with containerized applications. For those who aren’t: Containerized apps come with all the code, files, and packages they need to run properly on any device, and they’re especially popular with Agile and DevOps teams.

But how can an application run on hundreds or thousands of containers without causing problems? And when one container fails, why doesn’t the whole program crash?

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