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Getting Started with Google Kubernetes Engine
Course 1480
1 DAY COURSE

Course Outline

This course covers an introduction to Kubernetes, a software layer that sits between your applications and your hardware infrastructure. Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) brings you Kubernetes as a managed service on Google Cloud. This course teaches the basics of GKE and how to get applications containerized and running in Google Cloud. The course covers a basic introduction to Google Cloud, an overview of containers and Kubernetes, Kubernetes architecture, and Kubernetes operations.

Getting Started with Google Kubernetes Engine Benefits

  • This course will empower you to:

    • Discuss the differences among Google Cloud compute platforms.
    • Discuss the components and architecture of Kubernetes.
    • Identify how Google manages Kubernetes orchestration.
    • Create and manage Google Kubernetes Engine clusters by using the Google Cloud console and the gcloud/kubectl commands.

  • Prerequisites

    • Having completed Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure, or having equivalent experience
    • Basic proficiency with command-line tools and Linux operating system environments

Getting Started with Google Kubernetes Engine Training Outline

Learning Objectives

Introduction to Google Cloud

  • Identify Google Cloud services and their functions.
  • Choose the right Google Cloud services to create your own cloud solution.
  • Define the purpose of and use cases for Identity and Access Management (IAM).
  • Identify how costs can be managed in the resource hierarchy.
  • Use the Google Cloud console and Cloud Shell to create virtual machines (VMs), service accounts, and buckets

 

Introduction to Containers and Kubernetes

  • Define the concept of a container and identify uses for containers.
  • Identify the purpose of and use cases for Kubernetes.
  • Outline the concept of Google Kubernetes Engine.
  • Create a container using Cloud Build

 

Kubernetes Architecture

  • Conceptualize the Kubernetes architecture.
  • Identify how to view and manage Kubernetes objects.
  • Distinguish between Google Kubernetes Engines modes of operation.
  • Deploy a Kubernetes cluster by using GKE

 

Kubernetes Operations

  • Work with the kubectl command.
  • Inspect the cluster and Pods.
  • View a Pod’s console output.
  • Sign in interactively to a Pod
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