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Lab 1

Build Your First Kubernetes Cluster

Rookies | ~ 1 hour

Learn about the structure of Kubernetes

Explore Kubernetes abstractions in representing a cluster
Obtain a deeper understanding of Kubernetes
Create your own Kubernetes cluster

Prerequisites

Read Blog

Reviewing Kubernetes Concepts and Building a Kubernetes Cluster

Thomas Keenan • Instructor • Mentor • Contributor

in K10, Data Protection, Kubernetes, Community

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ozat

Posted 4 months ago

Amazing

Well detailed course

Martin

Posted 4 months ago

could not create my cluster

by adding worker nodes to the control plane a connection refused error occurred. Could not finsihed my lab properly

jalbaladejo

Posted 4 months ago

sad

I couldn't finish the lab because timeout when creating the token in Step 3: kubeadm token create --print-join-command

Emil

Posted 4 months ago

Kubernetes basis

Not clear how to deploy Socks shop demo to cluster nodes

Krzysztof

Posted 4 months ago

Nice content, misleading course ending

The content is really nice, but I had to complete this course 3 times to receive a badge 😉 After performing the last activity the lab looks like it just reset to its initial state. Without pressing "start" button for the last time the course was not finished.

sumanps

Posted 4 months ago

Kubernetes 101

Clear explanation of the concepts for K8s novice.

Fraqu

Posted 4 months ago

Nicely explained fundamentals of k8s

The headline is self explanatory

sanyam

Posted 4 months ago

Nice

Nice

prateek

Posted 4 months ago

Nice content

contents are well formed.

sanyam96

Posted 4 months ago

nice

nice

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Lab background

Kubernetes is an open-source system for deploying, scaling and managing containerized applications. With Kubernetes, you can deploy your applications quickly and predictably, scale your applications on the fly, roll out new features seamlessly, and limit hardware usage to required resources only.

In this lab, you will learn about the parts of the Kubernetes system and the abstractions Kubernetes uses to represent your cluster and obtain a deeper understanding of how Kubernetes works. In the hands-on portion of the lab, you can work with your own Kubernetes cluster using the Kubernetes dashboard and a terminal.

Is there pre-work for the lab?

Yes. Be sure to complete reading and studying this blog post, the video description of the work to be performed during the lab, and the accompanying slides.

What is the structure of the lab?

The Lab consists of two sections — an initial series of review points on Kubernetes basics followed by challenge questions, and a hands-on exercise during which you will enter actual Kubernetes commands to get specified results. Both sections are approximately 35 minutes long. Your time may vary depending on your level of expertise.

Section 1 — Kubernetes background and challenge questions

This section will cover these Kubernetes concepts.

Control Plane
The backbone of Kubernetes
K8s desired state – API
High level overview of Kubernetes
Pod
The smallest deployable object in the Kubernetes object model
Replica Set
Manages the number of running Pod replicas
Deployment
Manages Pods and ReplicaSets
Service
Services abstract a set of Pods
Namespace
Namespaces divide your cluster
Volume
A Volume is a directory which is accessible to Pods
Job
A job creates one or more Pods & retries execution of the Pods until a specified number of them successfully terminate.
DaemonSet
Run a Pod on all (or some) Nodes with a DaemonSet
StatefulSet
StatefulSets are used to manage stateful applications.

(Note: Each topic will provide some review material on screen and then pose a challenge question. The user must get the correct answer to the challenge question to proceed to the next section.)

Section 2 — Kubernetes hands-on - build your first cluster

This section will cover Kubernetes commands needed to create a Kubernetes cluster, a very basic and necessary step in the Kubernetes journey. You’ll learn specific commands needed to:

Ready your server
Set up the cluster
Ensure Kubernetes is running in the cluster
Join nodes
Set a Kubernetes add-on for networking features and policy

How do I access Lab 1?

Go to Learning.Kasten.io to start your learning journey! Remember:you can pause during the lab at any point and return to the same spot without losing your place.

All the best,
Thomas