Recently, an acquaintance asked me to give some assistance in getting to know more about this “K8S” thingy. I wrote a long email to him and thought I should put this in my blog too.
For a start, take a look at the documentaries published just 2 months ago, they will give you some history and the origin story.
The main and authoritative website for everything Kubernetes is below. from documentation, guides, and tutorials. If wanted to take the certification, this is the website to be very familiar with
Before diving into Kubernetes, you need to have some understanding of containers. The most popular one is from Docker. When you are building a lab, you may need to install it in your Linux hosts.
https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/architecture/cri/
Docker Tutorial for beginners:
Docker containers 101:
This youtube videos will give a good understanding of the technology behind the architecture. It builds on and gets more complex.
Kubernetes crash course in 1 hour
Kubernetes complete course for beginners
For your engineer to test it out in your lab, I will recommend Rancher (free open sourced) as a start. Rancher is the user interface to manage and RKE is their Kubernetes engine. For me, it is the best k8s distribution in my opinion.
https://rancher.com/
https://rancher.com/learn-the-basics
https://rancher.com/quick-start
I took the following course from Udemy and will want to take certification this year. No need to signup immediately, most of the time, they will give huge discounts. just register a user with Udemy and browse the following course first.
https://www.udemy.com/course/certified-kubernetes-administrator-with-practice-tests/
https://www.udemy.com/course/certified-kubernetes-application-developer/
https://www.udemy.com/course/kubernetesmastery/
For certification, the Linux Foundation provides that.
https://training.linuxfoundation.org/cloud-containers/
I hope this is helpful.