Kubernetes learning roadmaps
Whether you are deploying your first container or designing a cluster platform, start at the stage that fits you and keep building.
Stage 1 · Getting started
Deploy and expose your first applications
New to containers and Kubernetes
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- Why Kubernetes Exists and How It Really Works
- Containers and Images: The Foundation Under Every Pod
- Your First Cluster and kubectl: A Hands-On Guide
- Pods in Depth: Lifecycle, Probes, Multi-Container Patterns and Resources
- Deployments and Rollouts: Shipping and Rolling Back Without Downtime
- ConfigMaps and Secrets: Configuration Without Rebuilding Images
- Services and Service Discovery: How Pods Find Each Other
Stage 2 · Practitioner
Operate production workloads confidently
Running real workloads for a team
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- Scheduling, Resources and Placement: How Pods Find a Home
- StatefulSets, DaemonSets, Jobs and CronJobs: Choosing the Right Workload
- Ingress and the Gateway API: Routing Outside Traffic In
- Pod Networking, CNI and Network Policies
- Storage in Kubernetes: Volumes, PersistentVolumes, Claims and StorageClasses
- RBAC, Service Accounts and Access Control
- Autoscaling: HPA, VPA, Cluster Autoscaler and Event-Driven Scaling
- Helm, Kustomize and GitOps: Managing Manifests at Scale
Stage 3 · Platform engineer
Run and secure clusters at scale
Responsible for clusters and shared platforms
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- Running Stateful Systems and Backups on Kubernetes
- Pod Security, Admission Policy and Supply-Chain Security
- Threat Modeling Kubernetes: Attack Paths and How to Break Them
- Observability on Kubernetes: Metrics, Logs, Traces and Events
- Cluster Upgrades and Lifecycle: Keeping Kubernetes Current Safely
- Extending Kubernetes: CRDs, Controllers and Operators
Stage 4 · Certify and lead
Lead a Kubernetes platform and pass the exams
Setting standards and proving skills
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