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Expert3 to 5 days / 20+ guided hourspublished
Docker and Kubernetes Administration: Expert
Harden and tune a Kubernetes platform with failure simulation, observability, backup, and capstone migration.
Audience
- Self-paced technical learners
- Instructor-led cohorts
- Enterprise teams preparing staff for hands-on operations
Prerequisites
- Intermediate course or equivalent production experience
- Comfort with troubleshooting and design tradeoffs
Outcomes
- Provision an isolated docker and kubernetes administration lab from template metadata.
- Use snapshots, rollback, validation checks, and teardown safely.
- Explain how Docker, Kubernetes, Linux fit into an enterprise training environment.
- Produce evidence that an instructor or admin can review.
Course plan
Modules and labs
Each module maps to provisioned lab work, validation evidence, reset/rollback policy, and instructor visibility.
Required templates
Docker host
definedUbuntu 24.04 LTS
Kubernetes node
definedUbuntu 24.04 LTS
TODO: Choose k3s for beginner labs and kubeadm for expert labs.
Ubuntu Server 24.04
availableUbuntu 24.04 LTS cloud image
Validation checks
Docker running
Docker daemon responds and can run a hello-world container.
Kubernetes cluster healthy
All nodes are Ready and core system pods are Running.
VM reachable
The VM reports boot complete and responds through the tenant bastion path.